It will also, thankfully, be equipped with modern navigation tools, a wider hull for extra stability and yes, enough lifeboats and life vests for all. Although you can't book your stateroom to cruise across the Atlantic on Titanic II just yet, Blue Star Line says it plans to have the ship ready for a 2022 launch. Titanic II will have the same class categories as the original Titanic. Believed to be THE most expensive ticket on this ship, it cost a whopping $61,000 in today s time. A spokeswoman for Blue Star Line told Cruise Critic that the company is in discussions with shipbuilders about building contracts, and once those are finalized, it will announce who will build Titanic II and the timeline for launch. Design work and wave testing on a model of the ocean liner reportedly started during the fall of 2018. Titanic was a luxurious ship and tickets were expensive.

The new Titanic 2 ship was expected to be launched in 2018 - 106 years after the original ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Titanic might still be remembered as the most luxurious ship of its time, perhaps of any time.. Costing $7.5 million in 1912 dollars to build and furnish—the equivalent of $180 million today—it spared no expense, except in the little matter of lifeboats. Will Titanic be the same size as Titanic? He's launched a grandiose plan to build Titanic II, an exact replica of the original ship. Some reports have its inaugural sailing from Dubai to Southampton, and then to the Big Apple, after which it will regularly run Titanic's original itinerary. The ship will stop at the same ports as Titanic including Southampton and New York. By proceeding, you agree to Cruise Critic’s. Rates have also not been set, but chances are they'll be many times more than those from 1912, when third-class staterooms cost about $40, while first-class berths were $150 and the four Parlor suites topped out at $4,350. The original plans of Blue Star Line were to launch the replica ship in April 2012, in order to … RMS Titanic, 1912 / Image via Wikimedia Commons. In 1912 it cost $2,560. The rooms were each 50 feet long with there own personal deck. These being First Class, Second Class and Third Class.

In 1912, the Titanic was the largest ship afloat. My Artifacts; First-Class Tickets. Palmer's news conference announcing the new-build coincided with the 100th anniversary of Titanic's doomed maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City. In December, Blue Star Line named V.Ships Leisure the official ship management services partner for Titanic II, providing technical and hotel operations support while the ship's development takes shape. from Southampton, England, to New York City. Luxury Cruise Trends: What's Hot and Happening in Upscale Cruising. CDC Sends Additional Crew Restart Requirements to Cruise Lines, Many European Christmas Markets Closed But Some River Cruise Operators Still Plan to Operate. Key West Votes to Limit Large Cruise Ship Calls, Royal Caribbean To Target Short Cruises to CocoCay; May Need Volunteers for Test Voyages. Palmer's original plan was to set sail in 2016, but the build, which was supposed to begin in China in late 2013, never got off the ground due to financial disputes. Tickets for the Titanic II. This is what was in store for the family who bought this ticket. Top 10 British Touches on the Island of Bermuda, Visiting the Titanic Belfast Museum on a Cruise, 10 Facts You Might Not Know About Working on a Cruise Ship.