The Spirits are Restless
Why are the spirits restless? Because they anxiously wait to reveal themselves this coming Friday at the Titanic Museum Attraction’s very first Masquerade Dinner Party.
1st Class Maid Jaynee
This hopes to be one of the most lavish entertainments this season. I won’t reveal too much in this blog but from the looks of the preparations in the museum this will be a HUGE event. The event centers on the myths and legends concerning the Titanic and her devastating sinking 97 years ago. As with most tragic incidents throughout history, stories abound about what caused the Titanic to sink. What makes these theories so intriguing is that there is always some grain of truth in each of these tales. It will be our job on October, 30th to share some of these stories with our guests and let them be the judge as to whether to believe these revelations….or not.
The progressive dinner throughout the museum will be sumptuous no doubt, we the crewmembers will be donning classic Italian Masquerade masks, encountering the guests in various galleries to enlighten and entertain. We encourage all of you to don a mask as well. Better to disguise yourself with, but remember, what happens at Titanic stays at Titanic, at least on Friday, October 30th.
1st Class Maid Jamie
I’ll share a story that fascinates me. Legend has it that among the ten dogs that were on board the Titanic, there happened to be one very large black dog, some say that it was a Great Dane that belonged to a first class passenger by the name of Ann Isham. I have discovered since learning about this dog, that the dog did not belong to Ann Isham at all. Still, there was a large black dog on board. The night of the sinking, the mood of the passengers shifted from one of indifference towards boarding the lifeboats to complete and utter chaos when the doomed passengers and crew realized the true gravity of the situation. Three dogs survived the sinking, two Pomeranians and one Pekinese, but no black dog. It has been reported that John Jacob Astor while retrieving his Airedale, Kitty, from the dog kennels released the dogs from their cages in the kennel, perhaps giving them a ghost of a chance of survival.
The Titanic was traveling a busy sea lane and when the ship went down she left behind an amazing amount of debris, suitcases, trunks, crates, furnishings…..and bodies. More than one passenger and crew member from other ships passing through this haunted trail of tears, reported seeing a woman, frozen solid, her arms wrapped around a huge black dog. Remarkable. To this day when passing through the area where the ship sank, ocean travelers hear the baying and strong, deep throated barking of what seems to be a large dog. Explorers that brave the deep Atlantic to study Titanic have sometimes reported what seems to be the black figure of a large dog gamboling on the deck as the submergible approaches the rotting hulk of Titanic’s bow. Of course that would be impossible, but not for a spirit dog.
Come join us for more macabre fables on October 30th and I’ll be right there to greet you. Till then be wary of October, the ghosts are lonely, they’re hungry for attention, they just might decide to come home with you after a visit to The Titanic.
Farewell, 1st Class Maid Jaynee
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