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| 'Titanic II' to set sail in 2018 (Pictures included) | |
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| CJ | Feb 13 2016, 09:20 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/world-news/titanic-ii-take-a-peek-inside-replica-set-to-sail-in-2018-34442700.html These striking images reveal how eerily similar this new version of RMS Titanic will be to the original. Although today's cruise ships feature plush facilities such as robot bartenders and giant slides, the Titanic II will stay true to the original, with one small swimming pool, Turkish baths and an Edwardian gym. That's if it ever sets out to sea, of course. The launch of the ship, the brainchild of wealthy Australian businessman Clive Palmer, has been pushed back to 2018. Like the original, built at Harland and Wolff in Belfast, it will offer first, second and third class cabins and dining rooms, a grand staircase, smoking room, Cafe Parisien and Marconi Room modelled almost exactly on renderings produced by Brisbane-based cruise line Blue Star Line. Lovers of modern technology might find it unsuitable, with no sign of any TVs in the computer-generated images. But renderings show a helipad on the aft deck, something the original Titanic never had. It does look pretty faithful to the original. One of the main differences is that it'll have a bulbous bow to improve the fuel efficiency, but that would be below the waterline so it wouldn't create any visual difference between the original ship and the replica when it's out at sea. (Oh, and it'll have enough lifeboats for all. That's pretty important!) |
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| deyana | Feb 14 2016, 04:34 AM Post #2 |
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Oh that is very similar! I just hope they have enough life boats this time around! Nevertheless I'd love to have a seat on it. It would be so much fun. |
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| CJ | Feb 14 2016, 10:44 AM Post #3 |
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I'd like to see it, at least. I'm not sure whether I'd like to travel on it, though: I expect it would be pretty expensive, and the apparent lack of modern technology would probably turn me off somewhat. I'm not sure why they don't seem to be including TVs or anything, since I expect a lot of people would want them. Granted, they'd be historically inauthentic - but even this largely-original ship has already got some inauthentic modern features such as a helipad. (And I expect the third-class cabins would be much-improved over those on the original ship anyway. They were still more comfortable than life on land was at the time, but surely they wouldn't be up to modern standards!) |
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| GrieferLord | Feb 14 2016, 10:53 PM Post #4 |
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TBH if they follow the original design to the letter minus it being a welded hull i envision the ship having a similar fate to the original simply because of the "water tight" bulkheads not being tall enough. there are so many factors that need to be improved on the ship overall that i just would not trust being on the ship. |
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