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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
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Hopefully the first voyage will be in warm weather with no icebergs.
1 posted on 10/23/2018 7:00:51 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

Put Pelosi, Schumer and Master Beto on it


2 posted on 10/23/2018 7:02:42 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat ("Mods/Indies/Dems/Non-voters" JOBS or MOBS? Are CRAZY DIMS REALLY who you want BACK in POWER?)
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To: EdnaMode

That’s cool. I’d love to take a vintage crossing like that. Wonder how expensive it is?


3 posted on 10/23/2018 7:04:16 AM PDT by StoneRainbow68
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To: EdnaMode

Hopefully,they will rely on something more advanced than two guys in the crow’s nest without their binoculars. Your average bass boat has more sophisticated navigational gear than was available to Captain Smith in 1912


4 posted on 10/23/2018 7:04:47 AM PDT by jmcenanly ("The more corrupt the state, the more laws." Tacitus, Publius Cornelius)
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To: EdnaMode

https://www.google.com/search?q=first+radar+on+ships&oq=first+radar+on+ship&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57.10794j0j7&client=tablet-android-samsung&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8


5 posted on 10/23/2018 7:05:08 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1)
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To: EdnaMode
Funny Farm: "Cue the deer!"

Titanic II: "Cue the iceberg!"


6 posted on 10/23/2018 7:05:29 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: EdnaMode

Perhaps the DNC could hold a convention on it......


7 posted on 10/23/2018 7:05:37 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: EdnaMode

I hope they did a better riveting job this time.


8 posted on 10/23/2018 7:06:30 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act" - George Orwell)
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To: EdnaMode

Bump


9 posted on 10/23/2018 7:07:07 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: EdnaMode

It looks like the replica doesn’t have a section for the “steerage” passengers.


10 posted on 10/23/2018 7:07:57 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches, and get with what's real.)
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To: EdnaMode

Something about this wouldn’t be the same. As long as they are authentically recreating the Titanic and its voyage, they should recreate the iceberg too. Might put a Rose and Jack on board, just to give it more interest in our Hollyweirded world.


11 posted on 10/23/2018 7:08:19 AM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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To: EdnaMode

They’ve been talking about “Titanic II” since the movie came out. Have they even laid the keel yet?


12 posted on 10/23/2018 7:10:03 AM PDT by Drew68 (Twitter @TheRealDrew68 https://twitter.com/TheRealDrew68)
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To: C210N

Wonder if any of the cast from the movie or James Cameron will be on board.


13 posted on 10/23/2018 7:10:09 AM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: C210N

If this goes well, maybe they can replicate the Hindenburg.


14 posted on 10/23/2018 7:10:25 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: StoneRainbow68
That’s cool. I’d love to take a vintage crossing like that. Wonder how expensive it is?
If you have to ask, you can’t afford it!

Nobody uses passenger ships for transportation, since the airliners are so much faster. So this is just an interesting “concept" cruise ship.

I question how many steerage class tickets will be sold . . .


15 posted on 10/23/2018 7:10:26 AM PDT by conservatism_IS_compassion
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To: G Larry
Perhaps the DNC could hold a convention on it......

Well, it is under the auspices of the Blue Star Line.

16 posted on 10/23/2018 7:10:47 AM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

-—”Nobody uses passenger ships for transportation, since the airliners are so much faster. So this is just an interesting “concept” cruise ship.”-—

Well, of course. Nobody took the QEII because they wanted to get to Europe fast. It was a status trip, and the price tag reflected it.


17 posted on 10/23/2018 7:12:11 AM PDT by StoneRainbow68
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To: StoneRainbow68
If it is a true replica I would imagine that it would be very expensive and uncomfortable.

I don’t know but I would guess that only the first class cabins would have private bathrooms.

And since the Titanic had far fewer state rooms than a modern cruise liner the cost would be spread across far fewer passengers.

18 posted on 10/23/2018 7:13:28 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: EdnaMode

Titanic jokes write themselves here. What iceberg will sink it?


19 posted on 10/23/2018 7:13:41 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: EdnaMode
retracing the original ship’s route

Hopefully not the entire route . . . .

20 posted on 10/23/2018 7:14:45 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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