While Staying at Branson Cabins Visit the Titanic

While staying at Branson Cabins, your vacation will not be complete without visiting Titanic, the world's largest museum attraction. This permanent, two-story museum is built half-scale to the original. The structure is anchored in water to create the illusion of the Titanic at sea. All this was built to give guests the sensation of being on the original 1912 voyage. Make a haunting connection to the passengers and crew when you view the 400 artifacts displayed in the museum.

The original Titanic started her maiden voyage from Southampton, England towards New York City, New York on April 10, 1912 with Captain Edward Smith in command. After crossing the English Channel, the Titanic stopped in France to board more passengers. The next day, she stopped in Ireland to pick-up even more passengers. When she was all loaded, they set out for New York with 2,223 people aboard.

On the evening of April 14, 1912, the temperature dropped to freezing and the ocean was calm. With a clear, cold sky, the moon could not be seen. The Captain altered course slightly to the south because of iceberg warnings. A few minutes before midnight, while sailing approximately 500 miles south of Newfoundland, lookouts spotted a large iceberg in front of the ship. The First Officer ordered a hard-port turn and requested the engines be stopped. The ship's starboard side hit the iceberg, starting the sinking process. Shortly after midnight on April 15th lifeboats were ordered down and a distress call was sent out.

The Titanic had 20 lifeboats that could hold 1,178 passengers. Even though this wasn't enough to hold all the passengers and crew, it did exceed Trade Regulations of the time. Passengers didn't want to leave the ship to get on the lifeboats. At first, the Titanic didn't look like it was going to immediately sink. So, a lot of the lifeboats were launched not completely full.

Approximately 2am the ship's stern rose into the air, the lights went out and the bow became submerged under water. The stern rose vertically, and it began to sink as well. 706 passengers survived the sinking of the Titanic and 1,517 people died.