Maybe not a exact replica, but at least the same size as the titanic.
2007-08-14 03:17:41 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
well, first of all is all the negative connotations of Titanic....would you REALLY go on a ship that looks like the third greatest and most famous disaster of all (mari) time........
more importantly, Titanic is quite small by today's standards........she is about 1/3rd the size of the QM2 and will be only 1/4 the size of the next mega ship class being built
and third the layout.Titanic was designed to carry 500 passengers in luxury and 1500 passengers in dormitory like conditions.........it just wouldn't sell in today's market..
2007-08-14 03:24:55 · answer #1 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Today, the Titanic wouldn't qualify as a luxury ship -- or even an acceptable ship, in many ways.
First, Titanic's gross tonnage was only just over 46,000 tons -- that's the lower end of the "medium" range by today's cruiseship standards. To give you some perspective, the largest and most luxurious cruiseship today -- Cunard's Queen Mary II -- is 152,000 tons. (Royal Caribbean was working on a 160,000-ton ship, but I don't know if it's been completed yet.) Typical megaships today are behemoths in the 90-110 ton range; tonnage in the 40,000's qualifies as "intimate" in cruise lingo. (If ships today seem to carry fewer passengers, it is because they no longer have "steerage".)
The Titanic had 7 decks. Cruise megaships today have upwards of 10. Queen Mary II has 13. The Titanic had "Turkish baths" and a small exercise space with about 10 pieces of equipment; modern megaships have full-blown gyms, full-service spas, and both indoor and outdoor jaccuzis. The Titanic had one swimming pool; on a modern megaship, you can expect, at the very least, a regular swimming pool, a spa pool with currents, and a children's pool. The Titanic had 3 dining rooms (assigned according to class) and a cafe; a typical megaship today has a main dining room, at least 1 specialty restaurant, a buffet, at least 1 cafe, an ice-cream parlor, several bars and lounges, and 24-hour room service.
Some of Titanic's "luxurious amenities" are just plainly out of date. The pride of the Titanic was that its first-class cabins all had their own private baths. Second-class cabins had shared baths, and there were even 4 baths for the steerage passengers -- in an age when steerage passengers were carried rather like cargo and not expected to bathe. That, however, is laughable now: today, the cheapest inside cabin has its own private bath (though not necessarily a tub to soak in).
Trust me, the ship building industry has advanced light years beyond the Titanic. The most mainstream Carnival Cruises boat would put the Titanic to shame.
2007-08-14 17:13:11 · answer #2 · answered by Rеdisca 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After the movie became a huge hit, there was talk by several cruise lines of reproducing the Titanic. However, after all the excitement wore off, nothing (to my knowledge) has ever made it past the talking stage.
By the way, the best movie concerning the ship is the 1958 B&W British film "A Night To Remember." Much more accurate than the modern fluff.
2007-08-14 10:28:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They have.
The Titanic herself had two sister ships, the Britannic and the Olympic.
Many vessels since then have exceeded the size of Titanic.
For instance the Queen Mary 1, built just 20 or so years later than the Titanic, was longer, faster, heavier and carried more people.
See my attached link for comparisons between Titanic and more modern ships.
2007-08-14 10:26:51 · answer #4 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually about twenty five years ago there was a project in the works of reproducing a TITANIC II, but was scrapped as a really bad idea by thousands of skittish people.
2007-08-14 10:35:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no point. the titanic was a dinosaur before she even got off the drawing board. people wanted speed and efficiency over size and volume. she was 884 feet long and i'm sure there are some ships around the same.
2007-08-14 10:27:20 · answer #6 · answered by barney c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Would you consider a cruise aboard the "Titanic II" ? That's why, also the imperviable design proved to be faulty. It sank!
2007-08-14 10:24:54 · answer #7 · answered by ~ Floridian`` 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uh, because it wouldn't be a good idea! Really, who would want to get on another Titantic? It just wouldn't be good publicity!
2007-08-17 23:57:01 · answer #8 · answered by CreoleSista 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad juju
2007-08-14 11:03:03 · answer #9 · answered by genius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You couldn't pay me to get on it...Would you? That is kind of like tempting fate.
2007-08-14 10:42:18 · answer #10 · answered by beth l 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋