# "Titanic Memorial Cruise": tempting fate in 2012

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-memorial-cruise-tempting-fate-in-2012/575777
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [March 23, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-memorial-cruise-tempting-fate-in-2012/575777 "2011-03-23T23:59:28Z")
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### Author: ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-memorial-cruise-tempting-fate-in-2012/575777/1 "2011-03-23T23:59:28Z")

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I thought [this](http://www.titanicmemorialcruise.co.uk/) was a joke, but apparently it isn’t.

With the centenary coming up, mind you, I suspect events like this are just the tip of the iceberg.

(Nice of them to offer a return journey though.)

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### Author: ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-memorial-cruise-tempting-fate-in-2012/575777/2 "2011-03-24T00:32:34Z")

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have they stated that the cruise ship is “unsinkable”?

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### Author: ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-memorial-cruise-tempting-fate-in-2012/575777/3 "2011-03-24T00:57:41Z")

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They need to sign Joel Hodgson up as the entertainment director.

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### Author: ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-memorial-cruise-tempting-fate-in-2012/575777/4 "2011-03-24T13:20:25Z")

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Does it include those gargantuan 6-course dinners? Sign me up!  
Also, will we get to sing “{Nearer My God To Thee” as we attempt to get into the overcrowded lifeboats (men and cowards first)?  
I wanna be the guy who locks the doors to steerage-can’t have the riff-raff disturbing 1st class, you know!

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### Author: ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)
#### Post date: [March 24, 2011, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-memorial-cruise-tempting-fate-in-2012/575777/5 "2011-03-24T13:37:43Z")

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I predict the ship will founder not because of icebergs, but from everyone running up to the bow to stand there and shout “I’m the King of the World!”

I want the franchise following this ship with a big net. I’ll bet we rake in lots of costume jewelry.