Titanic II News

Let’s not get too excited…

The Titanic II’s will not enter service until 2027. Construction has not yet began at the time of writing. I doubt that the cabin grades and fares have even been finalised yet. Therefore this post will include some speculation.

The RMS Titanic had three classes of  accommodation: first, second and third. She could accommodate 833 fist class passengers, 614 second class and 100,6 third class. This makes a total of 2,453 passengers.

Mr. Palmer has stated that the Titanic II will accommodate 2,435, so very similar to the original, although not identical. However it is not clear how if he will divide up the three classes, in the same proportions. Given the fact  that Titanic’s third class (nicknamed Steerage) cabins were pretty basic and cramped, Palmer may not want it to accommodate the full 1006 third class passengers. He may chose to expand the first class cabin provision and/or the first and second.  I have a separate page about Titanic II’s accommodation – HERE

Ticket Prices for the original Titanic, if you were to buy a ticket today are:

First Class Suite- £49,642 or ($75,788)
Second Class- £684 or ($1,044)
Third Class- £171-£456 or ($261-$696)

(All figures are very approx. based on $1.5 to £1)

The nearest comparison to the Titanic today, is Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 Ocean Liner. Although a rather different (and much bigger ship), she regularly sails between Southampton and New York. Her fare for the crossing, vary wildly depending on the time of year, demand and cabin grade. However as a rough guide, it could cost you between £1,000 ($1,280) and to £10,000 ($12,769) per person (sharing a twin cabin) for her seven night crossing (2024 prices).

Titanic II is not a very big ships by modern standards (56,000 gt, 2,435 passengers), so Mr. Palmer will not benefit for the ‘economies of scale’ that some of todays giant ships do (like the ‘Icon’ class, carrying 6,000+ passengers).  However, I would expect the ticket prices for the Titanic II to generally be in line with the likes of the QM2, which also carries a similar number of passengers to the Titanic II. However when a ship is brand new, they can command a premium price. Given the fact that the Titanic II will be such a novelty and all fans will want to take her maiden cruises, her fares could be elevated by 50% to 100% on top of that.

This is purely a guess, not based on any facts:  but I would not be surprised if a crossing from Southampton to New York does not cost at least £2,000 ($2,550) per person* , based on sharing the cheapest/smallest twin cabin (Steerage) for her crossing.  If we are talking about the ‘maiden’ crossing, the fares may well be much higher.

At 24 knots maximum speed, the crossing from Southampton to New York would probably take eight nights.

Best start saving up!

*(Alcohol on-board, travel Insurance, transport to Southampton, flights back home and gratuities would all be at an additional cost). 

Malcolm

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