According to USA Today, the $500 million ship, which is being built in China, will have the same capacity as the original-- 2,400 passengers and 900 crew members. Unlike the first Titanic, however, Titanic II will have more than enough lifeboats for everybody on board. Still, if you want to bring your own life jacket, you know, just in case, I’m sure everybody in your muster drill would understand.</s>Blue Star Line

The RMS Titanic became the most famous passenger liner for hitting an iceberg, sinking and killing 1,500 people in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912. One might think that the idea of building an exact replica of the doomed ship sounds a bit morbid.

However, the Titanic II is set to travel the same route as soon as 2022.

Blue Star Line announced recently that construction has started again on the replica ship after a postponement due to financial issues.

Titanic II will have nine decks and 840 staterooms that accommodate 2,400 passengers and 900 crew members.

"Blue Star Line will create an authentic Titanic experience, providing passengers with a ship that has the same interiors and cabin layout as the original vessel, while integrating modern safety procedures, navigation methods and 21st century technology to produce the highest level of luxurious comfort," Blue Star Line Chairman Clive Palmer said, according to Cruise Arabia Online.

Those safety features include modern lifeboats, digital navigation, satellite GPS and radar systems, according to Cruise Fever blog.

The ship's launch date has been moved from 2018 to 2022, which means the Titanic II will launch 110 years after the RMS Titanic.

After the ship travels the historical Titanic Southampton-New York route in the summer, the Titanic II will call Dubai its regular port.

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Taking It to Extremes: Mix insane situations -- erupting volcanoes, nuclear meltdowns, 30-foot waves -- with everyday tech. Here's what happens.</s>The Titanic is under construction again - at least a replica of the famous ship - 105 years after the original passenger liner sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton in England to New York City.

Titanic II is scheduled to set sail in 2022 and will retrace the original ship’s route, USA Today reports.

The project was first announced in 2012, but was put on hold after a financial dispute.

Now that the issue has been resolved, Blue Star Line has announced construction has re-started.

Titanic II will feature the same cabin layout as the original ship and will carry the exact same number of passengers and crew members as the original.

The new vessel will sail from Dubai to Southampton, and then to New York.

RMS Titanic sank in the early morning of April 15, 1912, in the North Atlantic, four days into the ship's maiden voyage.

The largest passenger liner in service at the time, Titanic had an estimated 2224 people on board when she struck an iceberg late on the night of Sunday, April 14, 1912.

Her sinking two hours and forty minutes later, on the Monday morning, resulted in the deaths of more than 1500 people, which made it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history.</s>A massive functional replica of the ill-fated Titanic, the 1912 luxury liner, who’s maiden-voyage sinking inspired James Cameron’s action-packed 1997 romance-drama “Titanic” starring Leonardo DiCaprio — will set sail along its original route with thousands of passengers. The film became is the third-highest-grossing movie of all time.

The original Titanic, which was once the largest vehicle ever built, sunk after hitting an iceberg and killed more than 1,503 people in April 1912.

Now a full-sized replica of the ship, called as Titanic II, is set to sail and show this generation what was the aura of the Titanic ship. Termed as the successor of the original ship, Titanic II will retrace the original route across the Atlantic in 2022. It will carry nearly the exact number of passengers and crew members as the historical ship did. Reportedly, there were 2,400 passengers then and 900 crew members. Even the ticket system will also be like the original ship with first, second and third-class bookings.

According to several media reports, Titanic II is outfitted exactly like the ill-fated luxury liner with the same cabin layouts. However, it is equipped with additional modern safety features like more lifeboats and modern navigation, radar equipment, to avoid an incident of the past.

Australian based company Blue Star Line is constructing the Titanic II in China after a long-running financial dispute held up the project for several years. The replica is being built in China rather than the original shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland after a financial fight delayed the project, The New York Post reported.

Reportedly, the ambitious project will approximately cost $500 million. Taking the original route, Titanic II will start its two-week maiden voyage from Dubai to Southampton, England, and then on to New York City in the United States, via the Southampton-New York route.

In 1912, the Titanic was glorified as the largest and most luxurious passenger ship in history, sank with over two-thirds of people aboard losing their lives.</s>A replica of the infamous Titanic will set sail in 2022, Chairman of Blue Star Line Clive Palmer said in London this week.

The Titanic II is scheduled to cruise from Dubai. The US $500-million project was initially announced in 2012.

“Blue Star Line will create an authentic Titanic experience, providing passengers with a ship that has the same interiors and cabin layout as the original vessel, while integrating modern safety procedures, navigation methods and 21st century technology to produce the highest level of luxurious comfort,” Palmer said in London, Cruise Arabia & Africa reports.

The launch date for the ship had now been moved from 2018 to 2022, meaning she will be launched exactly 110 years after the original RMS Titanic, Cruise Arabia & Africa reports.

The replica is almost identical to the original, with the addition of modern safety features of course., according to Cruise Fever.

There will be nine decks and 840 staterooms that can accommodate 2,400 passengers and 900 crew members.

Passengers will buy first, second, and third class tickets just like the original.

There will be a swimming pool, gymnasiums, and Turkish bath.

To read more, click here.</s>The doomed Titanic is getting a sequel - and this time around the boat will hopefully fare as well in the sea as the movie did in the box office.

A full-sized replica of the famous ship is scheduled to set sail in 2022, retracing the same route during which 1,500 people lost their lives after the Titanic hit an iceberg.

The Titanic II has been in the works since 2012, when the plan was first announced by Australian business tycoon Clive Palmer.

And on Monday Palmer revealed that construction of the $500million replica has recently resumed after an ongoing financial dispute.

The Titanic II will feature the exact same cabin layout as its predecessor, attempting to replicate the original 1912 ship's overall aesthetic feel.

There will be cabins separated from first to third class, formal dining rooms, a smoke room, a Turkish bath, and the grand staircase that was made famous in the film as Kate Winslet's Rose descended to meet Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack.

The Titanic II will also carry almost exactly the same number of passengers - 2,400 - and crew members - 900 - as the original ship.

But have no fear, there will be no fighting for space on wooden planks.

The original Titanic was hailed as the 'unsinkable' ocean liner - and the largest in the world - when it set sail on April 10, 1912. It crashed five days later.

Although there were 2,224 passengers and crew members, the boat only had around 1,178 lifeboat seats.

This time around, the Titanic II will be equipped with 18 fully-enclosed motor-driven lifeboats, each with the capacity to fit up to 250 people.

It will also feature a modern diesel engine, more modern third-class cabins, and modern safety and maritime navigation features, according to the New York Times.

The ship is expected to set sail first from Dubai to Southampton in the UK, where it will then trace the Titanic's original route to New York.

'The ship will follow the original journey, carrying passengers from Southampton to New York,' Clive Palmer said on Monday.

'But she will also circumnavigate the globe, inspiring and enchanting people while attracting unrivaled attention, intrigue, and mystery in every port she visits.'

After its two-week maiden voyage is completed, the Titanic II is expected to embark on other routes across the world. Exact sail dates have yet to be confirmed.

It also remains unknown when tickets will be available or what their prices will be.

Blue Star Line, the cruise ship company headed by Palmer and behind the project, has previously boasted offers of more than $1million to travel on Titanic II.

It also claimed to have received thousands of inquiries regarding tickets.

The Titanic II had originally planned to set sail in 2016.

But Palmer, a mining mogul, suspended the plan in 2015 after his company became embroiled in an unrelated payment dispute with Chinese company Citic over an iron ore project.

An Australian court ruled last year that Citic needed to pay Palmer's company millions in royalties from the project.

It was a decision that Palmer credits with inspiring him to renew the Titanic II project.

Palmer also revealed on Monday that the Titanic II European headquarters will be moved to Paris instead of London as a Brexit deal between the UK and EU becomes increasingly unlikely.

'It is of little use having a European headquarters outside Europe,' he said in a statement.</s>A replica of the Titanic will set sail in 2022, retracing the original ship’s route, USA Today reports.

The project was first announced in 2012, but was halted due to financial problems. Now, with the issues resolved, Blue Star Line has announced that construction has continued on the vessel.

The ship will have “the same interiors and cabin layout as the original vessel, while integrating modern safety procedures, navigation methods and 21st century technology,” said Clive Palmer, chairman of Blue Star Line.

The ship will sail from Dubai to Southampton, England, and then to New York.

The original Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, after sideswiping an iceberg while traveling from Southampton to New York.</s>If you thought the long-delayed project to launch a full-size replica of the ill-fated RMS Titanic was sunk in the water -- think again.

Just like Celine Dion sang back in 1997, the travel project will "go on and on."

Australian businessman and politician Clive Palmer, who is behind the controversial initiative, announced in September that work on the ship had recommenced -- after a financial dispute with the Chinese government halted development back in 2015. The idea was first floated in 2012.

Allegedly the new ship will be an identical copy of the infamous liner, which sank in 1912 following a collision with an iceberg.

To avoid a repeat disaster, Titanic II will apparently be outfitted with plenty of life boats -- and will have a welded, not riveted hull -- plus modern navigation and radar equipment.

"The ship will follow the original journey, carrying passengers from Southampton to New York, but she will also circumnavigate the globe, inspiring and enchanting people while attracting unrivaled attention, intrigue and mystery in every port she visits," said Palmer in a statement.

The maiden voyage, however, will take passengers from Dubai to New York, reports CruiseArabia, with the first sailing scheduled to take place in 2022.

Blue Star Line says the nine-decked ship will be home to 835 cabins, set to accommodate 2,435 passengers. You'll be able to buy first-, second- and third-class tickets -- just like in the original.

It'll be outfitted exactly like the original Titanic -- including the grand staircase that plays a memorable role in James Cameron's hit movie.

There is another Titanic replica on the go -- in 2016, news circulated that China is building one, 745 miles inland, at an estimated cost of 1 billion yuan, or $145 million. The idea is it'll be permanently docked in a reservoir in the Qijang River.

Meanwhile tourists with plenty of money to splash might soon have the chance to dive to the wreck of the original Titanic. American company OceanGate has scheduled diving trips for 2019, costing $105,129 per person.

Meanwhile The Bluefish, a self-described "experiential concierge firm" is also hoping to orchestrate Titanic trips for the 2019/20 period.

Of course, the original Titanic voyage ended in tragedy, with over 1,500 people losing their lives. For many, voyages to the shipwreck and replica ships are in bad taste.

Steve Sims, founder of The Bluefish, told CNN Travel earlier in 2018 that he doesn't see diving to the wreck as inappropriate.

"The people who tend to want to go are very respectful. And you can only do eight to nine civilians on a ship. So you're not getting a bunch of giggling teenagers who are spending over $100,000 to go along and get selfies," he said.

Realistically, it's unclear whether Titanic II will ever see the light of day -- or whether the diving tours will happen next year.

But one thing's for certain, more than 100 years after the Titanic's first and only voyage, global interest in the doomed ship shows no sign of slowing down.</s>Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and friend Fabrizio (Danny Nucci) experience the Titanic for the first time in the famous 1997 film.

Blue Star Line never let go.

The Titanic II is set to make its two-week maiden voyage in 2022, and construction of the replica recently resumed after a financial dispute held up the $500 million project for several years.

The ship, which will feature the same cabin layout as the original, will sail from Dubai to Southampton, England and then on to New York, tracing the North Atlantic route of its doomed namesake, which sunk on April 12, 1912, less than three hours after sideswiping an iceberg.

The new ship will carry almost exactly the same number of passengers (2,400) and crew (900) as the original, but more importantly, it will boast modern navigation and safety technology – including plenty of lifeboats.

After its maiden voyage, the Titanic II will embark on other global routes. The replica is being built in China rather than the original shipyard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, .

“The ship will follow the original journey, carrying passengers from Southampton to New York," Blue Line chairman Clive Palmer told MSN, "but she will also circumnavigate the globe, inspiring and enchanting people while attracting unrivaled attention, intrigue and mystery in every port she visits.”

And she will probably inspire a number of "I'm king of the world" moments on her bow.</s>Clive Palmer has confirmed that work has recommenced to build Titanic ll and to put it into service on the London-New York route across the Atlantic.

EXACTLY 110 years after the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in one of the world’s most infamous disasters at sea, an ambitious successor will set off to finally complete its doomed maiden voyage.

Clive Palmer’s Titanic II — an exact replica of the ill-fated ocean liner — is due to set sail in 2022, the billionaire said.

Mr Palmer’s company Blue Star Line has been working on the $700 million Titanic II project since 2012 and recently resumed construction of the replica after the project stalled due to financial disputes.

Titanic II is being built in a shipyard in China, rather than the Belfast shipyard in Northern Ireland where the original, “unsinkable” Titanic was built.

Aside from vastly improved navigation and safety technology and extra lifeboats on board, pretty much every else about the replica will be the same as the original.

Titanic II will mimic the cabin layout of the original and will carry almost exactly the same number of people on board — 2400 passengers and 900 crew.

And it will trace the maiden voyage of its namesake, starting in Dubai and then taking the same North Atlantic route from Southampton, England to New York.

After the two-week maiden voyage, it will embark on other global routes.

“The ship will follow the original journey, carrying passengers from Southampton to New York,” Mr Palmer told MSN.

“But she will also circumnavigate the globe, inspiring and enchanting people while attracting unrivalled attention, intrigue and mystery in every port she visits.”

According to Blue Star Line, Titanic II will have the same class categories as the original ship — first, second and third class.

It will also be the same length, and will have replicated dining rooms and restaurants.

There is no word yet on how much a ticket will cost.

The ship was originally slated to set sail in 2016 but was delayed due to disputed royalties from a Chinese conglomerate, the BBC reported.

Mr Palmer recently announced the Titanic II project would open its European headquarters in Paris, rather than London, because he wanted the office in Europe post-Brexit.

The RMS Titanic, the largest ship afloat at the time, was considered unsinkable when disaster struck days into its maiden voyage to New York on April 15, 1912.

The British ship hit an iceberg south of Newfoundland and sank hours later, killing more than 1500 people, including the ship’s architect, and its captain Edward Smith.
It is announced that Titanic II, a replica of the original RMS Titanic that sank in 1912, is set to set sail in 2022 and will include modern lifeboats and technology. The ship is expected to travel the same route as the original ship.