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Although the Titanic Museum attraction in Pigeon Forge has been open for about 6 months, tonight was my first visit.  The walk through at your own pace tour was very informative and my wife Karen and I enjoyed it quite a bit.  We had reservations for 4pm and there was a good crowd in attendance when we arrived at about 3:45pm.  Our tour began right on time and we progressed past the exhibits, the ice water sample, and the video but just as we were approaching the portion of the tour where you see the passenger list to find out if your person survived or not everything changed suddenly. I had just seen a demonstration of how the Titanic's lights flickered and than she sank only a couple of hours after striking the iceberg when the lights in the large room we were in actually did go out!  This was not in any way a planned part of the exhibit.  Only the emergency lighting was on and there was a good deal of confusion among the staff as to how we were...

Although the Titanic Museum attraction in Pigeon Forge has been open for about 6 months, tonight was my first visit.  The walk through at your own pace tour was very informative and my wife Karen and I enjoyed it quite a bit.  We had reservations for 4pm and there was a good crowd in attendance when we arrived at about 3:45pm.  Our tour began right on time and we progressed past the exhibits, the ice water sample, and the video but just as we were approaching the portion of the tour where you see the passenger list to find out if your person survived or not everything changed suddenly. I had just seen a demonstration of how the Titanic's lights flickered and than she sank only a couple of hours after striking the iceberg when the lights in the large room we were in actually did go out!  This was not in any way a planned part of the exhibit.  Only the emergency lighting was on and there was a good deal of confusion among the staff as to how we we...