Titanic exhibit/St. Petersburg, FL
Hannah J. Tyrone
Has anyone seen the Titanic exhibit in St. Petersburg? I'm planning on
going early next month, and I need to know whether I should make
reservations and buy tickets in advance. Is it a good exhibit? What kind
of Titanic memorabilia do they have for sale there?
Shailagh Collins
2nd post of this query but here's a URL that might be of help to you,
www.floridamuseum.org
Shailagh
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Mr Bean
I havnt seen it yet its only an hour from where I live but I have heard its
not all that good
maybe I'll go up some weekend
T.R.@usaweddings.com
I was there about 6 weeks ago and posted a Travel Report,
maybe still under dejanews.
About $14 to go thru self guided walking tour with headphones. They
were obsessed with recording equipment. The total wait time to get in
was about 1.5 hours. The 8 foot scale model of the Titantic sitting
on the ocean floor was cool, as was the 8 foot *new* Titanic.
There were several rooms you would walk thru. The exhibit wasn't
anything terribilly exciting that you couldn't live without. The gift
store was above average $$$$, there were a couple good values
with Posters, AND, I paid $20 for TWO International Mercantile Stock
Certificates (best buy of the gift store!)
Email with any specific questions,
T.R.
JSC
Yes, you should buy tickets in advance, and get there about 1/2 hour before
your tour starts. Tours start every 15 minutes, but don't clock-watch. I
went on March 26 and we had 1:00 PM tour tickets, but didn't get in till 2
PM. It was worth the wait. There is no picture taking. They'll give you a
tape walkman narrated by Malcolm McDowell, which was for me only distracting,
as I know so much about the story.
The exhibit is mind-blowing. If you're like me, you'll stand in front of the
telegraph stand for 1/2 hour, letting it wash over you that this is not a
reproduction, not a movie prop, but the REAL THING. You may weep a bit...I
know I did. The halls are set up to remind one of parts of the
ship...promenade decks, the Verandah Cafe, etc. The most chilling part is
being in one hall where there is a railing like a deck railing, stars out in
front of you, and below....blackness.
Whatever you may think of Tulloch and company, and I am deeply ambivalent
about what he's doing, I am glad I had an opportunity to go to this exhibit.
The only problem is that they dump you out in the gift shop, which has a lot
of utterly tasteless crap. Buy the book about the exhibition, which goes for
$26.99 and leave the rest there.
Jill
FungalKing
I saw the exhibit in Memphis, TN last year, and I agree---the area where you
stand on the railing and look out at the darkness and the stars was incredibly
stirring.
reyn...@gmail.com
> Has anyone seen the Titanic exhibit in St. Petersburg? I'm planning on
> going early next month, and I need to know whether I should make
> reservations and buy tickets in advance. Is it a good exhibit? What kind
> of Titanic memorabilia do they have for sale there?