Chinese Theme Park’s Main Attraction to Recreate Titanic Tragedy
- 10 years ago
The Seven Star Energy Investment Group seeks to top the 1997 film’s popularity with a Chinese theme park featuring a life-size replica of the Titanic ship that simulates the actual 1912 shipwreck for hundreds of visitors at a time.
The 1997 film Titanic is reportedly the second highest grossing film of all time earning nearly $2.2 billion globally. Now, the Seven Star Energy Investment Group seeks to top that popularity with a Chinese theme park featuring a life-size replica of the Titanic ship.
Costing about $16.3 billion and scheduled to open in 2016, the Titanic replica museum and experience will be built in the land-locked Chinese province of Sichuan as part of the Romandisea Seven Star International Cultural Tourism Resort.
Through sound effects and specialized lighting, visitors will feel what it was like to be on the ship when it hit the iceberg – complete with impact, shaking, and water pouring in.
In response to critics saying it’s inappropriate to make a theme park centered around a tragedy, Seven Star’s CEO Su Shaojun said, “We think it's worth spreading the spirit of the Titanic. The universal love and sense of responsibility shown during the Titanic shipwreck represent the spiritual richness of human civilization.”
Bernard Hill, who played Captain Smith in the film, supports the venture saying, “It's been approached in a very delicate and a very sensitive way.”
The theme park and resort will also boast a 6D cinema theater, man-made beach, and replicas of European castles and churches.
The 1997 film Titanic is reportedly the second highest grossing film of all time earning nearly $2.2 billion globally. Now, the Seven Star Energy Investment Group seeks to top that popularity with a Chinese theme park featuring a life-size replica of the Titanic ship.
Costing about $16.3 billion and scheduled to open in 2016, the Titanic replica museum and experience will be built in the land-locked Chinese province of Sichuan as part of the Romandisea Seven Star International Cultural Tourism Resort.
Through sound effects and specialized lighting, visitors will feel what it was like to be on the ship when it hit the iceberg – complete with impact, shaking, and water pouring in.
In response to critics saying it’s inappropriate to make a theme park centered around a tragedy, Seven Star’s CEO Su Shaojun said, “We think it's worth spreading the spirit of the Titanic. The universal love and sense of responsibility shown during the Titanic shipwreck represent the spiritual richness of human civilization.”
Bernard Hill, who played Captain Smith in the film, supports the venture saying, “It's been approached in a very delicate and a very sensitive way.”
The theme park and resort will also boast a 6D cinema theater, man-made beach, and replicas of European castles and churches.