Ride the "Titanic"

Author: Stuart Ark Rainier
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Publish Date: 2005-12-01
Features: Never take the "Titanic"! Watch out for icebergs! Expert Tips: As a waiter, you must be warm and attentive to passengers to receive tips. To stay in a superior cabin with a promenade area, you must book early because there are only two sets. Second-class passengers can visit the first-class cabin before the ship sets sail. Pay attention to the lifeboat storage area—the lifeboats on the ship are always insufficient. When the ship sinks, try not to stay in the cold sea water.
It was 1907. You are J. Bruce Ismay, the manager of the White Star Line. Your rival, the Cunard Line, has just launched the "Lusitania." The ship is 241 meters long, enormous in size, and incredibly fast. At a dinner in London, you discuss with William Pirrie the immense profits that opening a transatlantic route between Europe and America would bring. Sir Pirrie is a director of Harland & Wolff, the company in Belfast that builds all of White Star's ships. You now plan to build three liners that are 30,000 tons heavier and 30 meters longer than the "Lusitania." Their luxurious facilities and swift speed will attract wealthy travelers, while also catering to the growing number of immigrants moving to North America as ordinary passengers for transatlantic voyages.
On April 10, 1912, at noon, the "Titanic" set sail from Southampton, England, on its maiden voyage. She was the largest ship in the world at that time. She would cross the Atlantic and was expected to arrive in New York in seven days. First-class passengers could enjoy the utmost luxury here. There is no doubt that you are now yearning to take the "Titanic"! But you are completely unaware that she is heading toward the depths of disaster.