Back in about
2006, when this "Titanic" exhibition was displayed at the Tropicana
in Las Vegas, I bought combo tickets to see both this and "Bodies: The
Exhibition."
As both had relocated to the Luxor, where I spent five days
recently, I repeated my experience.
Believe me,
the duplicate experience was in no way a waste of money. The only thing I
really remembered from the 2006 experience was how cold the model iceberg (made
of real frozen water) felt. See how important interactive exhibits are?
It's amazing
how people flock to this disaster exhibition. The Titanic has such an
attraction for everyone. The movies about the disaster continue to draw well,
even though we know how the ending turns out. It's the human drama that grabs
us.
At the start
of the self-guided tour, you can rent an audio player that will tell you about
what you're seeing at specific stops along the way. Everyone is given a
souvenir "Boarding Pass" granting permission to "come aboard
White Star Line's R.M.S. Titanic."
On the back
of the boarding pass is information about one Titanic passenger. At the end of
the tour is a list of all the survivors and those who died.
My passenger
was Mr. Daniel Danielson Grønnestad, 32, of Foresvik, Norway, who was traveling
in 3rd Class. Daniel and his brother Bertil had immigrated to America around
1900. They were scheduled to return home to Portland, North Dakota, following
their 16th visit to their parents in Norway.
Bertil felt
something was wrong, and didn't get on the Titanic. Daniel got on the
ship and headed off to America, to await his brother's later arrival. Daniel
did not survive the Titanic's iceberg incident.
They asked us
not to take photos, but I managed to sneak a couple:
First-Class Stateroom |
Titanic at the Bottom of the Ocean |
Please don't say anything about the pictures.
No comments:
Post a Comment