![]() Su says the functioning steam engine will make guests feel they are really at sea, although the boat will not be seaworthy and will be docked in a river. For up to 2,000 yuan guests can spend the night on the ship. The 260-meter-long (850-foot) ship will be the star attraction in the Romandisea theme park located in China's Sichuan province and set to open to the public soon. Theme parks are very popular in China, such as the Disney resort in Shanghai Image: picture-alliance/dpa/N. "We are building a museum for the Titanic," he told AFP. Several years ago, Su announced he would finance a life-sized replica of the ill-fated ship, which in his words would keep memories of the Titanic alive, as the AFP news agency reported. Since then, the story of the Titanic has become etched in legend, thanks in part to the 1997 Hollywood blockbuster featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.Ĭhinese investor Su Shaojun is perhaps one of the vessel's - and the film's - biggest fans. More than 1,500 passengers died on what was supposed to be a groundbreaking voyage and a testament to modern engineering. In 1912, the Titanic, a luxury ship branded as "the unsinkable," infamously struck an iceberg and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean.
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