Literally my worst fear. Queen Mary propellor room.

This is hell. Actual hell.

I agree but just imagine you accidentally fell in…… that would be the 7 circles of hell and pretty sure I’d die from fear.

And that's not even mentioning all the ghosts.

And I thought Thalassophobia was my only water related problem 😶 I love/ hate this picture

I feel like we’re all sadists tho and would love to actually see this

Pardon my ignorance, but could you elaborate why you think this is hell?

Is the propeller on large ships always open like this? I imagine for maintenance and to keep a visual on it at all times?

Some have a shroud like a short tube around the prop to increase efficiency, known as a Kort nozzle usually used on freight ships.

Queen Mary is a retired ship permanently in Long Beach CA.

Imagine falling in 0:

I think mainly on older ships like this, not so much on more modern Ships

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What’s cool is you know when they turn the lights off it’s still there in the pitch dark.

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Holy shit

Would make a great horror film scene

This is the exact room in which I discovered my fear of this stuff. There was a diver mannequin down in the water there too that was creepy as fuck.

I realized mine when I was young. We always visited a local dam and the spillway always had me rooted in place. I couldn't help but stand and stare at the rushing water with a feeling of fear and fascination. Also the time we visited an old mill on a field trip. There was an "exhibit" under the mill, showcasing the turbines that were still half submerged in water.

I too discovered my fear in this room. Went from a fun time exploring the engine room to seeing THAT, losing my breath, and running back out.

Same

The diver was there in the mid 80s. Made nit even more hellish.

Same!

same

Same

Same

Imagine jumping in & swimming up to it

SHUT THE FUCK UP.

And it’s all slimy when you touch it…

Nice day for a swim you fancy joining me?

Literally the first thing I thought of.

And then the screws begin to turn.

Yep. This is it. This triggers the phobia. Triggered, from my tablet hundreds of thousands of miles away, in the safety and security of my room.

Hundreds of thousands of miles? Are you on the moon?

Same. My dad and brother toured it and there’s apparently a mannequin “diver” down there that really gives you a sense of scale. Noooo fucking thank you.

My bad

Is it the shade? That shade gives me a sense of proportion in the picture, makes me uneasy. I'm feeling alert for some reason.

Oh God imagine it spinning

Sends shivers down my spine

Fun fact! iirc it did use to spin at a very low speed, but they shut it down because even though it was slow it still stirred up all the dirt and made the water so murky you couldn’t really see the prop

Your fear might of been the fate of a few sailors during WWII when the Queen Mary ripped in half her escorting C class cruiser...

Why do I even read these comments?!

Simular thing happend to the sister ship of titanic she rammed a small nantucket boat litterly snapping in half

Imagine being thrown in and you hear a low rumble. The propellor shutters a bit like it’s trying to turn. You swim away in a panic, the grating scream of the metal behind you slowly starting to spin. You feel the pull of a current like a massive hand enveloping you, you look back just in time to see the gargantuan propellor reach full speed. This is the last thing you see. (Edit: gramma and more description)

I’m about to cry

And that’s the moment you realize that you gotta cut down on doing bath salts near decommissioned display ships.

Fuckkkk

Soooo,

I went to see this in 3rd grade and saw the diver mannequin. I thought that was a real diver doing work down there. It really freaked me out back then and still gives me the heeby-jeebies.

I hated that room when I went. I didn’t need to know that was down there.

Nope. Just nope.

Fuck. Isn't this old? Like old and mechanical and underwater?

Yep it’s from the 60’s I think I might be wrong

I like how the keep it open specifically so you can put people down there into the cold churning abyss.

Good job cleaner 401 mission complete

Wait. How does this work? Shouldn't weird door to death fill with water and sink the ship?

It's only this way because this ship is not in service and is only a tourist attraction.

I was wondering this too

Pretty cool,

Slice and dice

Gross

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20 feet in diameter, the propeller alone weighs 35 tons. In operation they turned 2 revolutions per second.

Not sure

Seeing this in person I would faint not even joking.

And as you faint you fall in…

Weren't people like, sucked into this propeller after the queen Mary split a smaller ship in half? (Correct me if I'm wrong)

You’re correct. Apparently the propellor is haunted because of it.

My grandma came to the states from England on the Queen Mary in the 50’s! I never want to be anywhere near it but good for her

Truly terrifying.

My ex allegedly snuck into the pool room at some point, which freaks me out about as much as this

You mean the swimming pool im not sure if its filled with water or not but makes sense shes ex

Omg same! My husband thought I was the only one, glad to know I’m not lol I close my eyes when you walk by that room, my kids love it, it fills me with a sense of dread I can’t even describe

I actually feel sick just from looking at this photo.

Same. Like actual low key nausea.

Wait is this like a museum typa deal or do a some ships have like a room to monitor the propeller?

The Queen Mary is a former cruise ship from the 1930s that they permanently moored and turned into a hotel sometime in the late 60s. They placed a building over one of the propeller blades so guests could get a closer look at it. It's one of the more creepy things you can see at the hotel/ship.

I remember seeing this a couple years ago while on a ghost tour. Creepy.

Visiting this room in person was the single reason I realized I had had this phobia

So that's the dark ocean beneath?

No it would fill with water if it was! It’s just metal underneath since its out of service and just a tourist attraction now.

Damn son, that is pretty creepy actually

Only imagining this thing in full movement makes my skin crawl :c and being so near to it

I’m in no way trying to be disrespectful, but what about this scares everyone here? I thought this was just a group mechanical stuff under water, I didn’t realize it was an actual fear.

It’s the eeriness of the objects underwater for me. I don’t know about other people.

Someone mentioned it’s the shadow cast be the propellor that scares them.

Like many others, this exact room sparked my submechanophobia. That “diver” was the limit. It didn’t help that this room came at the end of a very dark and cavernous engine room (they’ve added some lights since, and I suspect closed off some portions). I went back 5 years or so ago and it took a few minutes of working up to be able to peek my head in. JUST as bad as I remembered.

I don't remember this when I visited the Queen Mary in 2008! Maybe it was closed off when I went? Or I just didn't go to that part, because I definitely would've remembered that! What I do remember is my dad and I exploring a room with a bunch of pipes (I don't know if it was the Engine Room, it's getting harder to recall things from over ten years ago like I used to, as I inch closer to 35) down a small flight of stairs and under the walkway, and my dad encouraging me to sneak off away from the public and wander around below the pipes! It was really cool seeing the ship from a perspective not many get to see! We weren't in danger, but I doubt any employees would've been happy had they found us, but there was only one other small three-person group in the room with us, so no one really noticed. I did find a cold spot under the pipes while we were down there! Either I pointed it out to my father or he pointed out to me, but definitely had a "Hey! Did you notice how the temperature suddenly dropped in this particular spot compared to the rest of the area? Did the air conditioning kick on? Are we in a spot where the air conditioning can reach us? No? Huh. Yeah, it's definitely this one spot here that's much cooler than anywhere else we walk! Well, that's weird." moment.

This is the stuff if my nightmares.. Hard nope

If I remember correctly the Queen Mary suffered a collision with a cruiser during the war, many men who escaped the sinking ship were sucked into those propellers.

Oh good! Haunted propellers! My favorite ! 🙃

Its just floating there. Menacingly.

It TERRIFIED me as a child.

Yeah I'll pass

Jump in and be coated with slime and algae

I’m sorry, propeller room?

It's a room built for tourists to see the prop. It was not this way when the ship was sailing.

It’s for maintenance

I can't quite get the scale. How big is a human next to this thing?

A human is about the third of the size of each blade

Oh hell no

The image here makes it look deep but it doesn’t look never ending.

I don’t have submechanophobia...aside from seeing this in person, it emits a really weird energy, it’s killed people, no doubt in my mind. Scariest part of horror nights there!

Whats… scary about this?

For me it’s the fear of being sucked into the propellor. But also the eeriness of the object underwater.

Is the mannequin still in there? It was weighted down underwater to show the scale of the propeller.

There’s a newer video from a couple of paranormal guys I tend to watch. Here’s the link

Hey folks....They made a room,.....the literally constructed a room that contained the hellish hellscape of one of your most irrational fears, lit it with searchlights and a dark atmosphere. Think about what they did to us........arrrghh.....!

I will find the person who designed this and push him in.

The propeller room just has an opening to the sea or is that glass? Either way absolutely terrifying especially with that lighting

It’s an opening.

Oh.my.gahd. .. I was almost back to sleep scrolling my Reddit feed, this woke me up instantly 😳

does anyone else have invasive thoughts about being teleported underwater into the middle of the ocean? it happens to me at least once a week.

Imagine that shit turning on and making deep underwater metal noises

I am SICK to my stomach

Was this added later when in long beach

Not sure

This room is terrifying, you can't tell if it's day or night in there. I've never held my phone so tight when I went to try and take a picture of it.

jump! jump! jump! jump!

I'll swim down and touch it for a take and bake pizza!

Is the Queen Mary sinking? Is she taking on water?

she's not in service anymore. other than that idk

Imagine diving that and getting something caught in it and it just slowly reels you in.

It's creepy walking through the under belly of the Queen Mary. I grew up visiting the ship quite often.

I love it.

That the spot where i learned i had this phobia

I no understand this photo

What confuses you?

I've been in that room. This picture doesn't truly capture how massive those propellers are

And then the ghosts decide to fire it up just to see how fast you nope outta there...

Walking into this viewing area started it all for me at age 8 or so...

Oh FUCK THAT

very airplane turbiney

Oh man I love ocean liners but at the same time I've always been a bit freaked out esp. with the props in the movie Titanic and all that. I came up on this one without knowing about it on the tour and for a second I was like "wtf is this .....ohhhh" How the hell did they do it?

Creepy and eerie for certain. Is this ship the one that is slowly sinking or something because of a lack of maintenance?

It’s a tourist attraction now.

Ugh, gross!

IIRC that's the room with the most paranormal activity on the boat. I remember watching some video of the Queen Mary ages ago.

dunno why but i get attracted to propellers, not scared or anything,

I find this terrifying but also have an urge to jump in and conquer my fear knowing its just dark water and as long as nobody turns on the propeller i can just swim down around it and back up no prob

This triggers a very primal fear in me

literally

I like the slight sense of unease that I normally get from this thread, but holy moly this is my nightmare.

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I would die from fear or go insane

I dont get it what’s the scary part here?

The fear of being sucked into the propellor.

Somebody with a more acute fear than I, explain what exactly goes through your mind when you see this image to the best of your ability.

I think about falling in and it turning on and getting sucked in.

It’s frightening.

I would absolutely die.

Oh hell no

HONESTLY!!!! I was maybe EIGHT when we visited this ship??? Immediate panic when I saw this

I feel like my brain wants to be scared by this but just isn’t. A little uncomfortable but not scared. I’ve seen various pics of this as well. It’s almost like I want to be scared but also, maybe I should take advantage of the fact that I’m not hmm..

Anyone else think this isn’t scary and just looks cool or is something wrong with me?

this is exactly what started my submechanophobia…you couldnt pay me enough to enter that room, even just being near that room would make me have a panic attack

How much do I have to pay for you to jump in?

So is this part if the ship just, open? Edit: it's an additional piece added. Excuse my lack of knowledge.