100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic

[Hidden_Mickey]

Anyone else psyched up for the special events?

National Geographic magazine has it as their cover story this month, and their channel has a few specials next week.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/titanic/?source=banner_semgngc_202

There are events around the world, and a Twitter account... amazing!

Of course, James Cameron's movie is going to be released in the theatres in 3D later this week.

I am planning to go to the South Street Seaport Museum on the 14th, the day the Titanic hit the iceberg, to see their exhibition.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/titanic/?source=banner_semgngc_202

Julian Fellows, who wrote and created Downton Abbey, wrote a Titanic mini series which will be broadcast on ABC on the 14th and 15th.

It's a field day for history junkies like myself!

 

[hereyago]

At a local mariner's museum:

Proceeds from this event will support the 2012 programs and exhibitions at The Mariners’ Museum.
First Class Divider 11st class titanic passengers

First Class Dinner
in the Museum Grand Lobby

The experience begins at 6:30 p.m. as you are greeted by Captain Edward J. Smith and welcomed into the Grand Salon of RMS Titanic. A sumptuous 5-course re-creation of the Last Dinner awaits you as you are serenaded by the sounds of a chamber quartet. Enjoy the company of John Jacob Astor & Benjamin Guggenheim.

$250 per person
$2,500 per table (seats 8)
Black tie or period costume
First Class DividerThird Class “The Real Party”Titanic 3rd class dancing on deck
in the Huntington Room
This event begins at 7:30 p.m. Grab your boarding pass, cross your fingers while going through Immigration Inspection, and make your way to the Dining Hall. Mingle with fellow passengers, take in Celtic tunes of local band - Poisoned Dwarf, enjoy some hearty fare, and a few spirits.

$125 per person
Casual Attire or Period Costume


I will not be attending as I would just sob probably. I am weird when it comes to ship wrecks.

I will be watching the specials on natgeo. I will not go watch the movie again especially in 3d.

 

[chisnpeke]

I love Titanic and have been fascinated with it since I was nine years old and the movie came out. I am going to see the movie again in theaters. I'm also planning on watching the specials and the ABC miniseries they are going to air. Might also buy the National Geographic issue as well! I am a history lover so this is the kind of stuff I love.

 

[cornflake]

At a local mariner's museum:

Proceeds from this event will support the 2012 programs and exhibitions at The Mariners’ Museum.
First Class Divider 11st class titanic passengers

First Class Dinner
in the Museum Grand Lobby

The experience begins at 6:30 p.m. as you are greeted by Captain Edward J. Smith and welcomed into the Grand Salon of RMS Titanic. A sumptuous 5-course re-creation of the Last Dinner awaits you as you are serenaded by the sounds of a chamber quartet. Enjoy the company of John Jacob Astor & Benjamin Guggenheim.

$250 per person
$2,500 per table (seats 8)
Black tie or period costume
First Class DividerThird Class “The Real Party”Titanic 3rd class dancing on deck
in the Huntington Room
This event begins at 7:30 p.m. Grab your boarding pass, cross your fingers while going through Immigration Inspection, and make your way to the Dining Hall. Mingle with fellow passengers, take in Celtic tunes of local band - Poisoned Dwarf, enjoy some hearty fare, and a few spirits.

$125 per person
Casual Attire or Period Costume


I will not be attending as I would just sob probably. I am weird when it comes to ship wrecks.

I will be watching the specials on natgeo. I will not go watch the movie again especially in 3d.

"enjoy some hearty fare, and a few spirits..." and then they drown you? I mean... I sortof get it in theory, I suppose but I kind of really don't. That just reads so creepy to me.

It's like recreating... I dunno, the Donner expedition (you'll set out in period-appropriate clothing...), or the Hindenburg or something.

 

[EMom]

"enjoy some hearty fare, and a few spirits..." and then they drown you? I mean... I sortof get it in theory, I suppose but I kind of really don't. That just reads so creepy to me.

It's like recreating... I dunno, the Donner expedition (you'll set out in period-appropriate clothing...), or the Hindenburg or something.

Well, not EVERYONE drowned. Of course, the more spirits you drink, the less alert you are.......

I can't go on a cruise ever because of the Titanic. My mother had me watch the old Barbara Stanwyck version when I was a kid and it gave me the heebie jeebies about ever going on a cruise ship. Closest I ever came was a couple of hours on an enormous ferry (complete with casino, restaurants, duty free shops and some kind of show, I think) from Norway to Sweden.

 

[cornflake]

Well, not EVERYONE drowned. Of course, the more spirits you drink, the less alert you are.......

I can't go on a cruise ever because of the Titanic. My mother had me watch the old Barbara Stanwyck version when I was a kid and it gave me the heebie jeebies about ever going on a cruise ship. Closest I ever came was a couple of hours on an enormous ferry (complete with casino, restaurants, duty free shops and some kind of show, I think) from Norway to Sweden.

Not everyone ended up on the wrong side of the fork in the Donner party, still not recreating it for fun!

 

[PaulaSB12]

I wonder if in 100 years time they will do a "fun" re-enactment of 9/11 just for fun you know.

 

[DebIreland]

How bizarre. I never thought of The Titanic sinking as anything but a horrific tragedy. Enjoy some "hearty fare"???

I live near Cobh, which was the final port of call for The Titanic, before setting sail across The Atlantic. I believe there will be some poignant tributes paid to those who lost their lives, with the anniversary coming up.

 

[tinatark]

There is a Titanic replica/musuem/attraction here- as a tribute to the Titanic passengers, visitors to there (as well as the attraction in Branson) have placed rose petals in in large containers. Those petals will be taken by an ice cutter to the location on the 15th and released. I can't wait to see video/photos. The owner of the musuem has led several expeditions to the location, and if you remember the first, robotic footage of the wreckage, that is from one of his trips.

We leave this Saturday for a cruise - bought Titanic lanyards for our cruise cards, and are considering getting tshirts for us all to wear when we get on the ship. I think it would make that sailaway photo .

 

[Funfire240]

I have always been fascinated with the Titanic and the people aboard - there is just something about it. I can remember when they first located it. My parents went to the museum near Pirgeon Forge this year and I would have loved to have gone with them. We do have an exhibit opening up not far from here in Dearborn, MI that will be open thru the fall and I do plan on going.
For me, legend has it that my great-grandfather (according to his stories) had a ticket and was supposed to be on the Titanic but as usual was late and missed the send off. How true this is none of us really know (I didn't know him to well as I was very young when he passed) but we always laugh that it's the reason everyone in our family usually runs late - that it's in our blood.

 

[diz8297]

I dunno. I just don't get it. I mean, I love history, and yes this is fascinating, but so many people died! I have seen Cameron's movie....once in it's entirety. Of course it's shown frequently on cable tv and snippets have been seen as I channel surf. I cannot bear to watch the scenes of the old couple holding each other, or the mother with her children helping them go to sleep. And it seems unseemly to me that Cameron has re-released this in 3D. I mean really?? To watch people drown and freeze to death-in a you are there experience? I guess it's ok cause it'll bring in more money.

 

[Lintasare]

I see nothing wrong with recreating a dinner from the Titanic. This month a local tea room themed their menu to to the Titanic and is even having a special Titanic tea where guests are given a role as an actual passenger. I wanted to do it but it sold out real quick. It's just a way of commemorating a historic event.

 

[RadioNate]

My grandmother's best friend was a passenger on the Titanic. She and her mother lived. her oldest brother (no more than 5-6 years old) died as did her father. Yeah - I think maybe I'll go put some flowers on her grave. Seems way more appropriate than some of this stuff.

 

[maddiel]

You all might want to come and visit Halifax this month.

Halifax has a fairly strong connection to the Titanic. It's one of the closes ports to the Titanic site and the ships that retrieved the bodies of the victims sailed from here and brought back the bodies to Halifax be identified and, in many cases, buried. The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic has a great permanant exhibit of Titanic memorabilia. The Bedford Institute of Oceanography has been involved in research on the wreck site.

Over the next couple of weeks there will be a Titanic Dinner Theatre operating here, several restaurants offering Titanic menus (which sound amazing!), a film festival, book launches, a number of memorial services and concerts, art exhibits opening, several plays and a number of other events. I understand there are a couple of cruise ships offering Titanic cruises that will be in port her for the anniversary.

I got to go to a sneak preview of the 3D Titanic movie on Valentine's Day - it was still mightily impressive on the big screen, but I found the 3D effects underwhelming. Unfortunately, the new mini series (which started airing in Canada on Wednesday nights two weeks ago) is also a bit of a disappointment.

I'd like to take in some of the events, but I will try to avoid the ones that are really tacky and/or really expensive!

M.

 

[Hidden_Mickey]

I agree that the re-enactments don't sit quite right with me. I intend to visit the Titanic memorial near the South Street Seaport museum. I wouldn't mind sampling what first class passengers had for dinner though.

I liked James Cameron's movie because it brought the ship to life. I love history and that era fascinates me. I love the clothes, architecture, art, design, and the history that went with it. The sinking was a tragedy, but people are still fascinated by the ship and the story.

Does anyone know how long the film will be in theatres? I can't go the next two weekends, and during the week it will be difficult, because the movie is so long that it will be a late night, and I don't want to keep the kids out that late, unless we have no choice, like we have to go before they stop showing it.

 

[hereyago]

"enjoy some hearty fare, and a few spirits..." and then they drown you? I mean... I sortof get it in theory, I suppose but I kind of really don't. That just reads so creepy to me.

It's like recreating... I dunno, the Donner expedition (you'll set out in period-appropriate clothing...), or the Hindenburg or something.

Yea, it's just weird. They do have their own "Titanic" section and you used to get a card to see "who"you were then you find out at the end if you lived or died, um, that is creepy.

Now with the 3d movie, I am like this: wow I want to pay how much for 3d so that way it's more real to see people drown,die of hypothermia, water come rushing in,, nope I'm good. I would just be a sobbing mess.

 

[amberg@eastlink.ca]

i wont be taking anything in- altho as maddiel said here in halifax we have huge ties to the sinking, several scenes of james camerons titanic were actually filmed here as well. i'll prob watch whatever coverage is on tv etc but thats about it. im wondering if the cemetary tours here will pick up?

i know it sounds a little creepy but several bus tours are offered to the 3 cemetaries where victims are burried. most that go on these are the cruise ships that come into port. i just watched a titanic special the other night and i believe it was victim 193 who was a band member who is burried here....i believe his name has been placed on his grave but sadly many still go without.

 

[ZephyrHawk]

I have been a Titanic buff for many years (waaaay prior to the Cameron movie). I personally do not see anything weird or creepy with having reenactments of the Titanic or its meals. We have reenactments of battles (revolutionary, civil, WWII) every summer, and yet people don't bat an eye. It's not reveling in the fact that lots of people died, it's honoring their lives and remembering the time period they're from. Someone who wanted to go to a fancy-schmancy Titanic themed dinner party is celebrating the time and culture which produced both John Jacob Astor (who to comfort his young wife, ripped open a life preserver to show her the material it was made of) who died and the Countess of Roths (who comandeered a lifeboat and lead a group of shell-shocked society women in rowing) who didn't.

Yes, many people died. And many people lived. And it's a fascinating story of survival and loss and an era where people cruised on ocean liners with no intention of stopping in any ports because there was nothing in the world more luxurious than cruising. It is not a story that should be lost to the ages.

 

[tar heel]

There's a wonderful story with a Titantic angle in last week's Sports Illustrated. Two star tennis players were on the ship and played each other just a few months later. One of them lost his father; the other was one of the first men off. The latter had traveled to Europe to pursue the woman he loved.

I think recreating the menu with period costumes is a pretty good museum fundraiser. Someone posing as the captain, however, feels a little creepy to me.

I don't see anything wrong with getting the name of a Titanic passenger as part of an exhibition, then finding whether you lived or died. The Holocaust museum does that and people find it very effective.