Titantic part II!

[CCTAU]

I know a few folks I would like to buy tickets for.


Think we could get the ONE to sign on?

Tempting Fate, Titanic Anniversary Cruise Sets Sail in 2012

Monday, October 05, 2009

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A trans-Atlantic cruise is being offered in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.

The Titanic Memorial Cruise will depart, as the original ship did, on April 8, from Southampton, England, and arrive at the spot in the North Atlantic where the Titanic sank on April 15.

A memorial service will be held onboard the cruise exactly 100 years after the Titanic hit the iceberg and sank, between 11:40 p.m., on April 14, 2012, and 2:20 a.m. on April 15.

The cruise will then head to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where passengers can visit three cemeteries where Titanic victims are buried. The final destination for the cruise is New York, where the Titanic was headed. The memorial cruise will also make a stop in Cobh, Ireland, after leaving Southampton, just as the original vessel did.

The British firm Miles Morgan Travel has chartered the Balmoral, a ship owned by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines, for the memorial voyage. The Balmoral holds 1,350 passengers and a crew of 510 and has 710 cabins. Prices for the 12-night trip started at $3,900 for an inside cabin, including taxes.

The cruise will include food that matches the menus of the original voyage, a live band offering music and dancing from that era, and lectures from historians.

Minneapolis-based Borton Overseas is handling reservations for U.S. travelers who wish to join the trip. Details at 800-843-0602 or http://www.bortonoverseas.com .

Carolyn Spencer Brown, editor of CruiseCritic.com, said the irony of the Titanic is "the boost that the tragedy has given to contemporary cruising. The fact that a ship sank and lots of passengers lost their lives has paled in the face of the romantic image that it portrays."

Jen Schak, a spokeswoman for Borton, said the cruise is "selling quite well. All lower-grade inside cabins and some suite categories are sold out."

Coincidentally, Fred Olsen's parent company Harland and Wolff built the Titanic. The cruise line is Norwegian-owned but based in the United Kingdom.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,560580,00.html

[Tarheel]

I know a few folks I would like to buy tickets for.


Think we could get the ONE to sign on?

Only if there's a $23,000.00 a plate fundraiser for the DNC held on board.

Then maybe we could get Nancy Pelosi, Dingy Harry Reid, and, hell, lets just add Barbra Streisand too.  I hate her 'music'...

[AUTailgatingRules]

Could we make this the "Cruisin with the Tide" boat?

[Tarheel]

Could we make this the "Cruisin with the Tide" boat?

All of this is, of course, assuming that this ship strikes an iceberg...

[AUTailgatingRules]

All of this is, of course, assuming that this ship strikes an iceberg...

Well, with global warming and all, there probably won't be any icebergs to hit.

[Buzz Killington]

Well, with global warming and all, there probably won't be any icebergs to hit.

Then Somali Pirates?

[AUTailgatingRules]

Then Somali Pirates?

Wouldn't they be too afraid of the almighty sabanator?

I'm voting for getting lost in a Bermuda traingle type deal