<strong>Exploring the Titanic: </strong>Submersible company OceanGate has pushed back plans to begin diving expeditions to the Titanic wreck site in May 2018. Now the company is aiming for a 2019 kick off.
Exploring the Titanic: Submersible company OceanGate has pushed back plans to begin diving expeditions to the Titanic wreck site in May 2018. Now the company is aiming for a 2019 kick off.
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<strong>$105,129 price tag:</strong> The eight-day voyage costs $105,129 -- which OceanGate affiliate Blue Marble Private says is equivalent (after inflation) to the cost of a First Class passage on the Titanic's inaugural journey ($4,350).
$105,129 price tag: The eight-day voyage costs $105,129 -- which OceanGate affiliate Blue Marble Private says is equivalent (after inflation) to the cost of a First Class passage on the Titanic's inaugural journey ($4,350).
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<strong>Doomed voyage: </strong>The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. More than 1,500 people died.
Doomed voyage: The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. More than 1,500 people died.
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<strong>Enduring fascination: </strong>Nearly 33 years after the shipwreck was discovered more than two miles down on the Atlantic ocean floor, fascination with the disaster continues.
Enduring fascination: Nearly 33 years after the shipwreck was discovered more than two miles down on the Atlantic ocean floor, fascination with the disaster continues.
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<strong>Chinese replica: </strong>China is <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2016%2F12%2F01%2Ftravel%2Fchina-titanic-sichuan%2Findex.html" target="_blank">currently building a life-size replica</a> of the Titanic in landlocked Sichuan province, more than 1,200 kilometers from the sea.
Chinese replica: China is currently building a life-size replica of the Titanic in landlocked Sichuan province, more than 1,200 kilometers from the sea.
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<strong>Permanently docked: </strong>The multimillion dollar project will include reproductions of the original Titanic's features, including a ballroom, theater and swimming pool, and will be permanently docked in a reservoir in the Qijiang River.
Permanently docked: The multimillion dollar project will include reproductions of the original Titanic's features, including a ballroom, theater and swimming pool, and will be permanently docked in a reservoir in the Qijiang River.
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<strong>Titanic II:</strong> Australian tycoon Clive Palmer has more ambitious plans for a full-size, seaworthy replica, but a 2016 scheduled launch has been delayed until <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2016%2F02%2F11%2Ftravel%2Ftitanic-ii-feat%2Findex.html" target="_blank">2018</a>. There's no sign of it yet.
Titanic II: Australian tycoon Clive Palmer has more ambitious plans for a full-size, seaworthy replica, but a 2016 scheduled launch has been delayed until 2018. There's no sign of it yet.
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<strong>Titanic Museum: </strong>Belfast's Titanic Museum opened in in 2012 and was named the <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftitanicbelfast.com%2FBlog%2FDecember-2016%2FTitanic-Belfast-named-King-of-the-World%21%2F" target="_blank" target="_blank">World's Leading Tourist Attraction</a> at the World Travel Awards in 2016.
Titanic Museum: Belfast's Titanic Museum opened in in 2012 and was named the World's Leading Tourist Attraction at the World Travel Awards in 2016.
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