Australian Billionare to build new Titanic

[Barrister]

Some people are afraid of flying.

Sp people who are afraid of flying are going to flock to a boat named after the most infamous maritime disaster of all time?

[Eddie Teach]

Phobias come in many different packages.

[The Brain]

If the ship is too small you just build more of them.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

It seems to be about average in terms of passenger capacities.  Worst case scenario, it's unsinkable, so you could remove a few lifeboats to add extra space.

evil

[Eddie Teach]

It seems to be about average in terms of passenger capacities.  Worst case scenario, it's unsinkable, so you could remove a few lifeboats to add extra space.

evil

Too soon?

[CountDeMoney]

Hmm...what unlikely catastrophe will be its doom?

Sabotage.

Captain Merrillangelo de Stubing, from Naples.

[viper37]

Look at the gross tonnage.  All of those boats are substantially larger.  There are ships three times as large, but with the same number of passengers.

true, they are bigger, with less passengers, wich means more space than The Titanic.  I don't think it'd be viable as a 2500 passengers cruise ship.  1500 tops, imho, to make some room for modern stuff, like an Imax theater room, a gym, a pool, a tennis court, etc.  Then, can it be viable?  I honestly don't know.  Nor do I care, it's not my money

[The Minsky Moment]

The Titanic was designed to not sink, too.  Of course, it all depends on the ship being properly built to spec,. . .

If you want to be rigorous about it, you need to do a proper statistical comaprison against ships that were desgined to sink.

[Darth Wagtaros]

WHy build a close duplicate of the Titanic? What'll it be good for? And trusting the ChiComms to build it right? It won't sink, it'll fucking burn after its cardboard hull gets lit by a stray cigarette.

[Neil]

Well, it would be interesting to see them try and make money at this.  They'd be selling the experience more than anything, but there's no way you get more than 7-800 passengers on that thing.  You're going to have to make significant alterations, as the first class facilities will need to be massively expanded.  In terms of amenities, 1912 First Class is 2012 Somewhat Adequate.  I suppose you could keep steerage going by bringing illegal gypsy immigrants and Muslim terrorists to the US, as they don't mind living in their own shit.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Hmm...what unlikely catastrophe will be its doom?

Chinese engineering.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Well, it would be interesting to see them try and make money at this.  They'd be selling the experience more than anything, but there's no way you get more than 7-800 passengers on that thing.  You're going to have to make significant alterations, as the first class facilities will need to be massively expanded.  In terms of amenities, 1912 First Class is 2012 Somewhat Adequate.  I suppose you could keep steerage going by bringing illegal gypsy immigrants and Muslim terrorists to the US, as they don't mind living in their own shit.

Tamas is going to Britain!

[DGuller]

Hmm...what unlikely catastrophe will be its doom?

Chinese engineering.

You missed the "unlikely" keyword.

[DGuller]

Worst case scenario, it's unsinkable, so you could remove a few lifeboats to add extra space.

[Gups]

The Titanic was designed to not sink, too.  Of course, it all depends on the ship being properly built to spec,. . .

If you want to be rigorous about it, you need to do a proper statistical comaprison against ships that were desgined to sink.

Submarines aren't really comparable to cruise ships.