Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Titanic II to set sail in 2022, retrace the route of the original ship
WNEP ^ | October 22, 2018 | Tribune Media Wire

Posted on 10/23/2018 7:00:51 AM PDT by EdnaMode

A replica of the Titanic will set sail in 2022, retracing the original ship’s planned route, Cruise Arabia & Africa reports.

The project was first announced in 2012, but was halted due to financial problems. Now, with the issues resolved, Blue Star Line has announced that construction has continued on the vessel.

The ship will have “the same interiors and cabin layout as the original vessel, while integrating modern safety procedures, navigation methods and 21st century technology,” said Clive Palmer, chairman of Blue Star Line.

The ship will sail from Dubai to Southampton, England, and then to New York.

The original Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after sideswiping an iceberg while traveling from Southampton to New York.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: badidea; badmovie; bluestarline; titanic; titanic2; titanicii
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-77 next last
To: GreyFriar

They said it will have enough life boats for all of the passengers.


41 posted on 10/23/2018 7:39:47 AM PDT by EdnaMode
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

what could possibly go wrong?


42 posted on 10/23/2018 7:39:52 AM PDT by camle (keep and open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Ciaphas Cain

As in most disasters it wasn’t just one thing. A whole series of things had to go wrong for that ship to sink.


43 posted on 10/23/2018 7:40:20 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: Drew68

Not sure if they’ve started yet.


44 posted on 10/23/2018 7:40:30 AM PDT by EdnaMode
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: shotgun

-—It doesn’t make any sense to replicate those in a modern cruise liner...——

Right, but it’s a specialty vessel with a nostalgic “hook”.
You’re paying for a lot of the 1912 experience, not the 2018 experience.

Also, it’s a lot smaller than modern cruise ships. Less expensive to build and maintain.

They’ll make money on it.


45 posted on 10/23/2018 7:41:33 AM PDT by StoneRainbow68
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: Pontiac

and no A/C in the cabins


46 posted on 10/23/2018 7:42:13 AM PDT by camle (keep and open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

Of all the sins the gods despise, the greatest of these is hubris.


47 posted on 10/23/2018 7:46:21 AM PDT by servo1969
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode
Titanic II to set sail in 2022, retrace the route of the original ship

Hopefully, it doesn't retrace the route all the way to the ocean floor.

48 posted on 10/23/2018 7:46:40 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: bigbob

BWAA HAAA HAA HA

I wonder how many folks will get that reference :-)

Regards

alfa6 ;>}


49 posted on 10/23/2018 7:47:02 AM PDT by alfa6
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: StoneRainbow68

Granted, but after the first voyage, if they make it, I suspect the reviews will not be so great...


50 posted on 10/23/2018 7:47:08 AM PDT by shotgun
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

Hopefully no one will be challenging God this time “God himself couldn’t sink this ship!!”

If anyone says anything like that, get off the boat.


51 posted on 10/23/2018 7:48:13 AM PDT by marron
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

Better use something better than rivits and cheap steel.


52 posted on 10/23/2018 7:48:24 AM PDT by crusher2013
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

But...why?


53 posted on 10/23/2018 7:48:36 AM PDT by Thunder 6
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: marron



54 posted on 10/23/2018 7:51:30 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

Better steel. Better nav equipment. Better watertight flood doors. Better lifesaving equipment. Better communications. Better decision. Making.

There are so many things to improve. That said, a retro new Titanic sounds fun.


55 posted on 10/23/2018 7:54:40 AM PDT by lurk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: StoneRainbow68

If History repeats itself then it could cost Your Life...


56 posted on 10/23/2018 8:02:01 AM PDT by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode
Bigger rudder.
More Lifeboats.
No trying to set speed records.

57 posted on 10/23/2018 8:11:39 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Joe 6-pack
If this goes well, maybe they can replicate the Hindenburg.

I'm thinking the same thing. Maybe they can make a package deal where you take the Hindenburg II to the dock to pick up the Titanic II.

58 posted on 10/23/2018 8:24:06 AM PDT by Dahoser
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

It’s not a “replica”. It’s a restomod.


59 posted on 10/23/2018 8:26:03 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: EdnaMode

60 posted on 10/23/2018 8:42:21 AM PDT by tellw (ed)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-77 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson