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Originally Posted by someone123
The Titanic was actually not a lot shorter than the largest cruise ships in service today. It was 269 metres long. I don't think it was as large or tall as the newer ships are. It looked a lot less tacky though.
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Titanic largest ship in the World 1912
Allure of the Seas largest Cruise Ship today.
Size
Titanic: 882 feet and 9 inches long, 92 feet wide
Allure: 1,187 feet long, 208 feet wide
Capacity
Titanic: 3,547
Allure: 8,680
Cruising Speed
Titanic: 21 knots
Allure: 22 knots
Construction
Titanic: The ship took three years to build and employed 3,000 men
Allure: 37 design firms, 20 architectural firms, and up to 10 million man hours went into building the ship
Staterooms
Titanic: 840
Allure: 2,706
Lifeboats
Titanic: 20 (though 64 could have fit on the ship), for a total of 1,178 seats—472 of which were left unused. If all 64 boats had been onboard, there would have been enough space for all passengers
Allure: 18 boats with room for 370 people each, for a total of 6,660 seats, plus giant life rafts to provide for the rest of the passengers and crew
Dining
Titanic: Four restaurants; the largest was the first-class dining room, which held 550 people and spanned the full width of the ship
Allure: 25 dining options; the largest, the Adagio dining room, holds 3,056 people, which is just a few hundred less than the guest list of the entire Titanic
Daytime Entertainment
Titanic: Heated pool, gym for upper classes with stationary bikes and rowing machines, squash court, Turkish bath, gym with mechanical horse and mechanical camel
Allure: Four pools, ten whirlpools, two FlowRider surf simulators, two rock walls, a full-sized basketball court, ice-skating rink, mini golf course, and a carousel
Evening Entertainment
Titanic: Billiards, musicians, men's brandy rooms for smoking and lounging by fireplace, large room for third-class passengers for drinking and dancing
Allure: Chicago on Broadway, 3-D movie theater, ice shows, casino, karaoke bar, jazz club
Celebrities
Titanic: John Jacob Astor (the richest passenger aboard); Benjamin Guggenheim; Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon (Lady Gordon was a dress designer whose clients included Isadora Duncan, Oscar Wilde, and the British royal family); Isador and Ida Straus (Isador was a partner at Macy’s); and Molly Brown, the American socialite famous for turning her lifeboat around to pick up remaining survivors—though it’s worth noting her name was Margaret, her friends called her Maggie, and she only became known as “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” after she died in 1932.
Allure: Adam Sandler and Katie Holmes filmed Jack and Jill aboard Allure.
Ticket Price
Titanic: On what would have been a seven-night voyage: $4,350 for first class, $1,750 for standard class, and $30 for third class
Allure: For a seven-night trip, deluxe/suites from $1,829, balcony rooms from $1,249, outside cabins from $1,099, and interior room from $799
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