The Titanic Museum Attraction in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is right on schedule, and in February they are planning on announcing the official Grand Opening date of this museum, a welcom addtion to the Pigeon Forge attractions scene. At that time the will also announce the celebrity guests who will christen the ship, according to Titanic Owner, John Joslyn.

In March of 2010, the Pigeon Forge Titanic Attraction will start the hiring process of more than 75 crew members. Beginning February 1, 2010, potential applicants will be able to download an employment application from the Titanic website, which will aide applicants in the hiring process.

Visitors to Pigeon Forge are able to see the massive construction of the half-size replica building, complete with smoke stacks, a fabricated “skin” and the dockside entry is underway. The exterior painting is scheduled to for sometime in December. Currently, there is an admission-free preview trailer open at the job site where visitors are encouraged to stop by and for a preview tour of this landmark development.

The Titanic Pigeon Forge attraction will be home to 20 galleries displaying hundreds of authentic, priceless artifacts. The museum attraction will also feature an exact reproduction of the original Titanic Grand Staircase, as well as a first-class suite and third-class cabin.

Visitors to the attraction will receive a boarding pass bearing the name of an actual Titanic passenger or crew member whose fate will be revealed at the end of your tour. The tours are self-guided and during the tour guests can expect to walk the Grand Staircase, touch the frozen surface of an “iceberg,” sit in a Titanic lifeboat, send an SOS from a Marconi Wireless Room and peruse world-class galleries featuring rare historical artifacts, among many other things.

There is a Branson Titanic Museum currently operating year round. It opened in April 2006 and has since welcomed more than 2,000,000 guests.