I once worked for a bank that actually went into this as a proposition. It won't happen, for a lot of reasons, but the principal ones are:

- Too much money, too little room. Those staterooms in First Class are barely acceptable now, in size, no matter how large they seemed when the ship was built.

- No bathrooms. A grand total of [i:6e7e89aae4]nineteen[/i:6e7e89aae4] cabins (I just counted) had bathrooms [i:6e7e89aae4]en suite[/i:6e7e89aae4]. Everyone else shared bathrooms down the hall. How many people do you know would be willing to do that today?

- Nothing to do. They had one tennis court, indoors, one pool, small, a library that consisted of one case of books, and a reading and writing room. The other diversions on board were walking, talking, eating, and smoking. That's it. No theater, no movies, no shuffleboard, [i:6e7e89aae4]nuthin'[/i:6e7e89aae4]. The passengers were dependant on their own resources the whole trip.

- The safety standards. Besides not enough lifeboats, the fire control eqipment wasn't acceptable, there was no radar, etc., etc., etc.

- Too few cabins, no matter how you redistributed the second- and third-class space. Modern ships are huge for a reason - it don't pay if they're not.

- After the first two or three years of [i:6e7e89aae4]Titanic[/i:6e7e89aae4] buffs taking the trip, what then? It's a small ship, and even if we kept her busy (they estimated about $10,000 a pop, btw, for a one-way ticket if it was to be profitable) for three to five years, the estimated ship's life is twenty to thirty - what do they do to her? It would be a [i:6e7e89aae4]very[/i:6e7e89aae4] expensive ship to recreate, don't forget.

I could go on, but I'll quit now - those were the biggest objections. If you want the full list, e-mail me.

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:? Titanic II wouldnt be all that difficult really... there are ships now days that would make the old titanic miniscule in comparison, especially these new cruise ships. I believe it would be a grand idea, actually, and would make lots of money, in my opinion. Just the novelty and fantasy would bring people in. Imagine taking a cruise on the replica of the grandest ship of our time and the economy it would bring to a certain port and shipyard building it. I could go on and on with the pluses this idea could bring in.....and it isnt that difficult to build.....really......not these days!!!![/b:c650232ff0]

titanic 2...............
ahh the possibilities! :D

Not that they will, but i can honestly say that I would LOVE for them to rebuild a repleca.

I dont think that is by any means dishonoring the first, only because i think that it would just give people a taste of the actual ship, not just by pictures and movies.

Now i disagree completely about trying to bring up the actual ship, she should be left to her grave, but as far as building a replica, i'd be all for it, and i would definitely sail on it! You dont understand how much i would enjoy it, even thought i am pretty sure we are not economically stable to build one.. its just an awesome dream!

If every rumor about building a replica of the Titanic that I've heard were true, there would be about five of them floating around by now.

My favorite rumor, though, was the one I heard a while back (around the time the '97 movie came out) that said that they would build three replicas of the Titanic and sail each one of them on the Southampton-New York route that the original was supposed to have made...

Yes, the Titanic should be left as a part of history (as everyone in my family hears whenever I hear about or read something about an attempt to salvage anything from the wreck) but no one's ever going to be able to match her. There can be only one, no matter how hard anyone tries.

Will? Did I hear that for the Millenuim prodject of the year 2000 Russia was considering building a replica of the Titanic? Ever heard that rumor? I remember thinking about where they would possibly get the extra money for such a feat.

It would be hard for me to imagine a reason to build a ship that would rival the Titanic. Passenger liners (as opposed to Cruise Liners) aren't doing enough business that it would be a rapidly repaying investment, and even if there were those who had the desire to sail on such a ship, time is (as they say) of the essance now days, and there are swifter ways to commute. To find enough paying passengers for a liner of that magnitude would be difficult at best, and to find a recurring list of passengers might prove too daunting. The Titanic was a steam ship out of another era and the novelty alone wouldn't sustain such an investment. I think that it will not be done, however I have been wrong before, so find the money and sign me up.
Will

[quote:00afda4e4d="AlbinoZin"]Are they gonna build a Titanic II? I heard numerous rumors about this and I just wanted to know if it was true.[/quote:00afda4e4d][code:1:00afda4e4d][quote] :P :P :P [/quote][/code:1:00afda4e4d]

I don't think they should, rebuild it either i mean it would obviously take up a lot of recourses and someone already mentioned, and money and also again it's unique.

xxLivxx

If someone decided to rebuild the "Great Ship" it would not only take a hell of a lot of time, $$$$ but would use up a lot of the worlds resources eg Iron, Wood etc.

I personnally wouldn't want her to be rebuilt, on growds that she was unique (there is no way that the new ship would ever match the original) she should be left as apart of history!!!! :wink: