>I'm not convinced "investors fail to show much interest" can really be
>classified as unforeseen, particularly in an age when the
>economy is in freefall, cruise ships are in disrepute, and there's
>been very little call for ocean liners (n.b. which are not the
>same thing as cruise ships) since 1958.

Yeah, these crazy nutters always pop up just as the economy is either on the precipice or in the process of mimicking the Titanic's death plunge, when investors are keeping a stranglehold on their money, and trying to sell folks on the idea of recreating one of the world's greatest maritime disasters.

Oh the other hand, there apparently is nobody in a rush to rebuild the Hindenburg.