Could they make a Titanic replica?
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Would it be possible? You know, same name, layout, furniture?
If so, I'm surprised it hasn't been done. It would be a great tourist attraction.
If so, I'm surprised it hasn't been done. It would be a great tourist attraction.
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He made half a replica the other half was mirrored.:p
Dead bodies, icy cold water, bits of boat floating about, course it's possible.
http://www.titanicmemorialcruise.co.uk/
Can't believe it's fully booked
well bless Wikipedia's lickle heart http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replica_Titanic
I reckon it would be a surprisingly popular ship if a replica was ever made.
THE TITANIC - MADE IN BELFAST
and on the back..
IT WAS FINE WHEN IT LEFT
brillant
Didn't one sink already!
ICEBERG........:D
That's strange as that very thing I have dreamt about most of my life. I have always pondered "Wouldn't it be fantastic to rebuild it exactly to the original drawings"
But if you watched that Ch4 show on it where they remade small sections and pieces of it, you could see that to actually remake the whole thing, would be near to impossible. (Not actually impossible but bloody close!)
The amount of money need now would be astronomical. It's not just the cost of the materials (and they would cost 100s of millions) you would have to remake all the machinery that made the parts in the first place. Add to that retraining people to do the jobs/skills that just don't exist anymore and be stopped at every point by health and safety saying "Oh you can't do it like that!" - "But we have to to make the part the way it was made" - "Oh well you will need 75 firemen and 6 miles of flameproof sheeting for the workers to stand behind whilst they make that part"
And that's before the Unions strike every week for more and more money from the bottomless pit. Back in the day it was "Do you want a job or not?" and you were lucky to have one.
So all in all, a lovely dream, but not realistically possible. Times have changed too much.
Why not meet the situation half way and build a ship that on the exterior looks like the Titanic (same size, same funnels etc) but inside it's an up to date cruise liner, albeit perhaps with early 20th century decor.
Underneath the Edwardian style superstructure there could be a modern built ship with a state-of-the-art power unit with all mod cons in each cabin.
It could well be a huge money-spinner, I'm surprised no-one has thought of it before.
I reckon so...I watched a programme the other week for the anniversary or something like that, where they got specialists in who worked on rebuilding (life size) parts of the ship and furniture etc. That was successful, so I don't see why not.....I wouldn't recommend an exact replica though, for obvious reasons
Not a very good shareholder return.
I'm sure there will be a virtual reality version !