Boy I sure do dig free stuff, particularly free stuff that’s terribly festive. The Titanic after hours party celebrating the temporary Titanic exhibit that is currently at the Louisville Science Center certainly fits the bill. However it’s only free for the first 200 folks to reserve tickets. After that you have to pay $8 for admission. Well that is unless you’re one of the two lucky winners of the pairs of tickets I have to give away. First the scoop on the party:
Louisvillians are invited to “Party like it’s 1912” at a free after-hours event on Saturday, February 13, from 11:40 p.m. to 2:20 a.m. at the Louisville Science Center, 727 W. Main St.The first 200 people to reserve tickets will be admitted free. The event lasts from the time Titanic hit the ill-fated iceberg (11:40 p.m.) until the time it sank (2:20 a.m.). Guests can visit Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, featuring 150 authentic artifacts. Titanic-related activities will happen throughout the Science Center. Complimentary desserts will be provided and a cash bar will be available, including themed cocktails: the “Sparkling Rose,” named for the fictional character from blockbuster film Titanic; Captain Smith’s Bourbon Tea, in honor of the Ship’s real captain; and an Iceberg Cocktail.
Guests will be eligible to win a trip for two to Las Vegas to see Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at the Luxor Hotel and Casino, courtesy of Premier Exhibitions, Inc., the developers of the Exhibition. The Exhibition in Las Vegas features more than 300 artifacts, including the largest Titanic artifact ever retrieved. A massive piece of the Ship referred to as “The Big Piece,” it weighs 15 tons and measuring more than 26 feet long. The Exhibition also features lifelike replicas from Titanic, including the Grand Staircase. The Vegas giveaway, valued at nearly $1,500, includes two tickets to the Exhibition, plus airfare and a two-night stay at the Luxor. Guests must be present to win the Vegas giveaway, and the winner will be announced at the event.
The event is open to those ages 21 and over. Two hundred free tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis, with a limit of two free tickets per person, by calling (502) 561-6100, ext. 6580. Thereafter, tickets will be available at the discounted rate of $8 per person. (Regular admission to Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition is $18 for adults and $14 for children 2-12). Tickets include all activities, desserts, and admission to Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition and the Science.
To win one of the four tickets I have to give away tell us a good story about seeing James Cameron’s Titanic. I saw it at Tinsel Town when Tinsel Town was new and I had to have someone draw me a map to find our way out there. I’ll also say that I didn’t go of my own free will. B and her best friend just had to go see it and drug me along.
Two winners chosen at at random from all the entries I receive by 4PM on Wednesday February 10, 2010 will each win two tickets.
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:14 pm
ohh boy… well in ‘97 i was like 12 years old. all i know is that the movie was so long that it was put on 2 vhs tapes. i’m also pretty sure that the only part i watched was towards the beginning of the 2nd tape.
i think i’ve said enough about my experience with titanic.
February 3rd, 2010 at 4:23 pm
Egads. Well, when I first saw it, it was thirteen years ago… I *think* I’d gone to see it one night with my mom after my guy and I had had a fight.
Was a good girl’s night-those nights after fighting with your guy, hitting a romance, going for dinner, they always make a good girl’s night out.
Since then, I’ve seen it a few times but the first time is the only one that really stands out. I’ll be watching it again soon, though, another first-my oldest is a history buff and she’s fascinated by the Titanic’s history and keeps begging to watch the movie.
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:42 pm
The Titanic is one of the handful of movies that I have seen in the theater twice! The first time with my boyfriend (now husband) and then we went back a few weeks later with his mom and grandmother- it was their time to the movies since ET- I thought it was that good!
February 4th, 2010 at 12:07 am
I almost saw Titanic at Tinseltown Theatre when it first came out. We live in Indiana and had never been to Tinseltown before. My husband and I took my 15 yr old son and his 14 year old girl-friend to see the movie. After driving for quite awhile ( no GPS then) and my husband would NOT ask for directions, we finally arrived at the theatre to find that all tickets had been sold. It was a little embarrassing for my son with his new girl-friend in the back seat – actually – it was ALOT embarrassing for him. We finally saw it at Tinseltown later – without the 2 teens along!!! I bawled all through the movie!!!
February 4th, 2010 at 3:34 am
I only just saw Titanic last year. At the time it was originally released I didn’t buy the hype. I didn’t care for how Leo was acting toward the academy and didn’t yet trust Kate Winslet so implicitly as I do now. Plus, I don’t like epics. But when I grabbed it on the dvr sometime last year and watched it just ’cause I agreed that it was a good movie.
February 4th, 2010 at 5:14 am
Okay, I’ll admit this, I saw Titanic WAY too many times in the theater. I was 18 and just off to college and for months afterward my best friend (who also saw it way too many times) and I would write letters to each other addressed to and posted from different characters in the movie. Yes, really, and I was ostensibly an adult at the time. But in my defense, I was into it more for the history of the picture and much less for the actual story, which I found rather derivative. I had been a Titanic geek since Robert Ballard found it, so that’s really why I went to see the film, and then my friend and I just got into an obsession with it and, well, we’re better now. On a dare the two of us wrote to a few of the actors in the film (none of the famous ones), and I actually got a very nice letter back from Ewan Stewart, who played First Officer Murdoch (and who has been in a number of other things), that I still have. Overall, a slightly embarrassing but interesting experience. My boyfriend and I are looking forward to seeing the exhibit, and he doesn’t have Valentine’s Day plans yet, so this would be perfect!
February 7th, 2010 at 12:07 am
My dad and I went to see it a week or two after it had been out, but the theater was still packed. I dragged him to go see it with me since I didn’t have my driver’s license yet. I’ve been a Titanic buff since around 12 or 13, when I first read about it. I knew how tragic a story it was, and was skeptical about James Cameron’s ability to bring such a complex story to life – would it be mostly a ‘forbidden love story’ that would push the larger scene into the background? Thats what I was thinking when we went to see it.
To my surprise, it was a love story but it did remain true to the Titanic’s overall story. I was awed by the careful attention to the details of the ship’s outer and inner workings – it felt like the Titanic we saw on the screen was the same one they had created back in 1912. He re-created the separation of people by classes, how immigrants were mostly third class seeking a better life in America, and most tragically, how the third class were the ones who had the most casualities.
But the thing that got to me was during the ship’s sinking, when the band had regrouped outside to try to bring some calm to the panicked passengers. The lead violinist finally told them to break up and find a way off the ship. But he remained – and the others came back as well. The song they began to play struck me, and I started to cry. They were playing “Nearer my God to Thee”. The same song the band on the real Titanic had played as the ship sank. Such attention to detail was amazing. A small detail but one that could’ve easily been left out of the movie.
Nowadays I really don’t care too much for the movie. The real story is a lot more fascinating than anything that comes out of Hollywood. But I’ll never forget seeing it the first time, and hearing that song.
February 8th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
The Titanic movie is one of my all time favorites. No matter how many times I’ve watched it, I always cry! I recently did a lot of research on the Titanic while trying to win a pair of tickets for me and my son to visit the exhibit. We didn’t win but learned a great deal about the Titanic and some of its passengers. Did you know there were only two bathtubs to serve all of the third class passengers? And that two dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic!