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By the time you had added all the modern safety features, lifeboats and modern accommodation (no steerage) etc., she would not be very much like the original Titanic.
I'm not even sure if the hull would perform to modern buoyancy standards. If that had to be re-designed, she would definitely look like a different ship - pointless.
Of course it would be so much cheaper (and probably more profitable) to build a modern cruise ship.
Anyway, the QM2 is the modern day Titanic!
[ 04-30-2012: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]
Rich
Don't we get these plan every once in a while, to be never heard about....
I can remember reading about one plan about 10 years ago. This idiot wanted to do a 100 year remembrance crossing and lower the life boats mid ocean with passengers.....
It was on all the big news sites today
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:[...]Anyway, the QM2 is the modern day Titanic!
Exactly. It has been done, this niche is already 'occupied'. Most of these 'projects' are based on a contradiction: One can't rebuild Titanic compliant with nowadays standards - every concession to modern safety and shipbuilding standards as well as 'creature comforts' would be in contradiction to rebuilding her in original condition. If one thinks that through one finally ends up with a ship like QM2 or the Disney ships.
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:Trust me, it's a pipe dream. Anyway, the QM2 is the modern day Titanic! [ 04-30-2012: Message edited by: Malcolm @ cruisepage ]
Actually the R-ship interiors are closet to the look of the Titanic of anything sailing today. Deutschland is second.
I guess it is real. We'll see if it gets built now that he is making news all over the world.
Brian
quote:Originally posted by Brian_O:Do they even build cruise ships as small as the Titanic any more?Brian
Of course! The new Seabourn and Silversea ships, Europa 2, or L'Austral and Le Boreal are all recently built reasonably sized vessels.
quote:Originally posted by jeremya:Would you believe it if I told you that this story got billing on the main CTV National News tonight ???
This story has made TV news all over the world, both local and national newscasts. Much is being made of the fact that the new ship would sail on the exact route of the original TITANIC, as if that were some mysterious and unknown path which has never again been attempted!
the original Corsair IV
If they can make a Titanic II that has the flavor of the Nero, it could be interesting, if a little too goulish for my taste.
[ 05-01-2012: Message edited by: Thad ]
The yacht posted above is BTW an excellent example of a 'phoney imitation'. It's maybe an interesting concept but even on the photo above she is clearly identified as modern ship.
Europe and the USA many old buildings are updated and adaptively reused. The facade and the lobby remain with the non-public spaces modernized and not looking like they did years ago.
quote:Originally posted by desirod7:[...[still have the 100 year old design, and be marketeable.[...]
The 100 year old design is not marketable.
quote:Originally posted by Ernst:The 100 year old design is not marketable.
Not marketable?
A lot of people have made a lot of money from the Titanic over the past 100 years and still are!
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:Not marketable? A lot of people have made a lot of money from the Titanic over the past 100 years and still are!
What I meant is that the original design is not marketable as cruise ship. People might say that they would like to experience 'Titanic' but frankly, I doubt that they have any clue what that would be about. I am sure one can make a lot of money with a 'Titanic themed' cruise ship, however, there is no way a truly original replica could find a market. Even her first class cabins lacked many facilities that are standard these days - not to talk about other features most passengers would expect aboard a modern cruise ship - and an truly original replica would be a rather expensive cruise ship too.
quote:Originally posted by Thad:Well, I do not know. I think building it in China might allow more "craftmanship" at a lower price. Look at this yacht "Nero" built in China to resemble JP Morgan's Corvair yachts..[ 05-01-2012: Message edited by: Thad ]
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I forgot about this gorgeous yacht. There are several design elements that give it away as being new, but it is still amazing looking. As for building in a country like China, why not? James Cameron took advantage of Mexico's low labor rates when he re-created the interiors of Titanic.
Ship the raw materials to one of those countries, and the craftsmen can build incredible re-creations for a fraction of the price if it was made in the States or Europe. Several well-known European design houses do it w/clothing and accessories so why not complete interiors?
quote:Originally posted by Ernst:What I meant is that the original design is not marketable as cruise ship.
What I meant is that the original design is not marketable as cruise ship.
Rubbish!
Once the balconies, ice rink and rock-wall are added she will sell like hot cakes.
quote:Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:Rubbish! Once the balconies, ice rink and rock-wall are added she will sell like hot cakes.
True! Maybe the balconies could be incorporated into what were the covered promenades on the original.
I guess this australian must have autorization to build a ship like Titanic with the same name. I don't know if in that time this already exists, but something like what now we call trade mark must exists.
[ 05-02-2012: Message edited by: Daniel Capella ]
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