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Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter
I heard something a while back about the Carnival Cruise Line supposedly getting ready to rebuild a functioning scale-size liner of the Titanic. It was either Carnival or the other line... can't think of its name. Huge rumors flying around about it, but I guess it's been abandoned... or is still in talks/on the drawing board/on the project shelf.
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A lot of people have talked about making a Titanic replica, however nobody got off the drawing board, for various reason:
1. Once the attraction of "Wooh, Titanic!" wore off, it wouldn't have much passenger appeal - The accomodations / entertainment would be nowhere near what other liners could offer
2. Titanic was actually pretty small by modern standard. Shipping - Especially pax shipping - is an economy of scale.
3. Modern safety regulation would prevent the building and operation of a ship that looked like Titanic. Modern safety regulations were invented BECAUSE of Titanic. So you'd have brightly colored semi-enclosed liferafts, and they'd have to be a lot closer to the waterline than on the original.
Plus the deck machinery would look nothing like the original (Or it'd be a major PITA for the crew, and a huge expense to acquire / have custom made), the bridge would have to be completly different, you'd have to install a bow thruster, double rudders, stern thruster, stabillizers...
Unless it was operated solely as an historical replica, in which case there's no way it'd ever be cost effective. Whatever happen, it'll have to integrate a certain level of modernity, and it'll end up a bastardization of all thing shipping.
Seriously, the closest you can come to in terms of look / spirits and still turn a profit is the QM2. Look at the butt of that thing - Don't tell me they didn't sacrifice common sense for looks.