Before entering the exhibition, we were given a boarding pass with names from real people who board the ship. Upon entering, there was this image of the ship's front and we took a photograph, which you need to buy if you want the photo. There was also this floor plan of Titanic which show the location of the different classes (first class or second class etc.) and areas like gyms or library. The name on my boarding pass was on 1st class.
Along in the exhibition was the corridor between the rooms. It was really really beautiful, it felt as though i was really on the ship or as though i was walking in a scene of the 'Titanic' movie. Can't help but secretly snap a photo of it and it is now my home screen in my phone :). They also built a first class room in the exhibition. The bed was like way better than those in hotel rooms i had stayed before! I think it was because the Titanic first class ticket cost around $2k, which is equivalent to $76K now.... Wah, like who will spent so much on a trip?? No wonder the first class passengers were given priority when the ship sank.
Third class rooms were not so comfotable... It feature 2 bunked bed and 4 people had to squeeze in that bedroom. They can only bath once a week too. But the worst part was that they can hear those sounds coming from the engines, like what we had heard when we were looking at the third class room. Seriously, i would feel very insecure if i keep hearing those sounds. I don't need to wait for the ship to sink i already worry it will sink. The room cost around $900 in our times.
They also has the Grand Stairs in the exhibition! But cannot climb up the stairs though, just let you climb the stairs to take pictures, which you have to buy if you want to keep the pictures.
The exhibition also has this special place where you really feel as though you are standing on the ship looking out at the sea. The purpose of that place was to let you feel the moments before the ship hit the iceberg. Because at that place, the temperature was colder and a bit darker than other areas in the exhibition. It really feel like I was on the ship at the middle of the night looking out at the sea.
Next highlight of the exhibition was the 'live' iceberg in which you can really touch the iceberg and feel how cold it was. Now i know why a lot of the passengers die of hypothermia... Especially when ice makes salt water way colder than in freshwater
The exhibition also showed quotes and stories of some people that were on board of the ship, some of them were very touching like there was this woman that didn't leave the ship because her husband didn't leave the ship and she believed "Like we had lived together, we will die as one" (quoted from what she said).
At the end of the exhibition was a list of people who survived and a list of people who were lost. It was divided into first class, second class, third class passengers and crew members. This was an anxious moment for us because it was a time when everyone will be searching from the list the name of the people on their boarding pass to know if they had survived. The name on my boarding pass (as well as the name on my sister's and brother's boarding pass) survived!
All in all, the exhition was really spectacular and worth visiting! You really have to visit the exhibition to feel what i had felt at the exhibition and hear the sounds and music that were played in the exhibition!
The iceberg!
I secretly took these photos when the staff were showing them. One photo cost around $25! And they were not nice until it is worth spending so much money on, so i took snapshot of them.
11 March 2012 Sunday.
*~GuiFang~*
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