Titanic II

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[RMS Gigantic]

I'm apparently the great grandson of an Irish immigrant whose son kept on throwing rocks at a traffic in New York, breaking each light and its replacement until the city put the "Irish green" over the "British red" for that particular corner. It's still that way today, even though even the traffic lights in Ireland have red on top, so the city is now required to put up signs before the intersection to warn drivers that the traffic light ahead has a green lamp on top and red on bottom.

Thus, the only thing that my Irish grandfather managed to accomplish was turning an intersection into a hazard if there are colorblind drivers around.

[Mad_Fred]

lol, you implying Irishmen are stupid?

Nope I'm pulling Jack's leg.  

I'm apparently the great grandson of an Irish immigrant whose son kept on throwing rocks at a traffic in New York, breaking each light and its replacement until the city put the "Irish green" over the "British red" for that particular corner.

Love that story, I only wonder why there's always more Irish Americans that seem to be a descendant of the vandals of Tipperary Hill, than there were actual Irish Immigrants in the USA at that time.. haha. 

[RMS Gigantic]

Love that story, I only wonder why there's always more Irish Americans that seem to be a descendant of the vandals of Tipperary Hill, than there were actual Irish Immigrants in the USA at that time.. haha. 

What I can't figure out is why they still defend the deed

[IRI5HJ4CK]

..only the smart ones.. 

Oooooooohhh.....

Are you Irish Fred?

[Captain Cadet]

..only the smart ones.. 

expesually with beer going down £0.01 
Penny to spend some where else

[Mad_Fred]

Oooooooohhh.....

Are you Irish Fred?

Is binn béal ina thost   

[The Ferry King]

Is binn béal ina thost   

wow,

[IRI5HJ4CK]

Is binn béal ina thost   

Google aistriú oibríonn go han-mhaith!

[RMS Gigantic]

Google aistriú oibríonn go han-mhaith!

Amháin más rud é nach féidir leat a léamh i ndáiríre cad a thagann amach

[Mad_Fred]

I never said I used google. 

[The Ferry King]

I never said I used google. 

Maybe another translator?

I can think of many,

i guess there is also one in your head, fred?

[RMS Gigantic]

Getting back to Titanic II and the matter of the camera in the bow, Clive Palmer said at the London press conference (now available on Youtube) that the camera in the bow will be for when the ship is at port. That is, they will not be allowing people on the forward section of the forecastle when the ship is underway.

[floatboat]

Getting back to Titanic II and the matter of the camera in the bow, Clive Palmer said at the London press conference (now available on Youtube) that the camera in the bow will be for when the ship is at port. That is, they will not be allowing people on the forward section of the forecastle when the ship is underway.

That just ruined a lot of peoples plans.... so much for "I'm the king of the world" re-enactments

[Rbsanford]

.... so much for "I'm the king of the world" re-enactments

Thank deity! "I'm king of the world" is so cliched!

[RMS Gigantic]

According to a recent tweet from the Titanic II Twitter account, Blue Star Line will be meeting with Deltamarin and CSC Jinling this weekend. I suspect it's related to their tweet a few hours prior that Blue Star Line was "working hard finalising plans for construction to begin." I know that among the changes that have been made to the design is a redesign of the ship's stern to give it a shape more akin to the original (Deltamarin has stated as such).

Also, apparently they are making a documentary around the construction of Titanic II.

[The Ferry King]

Some things the builders need to change, seriously the bow area has always been one of the most famous places ever,

[Mad_Fred]

only in the movies, mate...  

at least if you're talking about the jack & rose moment.

Would be really hard to change the law on account of a fictional movie scene. 

[The Ferry King]

only in the movies, mate...  

at least if you're talking about the jack & rose moment.

Would be really hard to change the law on account of a fictional movie scene. 

i was actually talking about the bow itself, not the jack rose moment,
remember those pictures showing titanic underwater, (the picture of the bow)

the jack rose moment was a stupid idea,

wait i'm confused, are you talking about a bow camera being fitted inside the bow so people can track the Titanics path through the eyes of a bow camera

or some stupid camera filming people standing on that rail where jack & rose stood,= if it is this then Fred you completely miss understood my point ;0/

[RMS Gigantic]

The bow camera will be mounted on the front of the vessel and face backwards to give people a chance to stand at the bow of the vessel when the ship is in port and acting as a museum. It's just a small way for Blue Star Line to make additional money, and it adds 3 inches onto the overall length of the ship. Personally, I take little issue with this as long as people are prohibited from the bow when the ship is at sea, which it appears will be the case

Another slight modification that has been made to Titanic II since the design shown on the website: They now plan on using what essentially amounts to something akin to a one-way mirror for the observation decks inside the front two funnels, so that people on those decks can look out but those in front of the funnels on deck only see funnels, without windows.

[Mad_Fred]

and it adds 3 inches onto the overall length of the ship. Personally, I take little issue with this

That a refreshing attitude on your behalf compared to disputing every single little speck of difference between Titanic and it's Shipsim counterpart in the past.   

But those 3 inches, seriously speaking, are peanuts compared to some of the changes in design that alter her beam, her bow line, and more of such iconic shapes. Surely you'll also agree that it won't be a proper replica if they keep on changing things like that..

The more I read about it and about the changes compared to the original, the more I realise it's not going to be the Titanic, it's just going to be a floating Titanic theme park. That's a pity though, if I'd ever book a cruise on her, I'd want to feel the essence of 100 years ago, if possible.. to go back in time and experience what life on a luxury liner was really like. Not just be in a theme park where it might look kinda the same, but is actually as realistic as the movie was. 

[The Ferry King]

I thought that all depends on the idea of 'safety first'

without it the Titanic 2 would be an exact replica of the original ship,

[clanky]

Don't see why they need to change anything for safety reasons, I mean the original was unsinkable.

[Dannypenguin]

Don't see why they need to change anything for safety reasons, I mean the original was unsinkable.

 

[Mad_Fred]

I thought that all depends on the idea of 'safety first'

Nah, save money first, safety second. 

[RMS Gigantic]

Fred, I honestly believe that Titanic II is far safer than she is budget-conscious For example, the front of the ship has slightly more flare, perhaps in part due to the safety deck, but what the added hull height (from the Safety Deck) and additional flare do for Titanic II is make her more capable of slicing through rogue waves. There are also measures being taken to make her less likely to suffer major damage in ship-ship collisions. What's more, from what I can understand of one of Deltamarin's remarks, it sounds like there's a "Watertight deck" within the ship's bowels to further divide up her watertight compartments

So in a way, from these safety features to the highly varied decor of her first class areas, Titanic II is shaping up to be among the safest and most luxurious passenger ships afloat, if not the pinnacle of those ideals. In that way, even though she is not the largest ship in the world, Titanic II DOES capture several qualities of the first.