{"id":1295,"date":"2009-05-07T17:18:55","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T07:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2009-05-07T17:18:55","modified_gmt":"2009-05-07T07:18:55","slug":"cruising-titanic-100th-anniversary-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/cruising\/cruising-titanic-100th-anniversary-cruise","title":{"rendered":"Cruising &#8211; Titanic 100th Anniversary Cruise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The film <strong>Titanic <\/strong>was the <strong>highest-grossing <\/strong>movie of its time.\u00a0 Millions of us around the world have seen this romance-disaster <strong>blockbuster <\/strong>and experienced, through surround-sound, the first and final <strong>ill-fated voyage<\/strong> of this luxury liner.<\/p>\n<p>Billed as the safest and most luxurious liner in its days, the Titanic collided with an iceberg on <strong>April 14th, 1912<\/strong> and sank, taking the lives of 1,513 passengers and crew.<\/p>\n<h4>Tracing the journey of the Titanic<\/h4>\n<p>A British travel company is capitilizing on this ill-fated voyage by re-creating a trip to mark the <strong>100th anniversary<\/strong> of the Titanic&#8217;s sinking.\u00a0 The Fred Olsen Cruise Line&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>Balmoral<\/strong>&#8221; will be chartered to replicate the Titanic&#8217;s journey.\u00a0 It will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leave from Southampton in April 2012<\/li>\n<li>Carry 1309 passengers, the same number carried by the Titanic<\/li>\n<li>Call at the historic Irish port of <strong>Cobh <\/strong>where the Titanic made its last port of call on April 11, 1912<\/li>\n<li>Arrive at the exact location of the collision on April 14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Balmoral will then sail to <strong>Halifax <\/strong>in Canada where 121 of the victims were buried, before going on to <strong>New York.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1298\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1298\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1298\" title=\"dsc_0641\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/dsc_0641.jpg?resize=280%2C187\" alt=\"Cobh and the yellow Titanic Bar\" width=\"280\" height=\"187\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cobh and the yellow Titanic Bar<\/p><\/div>The travel company organising this trip says that the voyage will be <em><strong>&#8220;steeped in Titanic history&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> and feature menus, music and dancing of the time.\u00a0 There will be lectures by Titanic experts and a memorial service will be held between 11:40 p.m. when the liner hit the iceberg and 2:20 a.m. when it sank.<\/p>\n<p>Although the cruise is a long<strong> three years away<\/strong>, the trip has been put on sale at fares ranging from GBP 1,999 to\u00a0 GBP 4,093, including air travel back from New York to Britain.\u00a0 There&#8217;s no guarantee that <strong>Leonardo DiCaprio<\/strong> and <strong>Kate Winslet<\/strong> will be on board.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Memorial cruise<\/em>&#8221; or &#8220;<em>a cruise for thrill-seekers&#8221;<\/em>,\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure it will attract a lot of interest.\u00a0 Given the state of the GBP, it might be a good idea to book this early &#8211;\u00a0 for those who are interested!<\/p>\n<p>To read more about historic <strong>Cobh<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Ireland\/sightseeing\/cobh-ireland\" target=\"_self\"><strong><em>click here<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The film Titanic was the highest-grossing movie of its time.\u00a0 Millions of us around the world have seen this romance-disaster blockbuster and experienced, through surround-sound, the first and final ill-fated voyage of this luxury liner. 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