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If you notice in the Ave Maria, at the end we ask her to PRAY FOR US. That's the difference.

With all respect, this is not just asking a fellow believer to pray for you:

HAIL, HOLY QUEEN, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

That's some pretty worshipful verbage you have in there, to be said at the end of the Rosary, and a lot of it usurps titles and roles that belong to Jesus Christ alone. If you wonder that Protestants might think you were worshipping Mary, you need to carefully consider your liturgical prayers.

ALSO, it is rarely noted that the Lords Prayer (Pater Noster) is prayed in every decade of the Holy Rosary)

Probably because it's buried in all of the attention given to Mary:

Make the Sign of the Cross and say the "Apostles' Creed."
Say the "Our Father."
Say three "Hail Marys."
Say the "Glory be to the Father."
Announce the First Mystery; then say the "Our Father."
Say ten "Hail Marys," while meditating on the Mystery.
Say the "Glory be to the Father."
Announce the Second Mystery; then say the "Our Father."
Say ten "Hail Marys," while meditating on the Mystery.
Say the "Glory be to the Father."
Continue with the Third Mystery in the same manner, etc.

Are you not seeing something out of proportion here?

Are you not seeing something out of proportion here?

You certainly are. Examine the various mysteries which are the true focus of the Rosary, not the words of the prayers being said. They are in no way disproportinatly about Mary.

So many can't see the forest for the trees of the Rosary. It's a way to contemplate the various stages (mysteries) of the life of Jesus.