Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Titanic Artifact Exhibit, Luxor Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas


TITANIC -The Ship of dreams, the Unsinkable ship

 The Ship's Captain: Captain Edward J. Smith

705 passengers survived, but 1,523 were lost.
  • Even if all 20 lifeboats had been filled to capacity, there would have only have been room in them for 1,178 people.
  • The Titanic was the largest moving object of its time.
  • It cost $7.5 million to build Titanic and carried a $5 million insurance policy. It would have cost about $400 million to build the ship today.
  • More than 10,000 men worked on the Titanic for nearly three years to construct the hull and internal structure.
  • More than 100,000 people gathered to watch the Titanic sail off to New York.
  • For a third-class passenger, a ticket was $40 ($770 today). For a first-class passenger, tickets were $4,500 a piece ($90,000 today).
  • It took about 60 pounds of coal for the ship to move 60 feet. 


  • Admission ticket price is $28.00/person
    The exhibit was very detailed. This  review  would take you to my experience.

    The replica of Titanic's Boarding Pass
    Before entering the exhibit, we were given a "boarding pass" with the name of the passenger and at the end of the exhibit we would find out if that passenger had survived or not. I kept my boarding pass and I asked hubby's and Clint's so that I could post them here since cameras and celphones are not allowed inside.

    Anyway, below are the boarding passes that hubby's, Clint's and I got. Let's check the names if they survived or lost.

    Name: Mrs Marian Longstreth Thayer (née Morris)
    Born: Saturday 9th November 1872
    Age: 39 years
    Last Residence: in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States
    1st Class passenger
    First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
    Ticket No. 17421 , £110 17s 8d
    Cabin No.: C68
    Rescued (boat 4)
    Disembarked Carpathia
    : New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
    Died: Friday 14th April 1944
    Cause of Death: Natural Causes
    Name: Mrs Lily Alexenia Potter (née Wilson)
    Born:
    Wednesday 15th August 1855
    Age: 56 years
    Last Residence: in
    PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaUnited States
    1st Class passenger
    First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
    Ticket No. 11767 , £83 3s 2d
    Cabin No.: C50
    Rescued (
    boat 7)
    Disembarked Carpathia:
    New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
    Died:
    Friday 1st January 1954
    Cause of Death: Heart Failure / Disease
    Buried: Laurel Hill Cemetery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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    Name: Don. Manuel Ramirez Uruchurtu
    Born: Thursday 27th June 1872
    Age: 39 years 9 months and 19 days.
    Marital Status: Single.
    Last Residence: in Mexico CityMexico
    Occupation: Lawyer
    1st Class passenger
    First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
    Ticket No. 17601 , £27 14s 5d
    Died in the sinking.
    Body Not Recovered

    When we left the exhibit, I had an urge to watch the Titanic the movie again. Maybe this weekend.

    Thanks for visiting. I appreciate it a lot.

    

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