Reflecting the White Star Line's reputation for superior comfort and luxury, RMS Titanic has extensive facilities for First Class passengers who are widely regarded as the best of its time. In contrast to its French and German competitors, whose interiors are luxuriously decorated and very adorned, the Titanic emphasizes comfort and elegance that are more flexible in the style of a British country manor or luxury hotel. The enormous Titanic enables it to feature enormous rooms, all equipped with the latest technology for comfort, cleanliness and comfort. The living room and public spaces create a historic style with meticulous attention to detail and accuracy. There are a variety of recreational and sports facilities besides giving many opportunities for entertainment during the trip.
Though very much like the sister ship and its predecessor RMS Olympic, Titanic features additional First Class Staterooms, enlarged public spaces, and a myriad of minor improvements to enhance its luxury and comfort.
Video First class facilities of the RMS Titanic
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Most First Class facilities and accommodations are located on the upper deck of the Titanic superstructure, where vibration and engine noise are at their lowest point. Overall A-Deck is reserved for first-class recreation and accommodation, along with most B & C Decks. First Class facilities are located at every level up to F-Deck, meaning that First Class passengers enjoy the farthest space of any of the three classes on board.
Maps First class facilities of the RMS Titanic
Accommodation
The Titanic offers the best and most elegant First Class accommodation to be found in any contemporary ocean vessel. The cheapest One Class fare can be had for Ã, Â £ 23 (appr. Ã, Â £ 2484 at 2017 GBP), without eating. A suite can have prices ranging from Ã, Â £ 400 (Ã, Â £ 43,200 in 2017) to Ã, Â £ 870 (Ã, Â £ 93,960 in 2017) for the "Deluxe" Parlor Suite at the height of the traveling season. This would be equivalent to over $ 116,000 in dollars 2017 for the most expensive accommodation Titanic .
Decor & amp; Range
The staterooms in the B and C-Deck are richly appointed in a wide variety of decorative styles. A label on each door announced the special cabin style, including Louis XIV, XV, and XVI, the French Empire, Georgia, Jacobean, and the Italian Renaissance. There are a variety of finely carved panels, veneers and marquetry made of exotic imported timber such as Mahogany, Sycamore, Walnut, Oak and Satinwood. Such is the attention to the historical details that every piece of furniture, lamps, upholstery, and wood is recreated with an obsessive concern for accuracy by designers and artisans at Harland and Wolff. First class accommodations occupy almost the whole of the B & C Decks, but also the big parts forward on A, D and E-Deck; several First Class cabins are located on the Boat Deck between the advanced Advanced Ladder and the Officers Quarters. In E-Deck staterooms and cabins are exchanged between Class One and Class Two, meaningful parts can be prioritized for one class in case of excess demand or high demand. Only the right side of E-Deck belongs to First/Second-Class, the entire Port side consists of a Third Class cabin and a Crew.
The space that has been given to a circular promenade B-Deck on Olympic is converted into an additional large cabin at Titanic , the best on board. Many of these staterooms have private entrances, separate living quarters, adjoining doors, and en-suite bathrooms; they can be booked in groups to accommodate families and maids. In all there are almost 330 First Class rooms, 100 of which are single beds.
Class One cabin types are predominantly single or double hollow cabins containing dressers, horse couches, wardrobes and marble-topped basins with basins. The double-storey cabin has a "tipped" sink on shelves that can be folded back into the cabinet to save space. Many also have an extra bed hanging over the main bed that can be folded into the wall. The cabin space grew afterwards with a double bed, built-in closet, and comfortable seating area. The single-room state space, like the one on A-Deck, is decorated more simply than the luxury suites in B and C-Decks. Above most of the beds there is an electrical outlet with a call button that can call the waiter, reading lamp and wire basket to store small items. Although Titanic is centrally centered, all Class-Class cabins contain electric heaters to provide additional warmth and passengers can get electric bed warmers on request to a steward.
Facilities & amp; Convenience
Like the standard at the time, most of the Main Class bathroom facilities were shared. Communal washrooms with lighted boards can be found along the hallway divided by gender. A passenger can bathe by notifying a flight attendant, who will draw a bathtub based on availability. Due to the need to conserve a limited supply of fresh water, bathing is provided with seawater; just a private bathroom shower that used fresh water. Titanic has an impressive private bathroom ratio for passengers, more than any other vessel in 1912. Almost all suites at B & C Decks feature en suite bathrooms.
Although the bed linen is changed daily, there is no dirty clothes because of the limited supply of clean water. Passengers can get their clothes pressed and shoes polished on demand, for a small fee. Tea and morning cakes are served for passengers in their cabin, but no room service in the modern sense - passengers must go to the saloon to be served full breakfast and other meals.
The Parlor Suites
The most beautiful First Class Accommodation on both the Titanic and Olympic is a four-room suite in the B and C Decks, just off the Grand Staircase. Two in B-Deck are advertised in "Deluxe" Parlor Suites, or Promenade Suites, as each has a private 50-foot (15.24 M.) promenade deck. The promenade deck connected to the entrance of the First Class passage immediately heads forward, allowing the many luggage that is usually carried by the richest passengers Titanic to be loaded directly into their suite. The Parlor Suites each consist of two large bedrooms, two walk-in walk-in wardrobes, a private bathroom, a bathroom and a spacious seating area. The sitting room is a luxurious room which allows to accept small guest parties. Each features a fake fireplace, large card table, luxurious sofas and chairs, a small table and a writing desk.
Two private promenade decks are unique to Titanic , decorated with semi-timber Tudor panels, rattan deck chairs, sofas, tables and potted plants. White Star Line chairman J. Bruce Ismay occupies the Deluxe Suite on the harbor side of Titanic while the right suite is occupied by an American millionaire, Mrs. Charlotte Drake Cardeza, her son, and entourage.
Conditions in Wreck
First Class Staterooms explorations at Titanic are relatively few since its discovery. Only the stateroom at the bow in front of the Big Ladder survives in decent condition. Since all the cabins are framed with pine and teak, many of the walls between the more spacious spaces have deteriorated, leaving a tangled electrical cable, deep mud and debris harmful to the ROV. James Cameron's 2001 Ghosts of the Abyss expedition focused on the cabins of some of the most famous Titanic passengers, including Henry S. Harper, Molly Brown, and Edith Russell. The extraordinary picture of Adam's marble fireplace in the living room of the Deluxe Suite of Bruce Ismay and the gleaming fireplace of Louis Quinze. Cardeza produced. The Ismay Personal Promenade is also found, with the remains of half-timber panels visible for the first time since drowning.
The more common legacies that depict the sitting room include tables and other hardwood furniture, fallen beds, silver-lined lamps, doors, brass bed frames, and even an upright closet with contents still on the shelves. In the field of debris scattered hundreds of items from the First Class cabin that was poured out of the ship during break-up.
Sports facilities
The Titanic features a variety of sports and relaxation facilities including:
- A gymnasium includes a pon bag, a rowing machine, an exercise bike, a Stationary bike, an electric camel and an electric horse.
- Turkish baths, electric baths and steam room
- Private massage room
- Swimming pool
- Square squash
- Trimmer
Gymnasium
The First Class Gymnasium has just elongated from the Grand Staircase along the side of the Starboard Boat Deck. It was a bright room with white oak paneling and tile floors. Along the wall opposite the entrance is a carved oak installation with illustrations of Olympic-class ships and maps depicting White Star Line travel routes around the world. The room is equipped with sophisticated sports equipment manufactured in Wiesbaden, including electric camel, two electric horses, rowing machines, punching bags, weightlifting machines, and mechanical bicycles.
There is a permanent "Physical Educator" on staff named T.W. McCawley who helps passengers in using the device. The gym is open during the following hours and, like other recreational facilities on board the Titanic , is separated by sex and age:
- 9:00 - 12:00 pm for Ladies Only
- 1: 00-3: 00Ã, pm for Children Only
- 2: 00-6: 00Ã, pm for Gentlemen Only
The roof deck that covered the gymnasium had long collapsed and the room itself sank onto the deck below. Nonetheless, wood paneling over the walls is recognizable and so are some exercise machines.
Turkish bath
Along the side of the Starboard F-Deck is a spa complex for First Class passengers known as Turkish Baths. In addition to Titanic , only White Star liners RMS Adriatic (1906) and RMS Olympic (1911) feature Turkish Baths on board. There are Temperate Room, Cool Room, Hot Room, Steam Room, Electric Shower and two Shampoo Rooms where massage is done.
The Baths are sex-disaggregated, available for women between 9:00 am and 12 pm, and for men between 2:00 pm. and at 6:00 pm There is a charge of 4 shillings/$ 1, per person to enter.
The Cool Room is the main feature of the Turkish Baths, decorated in a mixture of Moorish/Arabic styles to awaken the Turkish hamam. The walls are decorated with glazed green-blue tiles, carved teak wood, and bronze lights. On one wall was a marble drinking fountain. The ceiling is deeply hidden and painted in deep red, with gold beams and hanging lanterns, supported by pillars wrapped in teak wood. The peephole hole is hidden by a carved curtain curtain and its doors are adorned with semi-domed gilded to give an exotic effect. Across the room there are teak folding chairs, a Damascus table, and a lounge chair for relaxation. There is also a small curtained cubicle to change.
Conditions in Wreck
The Cool Room was rediscovered in 2005 during a filming expedition for the documentary James Cameron's Last Mysteries of the Titanic, under exceptional preservation conditions. The room will flood at the beginning of its sinking and its location deep inside the vessel that isolates from damage when the bow hit the seabed. Mostly protected from harmful microbes and sea creatures that consume more open parts of the ship; because these woods are in good condition, even the smooth recliners and framework for the locker room survive in recognizable conditions.
Swimming Pool
Across the corridor of the Turkish Baths there is an impressive 30 feet long 14 foot and 7 foot long swimming pool. The water depth is 5Ã, ft. 4 at. At the end of a deep and 4Ã, ft. 6 at. At the shallow end. Heated salt water from the tank and cold sea water pumped into the swimming pool after the ship went to sea. Room offers 13 changing rooms and 2 walk-in showers for convenience. The floor is lined with blue and white linoleum, and marble steps with teak wood steps down to the pool. The pool costs $ 0.25/1 shilling for use but is open for men free between 6 and 8 am, for morning workout. The Olympic feature two diving boards that prove to be a security hazard for divers, so they are not installed on Titanic . As the ship moves the amount of water that flows around, it can make the end of the dive seem superficial.
The entrance to the Pool is blocked by a closed waterproof door along the partition. It is probably in good shape as is the neighboring Turkish Baths, given the slow floods that occur in parts of ships and tough materials used in pool construction.
Squash Field
The Titanic displays a Squash/Racquet Court in the bow, deep inside the ship on G-Deck. It measured 30Ã, ft long X 20Ã, wide ft and, like Gymnasium, had its own instructor on staff, Mr. Frederick Wright. There is an Audience Gallery on F-Deck overlooking the field. It can be entered only with a separate staircase that starts at D-Deck, from where a passenger will descend three decades past the platform looking onto the G-Deck. The cost to play is 2 shillings/$ 0.50 (about $ 12.00 in dollars 2017), for half an hour.
Barbers Store
A small barber shop is located just off the Aft Ladder at C-Deck, open between 07:00 and 07:00. There is a permanent barber in the staff who offer shampooing, shaving, and hairdressing service for 1 shillings/$ 0.25 each. The room itself was fitted with two swivel chairs, a marble table with two washbasins, and a leather-covered stool.
The Barber Shop also offers small souvenirs and collectibles to buy, including postcards, White Star branded merchandise, tobacco, dolls, folding knives, and hats.
CafÃÆ'Â © s and restaurants
ÃÆ' â,¬ la Carte Restaurant
The ÃÆ' â,¬ la Carte Restaurant is a sumptuous restaurant that opens exclusively for first class passengers. The Olympic and Titanic were the first British ships to feature a restaurant apart from their main dining venue. This is a clone of the first Ritz restaurant featured on board the ship of the American Hamburg-American SS in 1905, which has proved very popular. The restaurant can accommodate 137 visitors at once. In Olympic the room is flanked by a Class Two promenade on either side, making it smaller than the version on Titanic , whose restaurant is extended to the left side of the ship and whose deck is right-side deck its converted to CafÃÆ'Â © Parisien.
The restaurant is the preferred alternative of the main dining saloon and gives passengers the option of sumptuous French haute cuisine at an additional cost. A passenger can choose to eat exclusively at the restaurant during the trip and receive 3-3 - 5 rebates on his ticket at the time of booking. Unlike the main dining saloon, the restaurant gives passengers the freedom to eat whenever they like (between 8 am and 11 pm). The restaurant is not run by the White Star Line; Luigi Gatti runs it as a concession and his staff is not part of the regular crew.
The restaurant is one of the most luxurious rooms on board, decorated in Louis XVI style, with beautifully carved French walnut panel trimmed with gold brass accents. The fluted columns interspersed throughout the room were carved with gold ribbon and the plaster ceiling was gently shaped with floral and ribbon motifs. Mirrors are installed in panels of panes and the room is divided into bays along the sides with an inset of oval mirror. Along the front wall is a large buffet with peach tops and along the back wall an elevated stage for the orchestra, with buffets on both sides of silver and tableware. This restaurant features its own special porcelain spode service in gold and cobalt blue. The Axminster carpet at Rose du Barry covers the luxurious floors and chairs of French walnut lined with Aubusson pink roses. Restaurant ÃÆ' â,¬ la Carte provides the most intimate atmosphere on board. In fact, half of the tables in the restaurant serve for two, while very few of those tables are offered in the main dining saloon.
Passengers are often called restaurants as Ritz . Ms Walter Douglas, a first-class passenger who survived the shipwreck, gave her account of ÃÆ' â,¬ la Carte Restaurant:
That's the last word in luxury. The tables are gray with pink roses and white daisies [...] a string orchestra that plays music from Puccini and Tchaikovsky. The food is outstanding: caviar, lobster, quail from Egypt, egg plovers, and house wine and fresh peaches.
On the night of the sinking, the Widener, a wealthy couple from Philadelphia, held a dinner party at the restaurant in honor of Captain Smith.
Artifact & amp; Supplies from ÃÆ' â,¬ la Carte Restaurant
The 2001 Ghosts of the Abyss expedition attempted to enter the ÃÆ' â,¬ la Carte Restaurant, only to discover that the rear ends of A and B Decks in the severely damaged stern have collapsed with each other. Relatively some artifacts have been found from field debris identified with ÃÆ' â,¬ la Carte Restaurant. The most important thing is the door from the safe that once was in the restaurant office which is displayed in various traveling exhibitions. Other pieces are gold-plated brass chandeliers, gold-lined candlesticks, and many intact pieces of the Spode Chinese dinner service believed to be made for the Restaurant. In 2012, a menu pad from a restaurant is featured with a Titanic exhibit traveling around Las Vegas.
Much of the beautiful gilded wood from Olympic ÃÆ' â,¬ la Carte Restaurant was purchased before he dumped and survived for years in private homes in Northern England. In 2000 Celebrity Cruises purchased a panel, with mirrors and sconces, from a private homeowner in Sheffield and installed it in the new RMS Olympic restaurant - perched on top of the Celebrity Millennium. Another home was found to contain about 24 panels of the restaurant in 2012.
Dining Saloon
In Deck D, there is a very large Class One sedan, 114 x ft in length. With a size of 1,000m 2 in volume, it was the largest room on board any ship in 1912, and it accommodated up to 554 passengers. The ship's designers initially planned to build a fancy two-storey tavern on it by the dome for the Titanic and its brothers, as it did on rival Cunard linitudes Lusitania and < i> Mauretania . It's vetoed at the start of the design stage that supports the luxury deck sedan that still greatly exceeds Cunard's rivals in terms of space.
The dining saloon is decorated in wooden panels carved in Jacobean style and painted with a shiny white enamel. There are two aisles along the room creating a large central dining area depicted by pillars. At the stern and front of the central area are two well-carved oak buffet stations in contrast to the wholly white room. On either side of the seating area in the center of the room is divided into a niche with partition walls with curved windows. In total, there are 115 tables, set for two to twelve people. Children are allowed to eat here with their parents, as long as the saloon is not fully ordered.
The Titanic ' s eating saloon features red and blue linoleum tiles. The furniture is made of oak and dark green leather seats, unusual in the fact that they are not swivel chairs bolted to the floor (a standard feature in other First Class dining saloons at the time). The peephole's hole was elegantly hidden by a 5-square-foot tin window, giving passengers the impression that they were eating on land rather than at sea. For more atmosphere, the windows are lit from behind during dinner. Meal meals in the saloon are prepared in the adjoining kitchen, which also serves a second-class restaurant, located further on D Deck.
In Titanic , seating charts for visitors are arranged that remain at long shipping spaces, although passengers can make special seating requests with Purser at the start of the voyage. The saloon dining is open between 8 and 10 am for breakfast, 1 and 2:30 pm for lunch, and 6 and 7:30 pm for dinner. Passengers can eat until 8:15 pm at the latest, but only on prior request to the steward. The trumpet call to the song "The Roast Beef of Old England" sounded half an hour before lunch or dinner by the ship bugler, Peter W. Fletcher, so passengers could get dressed, before the second call signifies the start of the meal. On Sundays, starting at 11:00 am, the saloon is also used for an Anglican Church service, performed by the captain or, in his absence, by a minister traveling in first grade. The service was accompanied by a quintet, which included a piano. Contrary to what is often portrayed in the film, the orchestra does not play while eating.
Conditions in Wreck & amp; Artifact
Not until the filming for James Cameron's
Some of the dining room chairs of Titanic were discovered by Mackay Bennett as ruins in the weeks after the sinking, as evidenced in the photos. Several bronze grilles from the swinging doors in the dining saloon have been identified in the debris fields, along with countless silver, porcelain, and glassware from the dining room service.
Verandah CafÃÆ'Â ©
The Verandah Cafà ©  © (also known as the Palm Court, or Verandah and Palm Court) is divided into two rooms, located on either side of the second class staircase, at A Deck. Recreating outdoor cafes outside, the rooms are brightly lit by large windows and double sliding doors that open onto the back end of the First Class Promenade Deck. The cafe is furnished elegantly furnished with rattan tables and chairs, scattered on plaid floor with light brown and beige. A variety of outdoor plants filled the room, including a pot of Kentia palms and a ivy-covered trellis. It offers an ocean view but is fully enclosed so it can be enjoyed in all types of weather, unlike open cafes in Lusitania and Mauretania. First-class passengers can enjoy a selection of drinks at the cafe.
The Verandah CafÃÆ' Â © has a smoking and non-smoking section. The smoking section, located on the left side, is accessible from first class smoking rooms. The non-smoking section, located on the right side, is used as a play area by the mother and children. To note, there is no such official area on board. Contrary to Titanic , the non-smoking Olympic ' section is often empty.
The Verandah CafÃÆ' Â © is similar in style to Olympic and Titanic . Although there are many photos of the Olympic café, only one photo of the Titanic is left today. The room was in the stern and torn apart by the powerful explosions that took place as it descended to the bottom of the ocean; in the ruins of the remains of A-Deck has collapsed. A fragment of a decorative bronze grille from one of Verandah's and Palm Court windows was discovered in 1994 by RMS Titanic Inc. and has been featured in a traveling exhibition.
CafÃÆ' Â © Parisien
The CafÃÆ' © Parisien is a new feature on Titanic , designed to occupy part of the space that Olympic works as a rarely used B-Deck prep. Located on the right side, cafÃÆ'Â Â © connected to ÃÆ' â,¬ la Carte Restaurant.
Like a restaurant, Cafà © Parisien is open from 8:00 to 11:00 pm and shares the same menu and server. The cafe is furnished with rattan tables and chairs, accommodating up to 68 passengers, and decorated with ivy-covered rivans and other climbing plants. There is a tiered buffet table in the center of the room and its sidewalls are located at each end of the room containing porcelain services. Cafà ©  © Parisien is most popular among young adults.
In 1912, the British magazine The Shipbuilder gave the following cafe description:
... Cafà ©  © Parisien, which is an entirely new feature on board, has been arranged with respect to restaurants, and here lunches and dinners can be served in excellent condition and with all the advantages of the restaurant itself... it will be seen that this cafe has the appearance of a sun-lit, charming porch, tastefully decorated in French trellis with ivy and other vines, and equipped with small groups of chairs that surround a comfortable table.
Collecting places
There are many other places that can be visited by first class passengers, including:
- Reception Room
- Lounge
- Smoking room (for men only)
- Read & amp; Writing Room
- Promenade Deck
- Large Ladder
Smoking Room
Male first-class passengers can enjoy a Georgian-style smoking room, found on the back end of A Deck, just off the Aft Ladder. In accordance with the social convention of the time, the room was exclusive to men. To create an atmosphere similar to the gentlemen's club, the room is decorated with dark mahogany panels lined with mother-pearls and carved with great luxury. Many large colored stained-glass windows were installed in the alcove sheltered inside the panel, illuminated from behind. Like the Waiting Room, ceilings and windows are raised above the Boat Deck level to increase altitude and the room is flanked by a niche with bay windows, also on the glass.
The floor is laid with blue and red linoleum tiles and the plaster ceiling is printed with a medal plaster. In the center of the opposite wall is a Norman Wilkinson painting, Plymouth Harbor , which hangs over a burning fireplace of coal in white marble. This is the only real fireplace: the other is installed with an electric heater. Rectangular tables with raised edges (to prevent spillage of drinks in bad weather) adorn the room, surrounded by leather-bound round club chairs, with unknown color (maybe green or burgundy).
To the right of the fireplace was a revolving door leading to Verandah's cafe. The room was U-shaped because the ventilation shaft from the Turbine Engine Room occupied the front end. This area also includes a bathroom.
The Smoking Room is the preferred place for gamblers to cross the Atlantic. Sharps professional cards also travel under the alias, and the purser can do nothing but warn passengers about this fraud, because passengers play at their own risk. At least four professional players travel in Titanic . Cigars and drinks can be provided at the request of the passengers, and provided by the waiter from the adjacent bar. The bar stops serving at 11:30 pm and the Smoking Room itself closes at midnight.
Conditions in Wreck & amp; Artifact
Smoking spaces are destroyed during drowning, located just behind where the split occurs in areas torn apart during the stern plunging into the seafloor. No photos from the known Smoking Space Titanic , only in Olympic . Certain artifacts have been found from debris that once decorated the room, including two gold-bronze pendants, and red and blue linoleum floor tiles.
First-Class Room
The First Class Lounge is one of the most heavily laid out public spaces on board the Titanic , which is modeled in Louis XV style after the Palace of Versailles. It occupies a large space in the middle of the ship on A-Deck, offering views over the Promenade Deck and the sea beyond. The elaborately engraved English oak panel with a disjointed musical instrument motif is the dominant feature in the room. Bronze sconces and large round mirrors are installed throughout. Glass blur 49-light and ormolu Electrolier with crystal decoration occupies the central alcove of the ceiling, which itself is arranged intricately with instrumental motifs. Adjacent to the open seating area is a comfortable niche with inset mirrors and tall windows of leaded and stained glass.
The Lounge has an impressive 12Ã, ft. High. 3 inches, activated by raising the ceiling above Boat-Deck level. Groups of tables and chairs, sofas and armchairs in luxury velvet with green and gold floral patterns scattered all over. At the center of the front wall is a beautifully carved gray marble decorative furnace (containing only electric heaters). The replica statue of Diana of Versailles stands above the fireplace, with a large mirror over it. At the opposite end, the wall is curved and contains a vast mahogany bookcase that serves as a lending library for First Class passengers. They can choose from the permanent classic collection and the latest release, which has just been filled on every trip.
Open daily between 8 am and 11 pm, the room is mainly used for socializing and taking tea, coffee and light refreshments before and after dinner, served by a small connecting bar. It is a domain that is mostly female but available for both sexes; because its size is also convenient to hold concerts and other First-Class events, as evidenced in Olympic .
Artefacts from the Lounge
The Titanic 'Lounge was destroyed when the ship broke out, located in an area where the central part of summer collapsed when impacted on the seafloor. Several pieces of debris from the Lounge have been identified in debris around the wreck, including the Artemis statue, a bronze sconce, and a section of the window frame. A beautifully carved oak panel that once hung over the front entrance to the Lounge was found as rubble and can be seen at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic at Halifax, along with the oak legs of one of the Lounge tables.
The Panel and Waiting Room equipment on the Olympic Titanic ship, identical to Titanic , has largely been preserved in the dining room. room White Swan Hotel in Alnwick, England. They were installed after being purchased at auction when Olympic was canceled in 1935. This room gives the best estimate of how the Lounge appears in Olympic and thus Titanic . The impressive electrolier of Olympic is also preserved at Cutler's Hall in Sheffield, England.
Reading and Writing Rooms
As the title suggests, the Reading and Writing Room is a relaxing space on A-Deck for relaxation, reading, and writing home for family and friends. The room is on the harbor side of the long corridor that connects the Grand Staircase to the Lounge and is generally a women's area, although men can also use the room. It is divided into two zones with a large main area and the smaller seating alcove on the right is separated by a floored door with an oeil-de-boeuf window. Like the Waiting Room, the room was raised on a Boat Deck, allowing for 11 feet tall windows and enhanced sense of spaciousness.
Decorated in beautiful and painted Georgian decorative orders, this room features fine plaster work combined with sleek panels, fluted columns, and a white marble fireplace. Palms with pots on tall stands are placed in the corners of the room, while the shaded curtains and chandelier crystal chandeliers provide soft lighting. Comfortable silky seats and chairs in shades of yellow and blue are grouped around tables and desks for comfort. The windows were filled with pink silk curtains and facing the Promenade Deck, allowing plenty of sunlight to flood the room. The popularity of this space has proved disappointing on Olympic vessels, and Thomas Andrews has plans to convert parts of the room in the Titanic into the passenger room further.
Reception Space
The First-Class Dining Saloon at D-Deck is preceded by a large reception room, measuring 460 m 2 (4,951 sqÃ, ft), located at the foot of the advanced Grand Staircase and covering the entire width of the ship. An ornate chapel is located on a central fence at the bottom of the stairs, a bright oak color contrasting with the White Reception Room. The Reception Area will be the first impression of Titanic for many First Class passengers entering through two semi enclosed spaces on either side of the stairs. At the corner of the Reception Room, in front of the stairs, there is a set of three Elevator lifts that extend along the staircase.
The reception hall is decorated with mahogany Mahogany-colored mahogany wood panel. Equipped with comfortable rattan chairs and Chesterfield coated with green damask silk, the room must have been very bright and airy because of the beautifully lit glass tin windows spanning both sides of the room. It lights naturally during the day through the peephole hidden behind a window and electrically at night. Unlike the linoleum floor in Olympic, the Reception Room Titanic ' is covered with a luxurious Axminster carpet and there is a palm in the built pot-inside the holder in the corner - a niche corner. The impressive Aubusson tapestry, La Chasse du duc de Guise , is hanging in front of the stairs. On the wall close to the rug is a letter that shows the name of the deck.
It was recorded on an inaugural voyage of Olympic , which was a slightly smaller reception room, that the room quickly filled after dinner. On the right side, there's an area reserved for quintet and it's a Steinway grand piano. The Titanic's Reception Room zoomed in contrast to his sister ship through the reconfiguration of two entrances, reducing their size and adding a large curved entrance to the Reception area.
The Reception Room is open for passengers before and after meals. Here, the orchestra is played from 4 to 5 pm while tea is served, then after dinner, from 8 to 9:15 pm. Stewards served liquor and cigars until 11 pm, when the hall was closed. Generally, there are many audiences in the room when the orchestra is played.
Vestibules Log in
The Titanic and Olympic both feature duplicate entrances at their port and right hand side in the D-Deck Reception Room. There is a set of double-tank doors inside the stomach, filtered by a wrought-iron grille. These areas are partially covered in the same white Georgian panels; each front room contains a large sideboard to store porcelain items. A set of French doors leads to the Reception Room, but there is also a curved entrance that leads to the elevator. Separate corridors lead from the front rooms to the First Class stateroom on the front of the D-Deck.
The Titanic vestibules differ from those at Olympic - they diminish in size to make the Reception Room bigger and they eliminate the corridor communicating between the parties to enlarge the elevator foyers. The Olympic vestibules contain Third Class ladder leading to E-Deck, eliminated at Titanic , and elaborate wrought iron grille covering the unique gangway door to Titanic .
It was reported that during the sinking of Officer 2, Lightoller ordered crew members to open a port side gangway door on the D-Deck to load more passengers into the lifeboat closer to sea level. The 1986 expedition confirmed that one of the side-port doors was wide open and the interior doors were pulled back. This will significantly increase the flood of Titanic if the crew ignores the door.
Conditions in Wreck
Ever since the first exploration by James Cameron in 1995, the Reception Room has been one of the best rooms documented in the ruins of the Titanic ship. It's accessed quite easily via the ROV from the front staircase, although there is a deep layer of dust and dangling rusticles that obscure a large part of the room. Exploring The Ghosts of the Abyss in 2001 found that the Titanic's Reception Room differs in some minor details from Olympic : there are more pillars, a decorative grille from the entrance of the elevator different, and there is an unknown wrought-iron grill door in front of the entrance of the D-Deck alley. Most beautiful tin-glass windows remain in situ, along with many mahogany panels, built-in plant holders, lamps, and carved skeletons that surround the steel support pillars of the room. Small amounts of original white leaded paint survive in folds of woodcarvings, and several swinging doors with bronze lattices are still hanging at the entrance of the front door.
Promenade and Boat Deck
The Promenade deck encompasses the entire A-Deck and along with the central part of the Boat Deck is an open space for First Class passengers to enjoy the sea air and exercise. Grand First-Class public rooms with large bay windows, such as the Smoking Room and Waiting Room, mark the end of the Promenade. The front end is distinguished by the cabin windows lining the walls along the sides, with heavy bronze frames and scratched glass panels. Part of this deck is 30 feet wide and the sheltered alcove at dots along the deck is used to store dozens of teak deck chairs that hire passengers during the trip.
The rear end of the Promenade is a large open air space flanked by two large cargo cranes. This deck section is fitted with wooden wrought iron benches from which passengers can enjoy stern and ocean views. Francis Browne took some photographs of this area on the Titanic, including the famous 12-year-old Douglas Spedden who was spinning around with his father. The main distinguishing feature between the Titanic and its sister ship is the Titanic closed to the front of the Promenade Deck, which is installed as a protection against the elements and to strengthen parts of the vessel susceptible to heavy vibrations. Both proved to be a problem on the Olympic board.
Deck seats and steam rugs can be rented at the Purser Office for each of 4 shillings/1 dollar, used for the entire voyage. Stewards will bring broth and hot drinks for passengers to enjoy if requested. Often passengers can spend all day relaxing and reading on deck chairs. The Promenade deck is very popular for playing games like shuffleboard, deck quoits, dominoes, and chess, which can be obtained from the Quartermaster.
The center of the Boat Deck also serves as a 200-foot open air path for First Class passengers between the Promenade Officer on the front end and the Second-Class Promenade further back. The Gymnasium is located on the Starboard side and the roof is raised from the Lounge, 82Ã, ft. Above the water surface, serves as a large sun deck where deckchairs can be arranged. Part of this deck is occupied by only four of the Titanic's 20 ships, which are swung to the sides of the vessel at the start of the voyage to leave a completely uncluttered deck for First Class..
The deck chairs of Titanic , 614 between First and Second Class areas, have become some of the best known artifacts of liners. Chief Baker Charles Joughin described the dozens of ships from the Promenade Deck during the sink to be used as a floating tool; passing ships in the weeks after floating debris islands piled up, including deck chairs. About 10 of the Titanic deck chairs are known today, including one at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia and one at the New York City Museum.
Grand Staircase
The Grand Staircase is one of the most memorable features on the Titanic board and the First Class activity center. The main staircase is located at the front of the ship and starts at Boat Deck, extending six flights to E-Deck. B and D Decks contain entrance hall on both sides where First Class passengers will start and descend, the D-Deck entrance leads directly to the Reception Room. Each level is built in solid English oak with a curved curve and the space around it is paneled in the sleek neo-classical style of William and Mary. The balustrades displayed a different wrought iron grille with ormolu swigs in the Louis XIV style. The A-Deck level is undoubtedly the most spectacular and best known for its frequent depictions in film.
The staircase is crowned by a luxurious wrought iron and glass dome with a large chandelier in the middle. The dome is mounted on the deck roof of the ship and provides natural light to the stairs before being artificially lit at night from the back. At the center of the A-Deck landing is a beautifully carved clock with an allegorical figure on either side, known as the Honor and Glory crowning Time. At the foot of the stairs, in the newel post of the central fence, was a bronze cherry holding an electric torch. B and C Decks may have smaller replicas of this cherub in one corner of the ladder, and contain landscape oil paintings as their focal point of landing, not the unique clock on A-Deck.
From Grand Staircase, passengers can access almost all the facilities available in First Class, level by level:
- Boat Deck Level provides access to outside walk-in space, sun deck, lifeboat, and adjacent gymnasium. The A-Deck rate accesses First Class accommodation on the front of the ship and large public spaces located further down the long corridor. The entrance hall opens onto a circular Promenade Deck from the stairs.
- B & C Deck is connected to the main corridor containing most of the First Class accommodation, including the magnificent 'Millionaire's Suites' located directly from the B-Deck level staircase. On the Starboard side of the C-Deck ladder is the Purser Office, where passengers store jewelry and other valuables during the voyage.
- On D-Deck, stairs open directly to reception room and adjoining dining Saloon. Instead of the cherubs, the center pillar contains an impressive golden candlestick with an electric lamp. Behind the stairs are installed three Classroom elevators that are between E and A Deck.
- In E-Deck, the staircase narrows and loses the curve of the upper flight; a simple single flight ends at F-Deck, where Turkish Baths and Swimming Pool can be reached.
Ladder Aft
There is actually a second Grand Staircase located further on the ship, between the third and fourth funnels. It is in the same style as the Advance Stairway with a dome illuminated in the middle, but it is smaller and only mounted between A, B, and C Decks. The simple clock adorns the main landing contrast with the honorary and hourly "Honor and Glory Crowning Time" clock on the front steps. People can access the Smoking Room immediately from the A-Deck level, and the Lounge through a long companion with the turnaround on the left side. At the Titanic there are two additional cabin units installed on both sides of the A-Deck staircase, one of which is occupied by Thomas Andrews, the ship builder.
The entire B-Deck foyer is used as a reception room for the ÃÆ' La Carte Restaurant and Cafà ©  Parisien restaurants, designed specifically in Georgian style and painted white like the main reception room on D-Deck. There are recesses for comfortable storage and rattan seating arranged in groups all over the room. This contrasts with the B-Deck foyer of Olympic , where there is no restaurant reception space and the foyer space is much smaller due to additional cabins and storage space.
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