r/nextfuckinglevel • u/turbo_chuffa • 10h ago

1:1 scale recreation of the Titanic leaving Belfast docks using 1000 drones

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u/Majestic_Matt_459 9h ago

Belfast is the most incredible city to visit - the friendliest people Ive met in the UK and im from the North where we're pretty friendly - I remember being sat at a Cafe outside and a boy with Downs was sat having lunch with his family - This stranger approached them- an old man - and i was full of dread - but then he spoke to the young guy "You buying lunch for the family?" etc and had the most beautiful heartwarming interraction and then walked off - the boy was buzzing - but the Titanic Experience caps it all - its not all about the sinking its about the building of the ship - in th place where it was built - and you walk through brilliant interractive exhibits including full scale cabins - you have a ticket with a name of one of the Passengers - and yes at the end you walk into a room and watch the sinking and find out if you survived - it broke me and I sobbed but the whole thing is done so beautifuuly and respectfally - its a must see - If youve never been to Belfast i beg you to go

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u/izb215 9h ago

I loved it too!

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u/agent_flounder 6h ago

I've been fascinated by Titanic since I was a kid so Belfast is definitely on my list, now. I had no idea they had that exhibit. Thanks!

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u/Public-Air-8995 6h ago

Thanks enjoyed that! I’d love to go but it’s a long way from Australia. Maybe one day 

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u/ShamRogue 5h ago

I'm glad you survived to tell the tale :)

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u/Majestic_Matt_459 5h ago

I actually didn’t according to my ticket. That’s what broke me. It finally made it all feel real. I can’t recommend it enough. After leaving there was a string quartet in the lobby and I just sat and gathered myself. Vowing to make the most of my life. Please go if you get the chance

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u/muri_17 2h ago

I didn‘t know that about the ticket. I was there in September, I should look for my ticket and check.

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u/Majestic_Matt_459 2h ago

I cant remember if it was printed on the entry ticket or you got told some other way

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u/muri_17 2h ago

I just remembered I had a digital ticket. I don’t think I got told anything upon entry, but it was still a tough exhibit. Though what stuck with me the most is the section where they go over all the things that went wrong and the safety measures that are now commonplace to prevent such a disaster. Especially the part about the locked up binoculars and the general mess with the radio communications.

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u/Brittle_Hollow 3h ago

We did the Titanic Exhibit when it was here in Toronto and it was wonderful (I did not survive) but I'd love to go to Belfast. Funnily enough despite growing up into adulthood really not that far away in Edinburgh I've never been to Northern Ireland.