Georgie
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Podcast Appearances
The ambition was to create a floating hotel, the grandest and most luxurious passenger experience ever seen at sea.
Taking inspiration from the ritz in London, architects kitted out the boat with restaurants, a cafe, promenade decks, shops, and smoking rooms, as well as, naturally, the most advanced safety features of the day.
Powered with over 10,000 light bulbs, the Titanic would glide across the Atlantic as a glowing beacon of wealth, prosperity, and innovation.
Finally, the day of her maiden voyage arrived, the 10th of April, 1912.
As she prepared to set sail on a seven-day journey from Southampton to New York, with stops in Cherbourg, France and Queenstown, Ireland, her lucky passengers, including you, because remember, this whole shorthand is about whether you would survive, were excited to climb aboard the best bloody ship in the world.
What does this include?
Does it include my food?
You're at sea for a week.
Which is much shorter than I thought.
I would have thought weeks.
I would have thought weeks.
I only know that because I literally just read it.
And I was about to say, that seems very short.
No one ever did it again.
It was the last time.
The ship was so big, it just had to move a little bit across before it was already in New York.
I'm also simultaneously really thirsty, so I might piss myself by the end of it.