Titanic Museum any good?

[chunkichik]

My son and I are very interested in the Titanic and wondered if anyone had been to the museum

thanks[msnsmile2]

[blott]

No I haven't but it looks pretty interesting if you into that sort of thing, although it must be a bit poignant I would think.

You used to be given the name of a ship's passenger at the entrance to the exhibition apparently and discovered at the end whether your personna had lived or died.

I see you can now get married there! http://www.titanicshipofdreams.com/index.html

[chrizzy100]

I have some silver spoons that should of gone on the Titanic..but my then newly wed neighbour had a bad feeling about the trip and never went.....she and her husband watched the ship leave Southampton waters from our old house which was then nearer the sea than it is now.....she give me the spoons when I married....so they made it to the USA safe and sound after all......

[SunLover]

If this is the same exhibit that toured the UK about 5 years ago, then I would not bother.

We were given free tickets, but even so were bitterly disappointed. I think it even made it onto Watchdog as there had been so many complaints.

[Ray9]

My American wife saw it when it was in Tampa and was absolutely enthralled by it ..And even super sceptic me! actually quite enjoyed it..

[SunLover]

Maybe it's a different one or they've beefed it up a little, although some of those pictures on their web site look very familiar.

[Nostromo]

It entirely depends on what area of the Titanic you are interested in. I have been a Titanic enthusiast for over 35 years and since 1987, a member of the British Titanic Society. Like most 'Titanic Museums' around the world, the one in Orlando is merely a glorified exhibit of the artefacts the private collections of the likes of Robinson & Sopin and hold little interest to a genuine enthusiast. But the museum may be of interest to anyone who likes a look at the recovered objects for their historical value. But it gives little indication of the true story behind the construction of the ship, the fateful maiden voyage and the disaster itself.

[KevinT]

If it's the one in the Mercado on International Drive , we visited it a couple of years back. If you are really interested then I would say it was worth a trip. You get a conducted tour
and the guides are good 'actors' and build up the suspense as you go round.

[jen]

We finally visited earlier this year and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Again that maybe because I have a genuine interest in the Titanic as my Great, Great Uncle was an officer on the ship and survived (luckily enough so did I on the visit!)
What made it for my kids was that (without promting) our guide actually referred to 2nd Officer Lightoller and quoted him on a couple of things - 5 year old jumping up and down saying "that's him Mummy over and over!

Its's worth a couple of hours away from themain hussle and bussle and as part of a trip to International Drive.

Have fun

Jen

[chunkichik]

thanks everyone!! Although I am interested in Titanic both the true story and the film, Daniel loves the film (he is ten) and apparently the grand staircase is their together with other props from the film so I think it would be good for all of us. We did a tour of a Titanic exhibition in Weymouth some years back and we were all interested even then.

Thanks for the above link, I will have a look