r/interestingasfuck • u/Sebastianlim • 17h ago

The remains of the "Romandisea Titanic" construction project, a Chinese replica of the famous ship which was meant to be permanently docked on the Qijiang River as a hotel. Construction began in 2015, but was later halted. The project remains abandoned to this day.

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u/HansBooby 15h ago

congratulations on the near 1:1 recreational of titanic as it looks today

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u/DisenchantedByrd 16h ago

I’m starting to think that there was a bubble in Chinese real estate.

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u/Implodepumpkin 13h ago

Shhhhh. You can't talk about that. Honestly, there was some wild stories I used to hear but almost zero news now. I guess things evened out?

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u/Coreshine 10h ago

That's the fun part about economic bubbles: you only know for sure it was a bubble once it bursts.

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u/Somhlth 17h ago

The investors behind the Sichuan replica sought to approach the sinking of the Titanic primarily as a story of heroic self-sacrifice

So, the exact opposite of what actually happened for the most part.

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u/slicerprime 16h ago

Soooo......now what?

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u/wegqg 15h ago

New idea: immersive titanic zombie experience.

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u/Wonderful_Trash6804 14h ago

Not just the boat, but the infrastructure around the boat is impressive. To go to such length and halt the project is crazy.

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u/Haru1st 11h ago

When the money runs dry so does the boat

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u/apetalous42 10h ago

It's interesting to me that China is so big it can contain several mega cities with intense population density but also has seemingly so many huge abandoned structures.

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u/Fuckkoff- 6h ago

Many?

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u/buyatollah_kuminamy 15h ago

But what about that day

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u/alltheducks222 12h ago

41 years ago

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u/577564842 12h ago

If they were not going to dock it against the replica of the iceberg then it would have been a wasted opportunity anyway.

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u/BeeRand 8h ago

An urban explorer's wet dream.

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u/jvanber 8h ago

That is a dry dock

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u/CaveWalker5357 5h ago

I'll take off their hands. $1

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u/KebabGud 4h ago

i'm pretty sure i saw his episode of Rick and Morty