Titanic in Branson, MO

My family visited the Titanic in Branson, MO on Monday March 13. It was quite nice.

You enter through the iceberg and are given a boarding pass containing a passengers name and a brief bit of history about the person. There is a really nice "ice" wall that you can touch simulating the feel of an iceberg and many posters and pictures on the walls. Inside the next room is a huge model of the ship behind glass and beautiful etched glass panels with pictures and quotes from some of the passengers. It is very beautiful but sad at the same time.

As you continue through the lower area you get to see many artifacts and photographs of the ship. Some display cases are built to resemble cabin doors and are really nice. A few have already had the adhesive come loose and parts of the displays have fallen out of place but I suppose this is to be expected, they are still figuring out how to set things up. A few cases didn't have their artifacts in them yet as well.

You will come around to the grand staircase and it is BEAUTIFUL. There are some "characters" there and they'll interact with you and take a picture of your family if you'd like. They are sooooo nice and helpful. You get to actually walk up the grand staircase with the huge dome overhead.

After you get upstairs you can view a first class cabin and watch a short movie about the Titanic. They also have an area where they can simulate the pressure exerted by the ocean if you were to travel to the wreckage. For a small fee they place a Styrofoam cup that you have decorated into a pressurized chamber and you can watch it shrink to the size of a thimble. It makes a nice souvenir.

There is an interactive area where you can try your hand at morose code. My kids really enjoyed it. There is a replica life boat that you can sit in and listen to some thoughts from the passengers. From this interactive room you make your way into the memorial room. In this room you can discover if the passenger on your boarding pass survived or perished. It is a very emotional room. It was so very sad to see the names of so many people etched into the glass.

After the memorial room you go back down the grand staircase and enter a dining room and exit through to the gift shop. We spent about $60 for a family of four and it took us around 2 hours to go through the entire ship and shop in the gift shop. My kids really enjoyed the Titanic in Branson and we'll definitely consider visiting again once the exterior is all completed.
 

 -Amy T - Herrin Illinois