Did You Know…

In 2014 Bernard Hill, who played Captain Smith in Titanic (1997) took part in the event announcing a Titanic Attraction at the Romandisea theme park in Sichuan, China?

The full-size replica was planned to sit a reservoir within the river Qi complete with an infamous iceberg simulation. The estimated cost of the non-working replica was estimated at about $125 million. Sichuan Seven Energy Investment Group had a keel laying ceremony in November 2016 to commemorate the beginning of what was said to be an 11 month project.

The team missed their 2017 completion date and is February 2019 construction was reportedly still underway, with many videos of the construction site with the ship obviously unfinished. By August of 2021 it has been reported that the project was abandoned. Sichuan Seven Energy had reported total assets in the range of $682 million USD, indicating that their focus would be to build a world class modern energy service.

In October of 2021 it was reported by Su Shaojun, chairman of the Qixing Energy investment Group Co. LTD., that the project would be another year but he hesitated quite a bit, stating that there would more than likely be many more problems to come. The Tourism Bureau of Sichuan Province also stated, to Surging News, eight months before that the project was operating normally and would be completed in 2022. (https://car.inotgo.com/2021/10/20211023201658892H.html).

Su has stated several times that they collected original blueprints for years and were going to make a faithful replica of the great ship within the romantic Mediterranean resort. In 2020 the hull was estimated to be 80% completed but funds for the project rose as construction continued and Su Shaojn joked about needing a money printing machine and they had enough funds to finish only the hull of the project and further funds would have to be raised for the rest. (https://car.inotgo.com/2021/10/20211023201658892H.html)

Images: ThePaper.cn reporter Tang YingYing
Article: Elena Vukosa