Titanic II to be launched in 2016

dark crystal · 27-02-2013 12:47AM #1

Billionaire Clive Palmer has outlined his plans to launch a replica of the Titanic, due to launch from Southampton in 2016.

Linky:

http://www.digitalspy.ie/odd/news/a461845/titanic-ii-confirmed-for-2016-passengers-to-wear-1920s-costumes.html

"The area [for] passengers will be authentic with the same design and facilities," he said. "But there will be modern things such as air conditioning and other features we are debating - such as internet on the ship.

"There won't be TVs in the state rooms, though."

Palmer added that those in first class will be banned from anyone in second or third class. Costumes inspired by the 1920s will also be provided.

He stated: "It will really help you pretend you are in the movie."

The Titanic II will carry 2,600 passengers and employ 900 crew members. There will also be enough lifeboats for everyone.

I'm not sure of this is in incredibly bad taste, or a stroke of genius.

Would you pay to take the same voyage on a ship of the same name as those doomed passengers took all those years ago?

I'm a little bit ashamed to say I probably would, just for the experience of doing it

SicklySweet · 27-02-2013 12:51AM

I would also.
Just started saving for a first class ticket just in case :pac:

27-02-2013 12:52AM

Just a little annoyance of mine... Northern Ireland and Belfast celebrate the Titanic as something marvellous and worthy of praise. The expo's and all that which they use as tourist bait as if it were such a success.

The damn thing sank.

On its maiden voyage!!!

the groutch · 27-02-2013 12:56AM

lets give free tickets to every member of FF

27-02-2013 12:57AM

I'm saving my pennies for the return of concorde.

Long boat trips are not my thing.

Superbus · 27-02-2013 12:57AM

"It will really help you pretend you are in the movie."

Or, you know, the real historical event that actually happened.

tylercheribini · 27-02-2013 12:57AM

naming a ship after the titanic is a bit like namin a playschool after gary glitter

B.A._Baracus · 27-02-2013 12:57AM

I for one will not be going on its maiden voyage.

Actually scratch that, wont be ever boarding the bloody thing

DwightSchrute1 · 27-02-2013 12:58AM

Hope they see the iceberg this time

Yakult · 27-02-2013 12:59AM

Internet on the ship is up for debate? ehh I think not.

dark crystal · 27-02-2013 01:00AM

the groutch wrote: »

lets give free tickets to every member of FF

But there's enough lifeboats this time round, though.

donvito99 · 27-02-2013 01:01AM

Bad taste much?

And BTW, this idea will not leave the dry dock.

Boombastic · 27-02-2013 01:01AM

No tv's in the state rooms or icebergs in the hull? I'm out

phoenix999 · 27-02-2013 01:01AM

Trust an Ozzie to come up with something like this. No class (all puns aside!).

Ostrom · 27-02-2013 01:02AM

Omackeral wrote: »

Just a little annoyance of mine... Northern Ireland and Belfast celebrate the Titanic as something marvellous and worthy of praise. The expo's and all that which they use as tourist bait as if it were such a success.

The damn thing sank.

On its maiden voyage!!!

Due to the competitive pressures of its operator - Harland and Wolff were world leaders in heavy industry

wretcheddomain · 27-02-2013 01:03AM

Was I the only one, when reading the title of the thread, thought it was going to be a film version?

dark crystal · 27-02-2013 01:04AM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Was I the only one, when reading the title of the thread, thought it was going to be a film version?

Already been done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f720MNvOeVc

Yes, it's as bad as it looks.

Chuck Stone · 27-02-2013 01:06AM

Tragedy voyeurs.

Grief vampires.

French girls.

Draw me like one.

phoenix999 · 27-02-2013 01:06AM

wretcheddomain wrote: »

Was I the only one, when reading the title of the thread, thought it was going to be a film version?

Wasn't there some film Raise the Titanic? That sank like a stone too....

AlmightyCushion · 27-02-2013 01:07AM

From an RTE article:

''It is going to be designed so it won't sink," mining and tourism tycoon Clive Palmer told reporters

Where have I heard that before.

13spanner · 27-02-2013 01:08AM

I told him about this idea in confidence. Thought I could confide in him.

Billionaire prick.

frag420 · 27-02-2013 01:09AM

So who is building the ice berg for this historical reinactment?

IceFjoem · 27-02-2013 01:09AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Already been done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f720MNvOeVc

Yes, it's as bad as it looks.

Worse I'd say

AlmightyCushion · 27-02-2013 01:12AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Already been done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f720MNvOeVc

Yes, it's as bad as it looks.

I prefer this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vetaFnJ2TpQ

Dartz · 27-02-2013 01:13AM

A Cruise on Titanic II

Where getting halfway there, is all the fun.

phoenix999 · 27-02-2013 01:18AM

efla wrote: »

Due to the competitive pressures of its operator - Harland and Wolff were world leaders in heavy industry

+1

It was a marvel of the age and Belfast should rightly celebrate it. The electrical systems onboard alone were well ahead of their time. But the greedy owners and some truly bad luck put it on the course to oblivion: using lower grade metal, foregoing full bulkheads, insisting on speed, not enough lifeboats, the list goes on.

smileyj1987 · 27-02-2013 01:35AM

I won't be going in third class .

petersburg2002 · 27-02-2013 01:41AM

Titanic would be perfect for some time travel movie, with all those strange events/sequences which could have prevented the disaster:

Having no access to binoculars to see the iceberg

The extremely mild weather, pushing the iceberg further south and the dead calm (they couldn't see waves lapping off it)

Ignoring the ice warnings and telling the operator of the nearby ship to literally fcuk off to bed.

The change of course and speed, bringing it straight into the iceberg's path.

The cheap grade metal rivets which caused the metal plates to unravel on impact.

Slowing down the ship while turning away from the iceberg, instead on speeding up to turn faster.

Any one thing done differently could have changed everything utterly.

Where To · 27-02-2013 01:44AM

I'd say some boardsies would have a collection to send me on it if it was guaranteed to sink!

dark crystal · 27-02-2013 09:38AM

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I prefer this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vetaFnJ2TpQ

Sadly, I'd actually probably pay good money to see that.

jhegarty · 27-02-2013 09:41AM

Palmer added that those in first class will be banned from anyone in second or third class. Costumes inspired by the 1920s will also be provided.

So you get to costumes from a period 8 years after the Titanic sunk

iDave · 27-02-2013 09:42AM

I'll wait for Costa Concordia 2 thank you very much.

rainbowdash · 27-02-2013 09:51AM

iDave wrote: »

I'll wait for Costa Concordia 2 thank you very much.

To put it in perspective the costa Concordia is way bigger than the titanic, if the titanic was in southampton today it would be dwarfed by modern vessels and look quite unimpressive.

I doubt people would be arsed going on a small cruise ship with no swimming pools, running tracks, cinemas, kids play zones available on any modern large ship.

Doctor Strange · 27-02-2013 10:00AM

Hope they don't cast Leonardo DiCaprio again. He'd be too old this time round, imo.

Sparks43 · 27-02-2013 10:09AM

Anyone fancy a game of Cards?

:pac:

LordSutch · 27-02-2013 10:19AM

the groutch wrote: »

lets give free tickets to every member of FF

And Sinn Fein.

SEPT 23 1989 · 27-02-2013 10:21AM

You just know it will happen again:D

padd b1975 · 27-02-2013 10:24AM

I suppose its just dressing up really, a bit like Bloomsday in a ghoulish sort of way.

Hande hoche! · 27-02-2013 10:27AM

Billy Zane could do with some work.

gobnaitolunacy · 27-02-2013 10:28AM

Used have an interest in the Titanic well before the movie came out.
Cameron's movie finished it, even the Cobh 100th commemoration fell for it, Celine Dion on a PA system screeching out over Cork Harbour. Sheesh.

Think this replica idea at best is cloying and kitsch and at worst, just plain ghoulish.

hoodwinked · 27-02-2013 10:32AM

dark crystal wrote: »

Already been done:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f720MNvOeVc

Yes, it's as bad as it looks.

well if thats how this new one is going down, im sooo not getting on it! :eek:

gobnaitolunacy · 27-02-2013 10:32AM

smileyj1987 wrote: »

I won't be going in third class .

But the craic is mighty down in steerage.

long range shooter · 27-02-2013 10:37AM

Having been out see for over 20 years,last 8 as captain,the superstition that comes with it says that you should never ever sail on a vessel with the same name if it has sunk.
It's bad luck,so good luck to everyone who wants to go on board.

hoodwinked · 27-02-2013 10:41AM

long range shooter wrote: »

Having been out see for over 20 years,last 8 as captain,the superstition that comes with it says that you should never ever sail on a vessel with the same name if it has sunk.
It's bad luck,so good luck to everyone who wants to go on board.

but then what do you do if some guy names his boat "fred" (terrible example but my mind stalled) and it sinks....and then you on the other side of the world name your boat "fred"...

is it still bad luck if you don't know another boat called fred sunk?

long range shooter · 27-02-2013 10:48AM

hoodwinked wrote: »

but then what do you do if some guy names his boat "fred" (terrible example but my mind stalled) and it sinks....and then you on the other side of the world name your boat "fred"...

is it still bad luck if you don't know another boat called fred sunk?

If captain and crew went down with it yes.
If you read about Berge Istra and berge vanga,you will know what I mean:D

Scruffles · 27-02-2013 11:22AM

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

But the craic is mighty down in steerage.

plus if the rats start running,those in steerage will have a quicker warning that thur be a sinkin going on.

if there is internet onboard they will need this installing for realisms sake-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwZGtnAVaRI

gobnaitolunacy · 27-02-2013 11:41AM

long range shooter wrote: »

Having been out see for over 20 years,last 8 as captain,the superstition that comes with it says that you should never ever sail on a vessel with the same name if it has sunk.
It's bad luck,so good luck to everyone who wants to go on board.

'Luck' is a load of old cobblers, meeting a red haired woman/saying certain words on board/changing a ship's name. Heard of one guy who thought it bad luck to bring a banana on board...what's a banana boat skipper supposed to do??!!

long range shooter · 27-02-2013 11:54AM

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

'Luck' is a load of old cobblers, meeting a red haired woman/saying certain words on board/changing a ship's name. Heard of one guy who thought it bad luck to bring a banana on board...what's a banana boat skipper supposed to do??!!

You are free to go on the Titanic II whenever she comes out,I am not.
Ill go with the old superstition

gobnaitolunacy · 27-02-2013 12:01PM

long range shooter wrote: »

You are free to go on the Titanic II whenever she comes out,I am not.
Ill go with the old superstition

Er no thanks, nothing to do with superstition rather being I'd prefer not to be in the company of strange people who like dressing up as victims of a tragedy (when it's not Halloween).

long range shooter · 27-02-2013 12:05PM

gobnaitolunacy wrote: »

Er no thanks, nothing to do with superstition rather being I'd prefer not to be in the company of strange people who like dressing up as victims of a tragedy (when it's not Halloween).

That doesn't only go for the Titanic II.
If you wanna go on ships called Berge Istra,berge vanga,bourbon dolphin etc,be my guest.

ejmaztec · 27-02-2013 12:12PM

Titanic II should be a luxury submarine.

Titanic II to be launched in 2016

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