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Titanic Daily: April 15th 1912

In partnership with and with the permission of the incredible organization White Stars, Black Sea i'll be sharing daily updates here as a part of their Titanic Live event leading up to it's tragic loss.
So take a trip back to April 15th 1912
Previous Day's Thread
Early morning
As dawn begins breaking, the scene of Titanic’s sinking has long grown quiet. In the boats, stunned survivors have waited out the night, some silently, others in open grief. Carpathia’s rockets sighted on the horizon in the pre-dawn hours are the first comfort to many - likewise, aboard the little Cunarder, green flares from Titanic boats are the first sign that she has arrived at the site of the disaster. Rostron and her officers had held out hope that perhaps Titanic had lost power but remained afloat.
All that is gone now as a ragged flotilla of survivors becomes clearer with the growing light of day, adrift in a sea of ice that nearly destroyed Carpathia herself on her own journey north. Stoically, and with great purpose, Rostron takes oversight of the rescue of 712 souls.
Painting by Ken Marschall
4:10 AM
Lifeboat #2 draws up alongside the recently arrived Carpathia carrying just under twenty people, the first to be saved by the rescue ship. Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall is among them and is immediately brought to the bridge, where he informs Captain Rostron that Titanic has gone down.
A wonderful film clip exists of Officer Boxhall at the age of seventy-four on the set of A Night to Remember in 1958, a film for which he served as a technical advisor. It can be viewed here
Photo of the later rescue of Boat #14, courtesy RR Auctions
6:45 AM
This is the first known photo taken of a Titanic lifeboat from the deck of Carpathia (it in fact shows two), taken from the rail of the rescue ship by Mabel Fenwick a few minutes before 7.00 AM.
In front, we see Lifeboat #14 commanded by Fifth Officer Lowe, notably with its mast and sail up. Towed behind is Collapsible D, lowered late in the sinking and filled to the brim with survivors. These two boats will arrive at the side of Carpathia at approximately the same time, and will be offloaded around 7.15.
Among the saved between the two will be Renée Harris, Esther and Eva Hart, Charlotte and Marjorie Collyer, and R. Norris Williams, picked up previously from swamped Collapsible A.
Photo credit CNE Maritime Museum
8:30 AM
Lifeboat #12 is unloaded by Carpathia, the last picked up by the vessel. The boat is sluggish, being filled to beyond capacity by additional survivors picked up from Collapsible B, including Second Officer Lightoller, who will be the last survivor to board the rescue ship.
As the final rescue finishes up, last hopes for many who had waited for their loved ones begin to fade. Rumors circulate that other ships may have picked up survivors, but these are unfounded wishes, nothing more.
The liner’s public rooms and her decks are filled to the brim, some of them Titanic’s men but a majority women and children. An additional load of more than seven hundred has found survivors seeking a place in nearly every nook of the vessel, and Carpathia’s passengers and crew rise to the occasion, offering out their own cabins or donating clothes.
The rescue complete, Carpathia will shortly be leaving the scene.
Photo courtesy Tyne & Wear Archives
8:50 AM
The rescue of Titanic’s survivors now complete, Carpathia has left the scene. SS Californian and SS Birma have been left behind to search the area for anyone remaining, though only scattered wreckage is seen, including chairs, wood fragments, and a large amount of insulating cork.
Rostron has debated what exactly to do with his new charges - going onward to Gibraltar is now out of the question. The Azores are considered for a time, as is Halifax to the north, but worries over possible loss of radio contact and the ice before them ends these ideas as well.
It is decided that Carpathia will return to New York, the decision relayed by wireless to the offices of both the White Star and Cunard Lines.
Late morning
As Carpathia steams west toward New York, passengers and crew navigate an incredibly cluttered deck, now loaded with an additional thirteen Titanic lifeboats. Cast adrift this morning after the rescue are the four collapsibles (we’ll see more of two of them later), as well as boats 4, 14, and 15.
Causing more trouble still is a crated automobile carried on Carpathia’s deck. The Packard is owned by passenger Louisa Fowler, traveling to Italy on the liner with her two sisters. The three intend to use the car to tour in mainland Europe, (and one can only presume that they did indeed carry out their plan on their eventual, if delayed arrival). In the meantime however, the car causes quite a bit of nuisance for those trying to work around it in the chaos.
Photo from the collection of the National Archives (UK)
Afternoon
Across Carpathia’s decks, some semblance of strange routine begins to set in through the preparedness and foresight of her officers and crew. Meals are served, blankets are distributed, sleeping arrangements are beginning to be sorted out, and lists of names are taken to be transmitted over the wireless and back to shore.
Among those crossing her decks is seventeen year old Carpathia passenger Bernice Palmer with her Kodak Brownie. She will take some of the most iconic images of the hours following the rescue - ones which she will sell later to Underwood & Underwood in New York for the unfortunate sum of ten dollars, unaware of the great value of the images she has captured.
Here, George and Dorothy Harder (at left) speak with Titanic widow Clara Hays (right), who has just lost her husband Charles to the sinking. The Harders have themselves been married since only January, and have been traveling through Europe since, boarding Titanic at Cherbourg on the evening of the 10th. Both have escaped in early lifeboat #5, Mrs. Hays leaving a short while later aboard #3.
Photo by Bernice Palmer, from the collection of the National Museum of American History
4:00 PM
Aboard Carpathia, the remains of four aboard who have perished (three crew and one passenger) are buried at sea from one of her gangway doors after services read by Father Robert Anderson. According to the Chicago Daily News of April 19th:
“At the service there were thirty widows, twenty of whom were under 23 years of age, and most of them brides of a few weeks or months.”
Photo credit Ben Stansall/AFP
4:45 PM
Olympic radios Carpathia to ask whether she should steam to the rescue ship’s location to take on survivors. Rostron has his own feelings about this, but nonetheless seeks out the opinion of Bruce Ismay, who is at present holed up in the cabin of Carpathia’s surgeon and heavily sedated with opiates. Ismay shudders at the suggestion, and an understanding Rostron sends a decline in response, wary of what the appearance of a nearly identical vessel on the scene will likely do to those who have just escaped Titanic.
Olympic will stand by, then proceed on toward Southampton, cancelling all extracurriculars onboard as a mark of respect for the dead.
Portrait of Olympic at Plymouth courtesy of the Plymouth City Arts Council
Evening
News of the disaster has leaked out slowly to the world via wireless, though a tight-lipped policy aboard Carpathia initially leads to some truly speculative journalism, even by 1912 standards.
False reports abound, with headline claims that all aboard have been rescued or that Titanic is being towed into Halifax being two of the most popular. In New York, IMM president Philip Franklin has continued to deny that that the liner has gone down, convinced by an erroneous report via Montreal that she is on her way to Nova Scotia. Over the course of the evening however, the news trickling into the White Star offices grows more and more grim.
By 6:30, Franklin will receive word from Halifax that there is no such operation to tow her in, and that Titanic has in fact been lost. He will reveal the now known truth in an emotional press conference shortly thereafter, saying “I thought her unsinkable and I based my opinion on the best expert advice. I do not understand it.”
Newspaper headlines from the archives of the Oakland Tribune, the Washington Times, the Seattle Star, the Vancouver World, and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Titanic Daily: April 14th 1912 11:41 PM - April 15th 1912 3:30 AM

In partnership with and with the permission of the incredible organization White Stars, Black Sea i'll be sharing daily updates here as a part of their Titanic Live event leading up to it's tragic loss.
So take a trip back to the night April 14th/morning of April 15th, 1912
Previous Day's Thread
I'm sorry this is a little late. Ideally I would have posted more last night but due to personal circumstance it wasn't possible.
11:50 PM
All across Titanic, passengers and crew are beginning to stir, awoken in some cases by the collision, others by the cessation of her engines - their subtle noise and vibration now nearly expected after four days at sea. In an array of evening dress, kimonos, robes and pajamas, many discuss what may be the cause for the sudden stop, while others describe between each other their experiences at the moment of impact.
On the bridge, Smith has arrived back quickly from his cabin and is informed by Murdoch of the events of the collision. It is clear that something serious has occurred, with ice on the forward well deck and a five degree list to starboard already. Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall is sent below twice to inspect damage, observing or taking note of troubling developments at the bow, including the flooding mail room and nearly 14' of water already at the ship's forepeak. Thomas Andrews will presently join the inspection below deck.
It is also found at this time that seawater is in fact pouring in so fast that several sailors report a hissing rush of air and distorted hatch covers ahead of the bridge as her bow begins to flood.
More than one million gallons of seawater have already flooded Titanic in the first ten minutes.
Portrait of Joseph Boxhall aboard RMS Oceanic, June of 1909, courtesy Henry Aldridge & Son
12:00 AM
By midnight, it is clear to Titanic’s officers that the vessel is in a very dire situation. Below, Thomas Andrews is in the middle of an extensive investigation, finding water rising rapidly in the first five compartments, with the sixth also flooding (this though, is for the moment at least, contained). The vessel is designed to stay afloat with as many as four compartments breached.
In a meeting with Smith at approximately 12.25, Andrews outlines his educated prediction for Titanic's immediate future, giving her between an hour to an hour and a half to live.
Portrait of Thomas Andrews published in the Illustrated London News, 1912
12:06 AM
Passengers begin gathering in Titanic’s reopened lounge on A-Deck to escape the cold outside before boats are made ready for launching. The ship’s band is nearby, beginning a few minutes later in the grand staircase and playing ragtime, mostly, or standards of the day. The mood is still light, though it is now quite clear that something has happened which will likely at least delay the voyage significantly. Rumors circulate of a thrown propellor blade, and several aboard wonder out loud whether this may mean a return to Belfast for repairs.
Above a doorway in the Lounge hangs this ornately carved oak panel, recovered from the sea in the weeks after the disaster and now in the collection of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
Hear I Salonisti perform Irving Berlin's "Alexander's Ragtime Band", performed at this time aboard Titanic as musicians keep the air cheery - here
Photo credit CNE Maritime Museum
12:25 AM
At approximately fifteen minutes after midnight, Captain Smith visits the wireless room, informing both operators of the situation and of the inspections which are still being carried out, and asks both to prepare to send a signal of distress, telling them “You’d better get ready to send out a call for assistance. But don’t send it until I tell you.”
A few minutes later Smith returns from his devastating meeting with Thomas Andrews, confirms his earlier order, and the operators get to work, with the first CQD signals sent at 12.25.
SS Mount Temple will be the first to respond several minutes later. She is close, but blocked by ice.
Portrait of Harold Bride credit to Diane Farr Golling
12:30 AM
Lifeboats are swung out and prepared for launching under the roaring din of excess pressure steam venting from Titanic's funnels. Emergency valves have been releasing the extra built up steam since midnight (just minutes after the liner coasted to a stop), and will continue until ten minutes to one, necessitating shouted orders and hand signals to coordinate work. Meanwhile, canvas covers are pulled back, chocks are moved out of the way, and each boat is slowly lowered down to deck level to prepare for boarding.
On the forward end of the port side, some confusion plays out as orders are given to ready Boat #4 for launch from A-Deck, with some crew members forgetting that unlike Olympic, Titanic's forward promenade is enclosed by glass windows. An exasperated crowd will be shuffled back and forth from this spot more than once over the course of the evening.
Titanic's passengers are also beginning to venture out into the cold and noise of her open Boat Deck, where the evacuation will get underway in approximately fifteen minutes.
Photo of Olympic’s boats at Harland & Wolff by Robert Welch/NMNI
12.37 AM
Aboard the sleeping Carpathia fifty-eight miles to the south of Titanic, wireless operator Harold Cottam is himself just about to retire for the evening. Like many of the liners fitted with a Marconi set at this time, the Cunarder carries only one radio man, and shifts are long and tedious. As a last courtesy before sleep, Cottam wires Jack Phillips, asking whether he is aware of a back log of passenger messages waiting for him - and receives Titanic's distress call in reply.
After being seemingly brushed off by officers on the bridge, Cottam rushes directly into the cabin of Captain Arthur Rostron, who, not wishing to lose an instant of precious time, orders the ship immediately turned around to the north for the sinking liner's reported position. Only after the order is given does he turn to ask Cottam to confirm whether he is absolutely sure of the report. The answer comes in the affirmative.
Carpathia is now on her way.
Portrait of Arthur Rostron published in the New York Times, May 1912
12:45 AM
Starboard lifeboat number seven is the first away from Titanic, overseen by officers Murdoch and Lowe and carrying nearly 30 people, including silent film actress Dorothy Gibson, on her way back to the US after a vacation in Europe with her mother. "I shall never ride in my little gray car again," Gibson laments as the boat is launched, followed directly by neighboring Boat #5 just a few minutes later. Upon reaching the water, it is discovered that no plug is present in the bottom of the boat, and stockings and undergarments are duly handed up to fill this purpose.
Additionally, Dr. Frauenthal, who just hours ago helped see to Mrs. Harris's broken arm, now leaps to safety as Boat #5 inches down the falls, landing on passenger Annie Stengel and breaking several of her ribs in the process.
In the wireless room, operators Phillips and Bride begin using the new SOS distress signal.
Launch of Lifeboat #7 (at left), photo credit 20th Century Fox
12:47 AM
Fourth Officer Joseph Boxhall launches the first in a series of rockets from Titanic's port bridge wing in an attempt to signal any nearby vessels, including one that has been first spotted to the north some twenty minutes ago. These lights appear to be so close that early boats launched from the sinking liner do so under orders to row to them and unload passengers before returning. No response is ever seen from them, and the lights will disappear from view a few minutes before 2.00 AM.
Painting by Ken Marschall, 1974
12:48 AM
On duty at the stern more than an hour after the collision, Quartermaster George Rowe is surprised to look down and see Boat #7 in the water. Though he did witness and feel the iceberg slip by his spot on the deck at 11.40 (comparing the sight to that of a “windjammer”), he is incredibly still unaware that Titanic is going down, and calls the bridge to make sure no mistake has been made.
Informed of the impending disaster, he is now asked to retrieve signal rocket detonators from a nearby locker and bring them topside.
Letter from George Rowe to Walter Lord, Lord-MacQuitty Collection/RMG
12:52 AM
RMS Olympic responds to Titanic's distress messages, herself nearly five hundred miles away on her way eastward toward Southampton. She is one of the only vessels afloat with a range wide enough to hear her stricken sister's calls from that distance, and seems to confirm she is heading toward her with all speed. Later, however, she will cause some confusion by radioing back at 1.25, asking whether Titanic is "steering south" to meet her.
"We are putting the women off in the boats" comes the reply.
1:00 AM
As Lightoller readies port side Boat #8 for lowering, First Class passengers Isidor and Ida Straus - married since 1871 - refuse to leave each other, Ida saying “I will not be separated from my husband. As we have lived, so will we die, together.” An offer to Isidor to enter the boat is also refused. After seeing maid Ellen Bird into the lifeboat, they retire to a pair of nearby deck chairs. Both are lost in the sinking, and Isidor’s body will be found at sea by recovery crews later in the month.
Photo from the US Library of Congress
1:10 AM
Lifeboat #6 is launched on the port side carrying the colorful Denverite Margaret Brown (familiarly called Maggie, not Molly, as history has come to call her). Also aboard is Quartermaster Robert Hichens, at the helm at the moment of Titanic's collision with the ice. The pair will famously knock heads throughout the course of the next several hours.
As the boat is lowered, it is noted that there do not seem to be enough aboard able to help row. Passenger Arthur Peuchen steps forward to offer his assistance as a lifelong yachtsman, at which time Captain Smith suggests he may get aboard by climbing below and breaking one of the lower windows alongside. Lightoller has another idea, telling him:
"If you're seaman enough as you claim to climb down the falls, you may go."
Peuchen does so, becoming in the process the only adult male passenger allowed aboard a lifeboat by Lightoller that night. He later will claim to have had no idea how precarious a situation he had just escaped from until later, as the boat rowed away and Titanic could be seen by those aboard #6 from a distance, clearly well down by the bow.
Portrait of Margaret Brown from the collection of the United States Library of Congress
1:20 AM
Several miles to the north of Titanic, officers Charles Groves and later Herbert Stone aboard SS Californian have been aware since 11.10 this evening of the increasingly odd looking lights of a large vessel nearby. Attempts to signal her with a morse lamp bring about no response (while on Titanic, Boxhall attempts the same).
Over the course of the evening, a total of eight rockets are also seen from the odd vessel. These are reported to Captain Stanley Lord, who inquires whether they are "company signals", but does not investigate further.
Later, several more rockets are seen, this time fired from Carpathia as she races north. It is not until Californian's radio is turned on shortly before 5.00 AM that her crew will learn of the nearby tragedy that has unfolded overnight.
Photo of SS Californian taken on the morning of April 15th from the collection of the National Archives (UK)
1:35 AM
Lifeboat #11, the sixth to be lowered on the starboard side, is launched. The gravity of Titanic’s situation has set in by now, and the boats leave heavily loaded, #11 being no exception with close to 70 aboard. Among them is the colorful fashion writer and early influencer Edith Rosenbaum, returning from Paris after a business trip. With her is this toy pig, a papier-mâché music box which plays a song called “The Maxixe” when its tail is turned, and which Rosenbaum will use to entertain and calm a number of children onboard in the pre-dawn hours adrift.
For more on this famous artifact, its history and to even hear a sound sample, have a look here
Artifact and photo from the collection of NMM, Greenwich 2012
1:45 AM
As Lifeboat #13 hits the sea, a surge of water pouring from a condenser discharge on the side of Titanic pushes the boat aft, where Lifeboat #15 is on its way down. In the noise and confusion the cries from those in #13 cannot be heard, and the other boat continues downward. Only at the last second is she cut away, sparing the lives of the roughly 65 people onboard, among them Lawrence Beesley and twelve year old Ruth Becker, separated from her mother, sister, and brother who have left in Boat #11 just minutes ago.
Illustration by Charles Dixon published in The Sphere, May 1912
1:50 AM
Titanic's forward well deck is completely awash as Lifeboat #4 is launched (here, second from left alongside the A-Deck Promenade windows). Madeleine Astor is among those leaving the ship at this time, seen off through the open widows by her husband. He asks Lightoller whether he may join her, but is denied by the officer, who then informs Astor by request the number of the boat - "Four, sir."
Further up the hull, boat #10 is launched nearly simultaneously among chaos at the stern, with one young woman leaping across the gap between the lifeboat and the ship's side and nearly falling to her likely death between them - she is successful on her second try and is saved along with approximately 35 others on board.
These will be the last two full sized wooden boats launched this evening. There are still over 1,500 left aboard Titanic.
Photo credit to 20th Century Fox
2:00 AM
To the south of the dying Titanic, Carpathia is steaming northward at breakneck speed. Rostron has ordered all additional amenities such as heat and hot water cut off to drive every bit of power possible into her engines, and coordinated efforts by lookouts stationed at both her bow and crow's nest narrowly avoid ice several times along the way as the Cunarder races onward.
Given the thought, care, and urgency of Carpathia's crew as they prepare for the rescue, it's a wonder Rostron hasn't directed an effort such as this before. Supplies are rounded up, coffee and soup made ready in her galley, rope netting and ladders are laid out for use during at-sea boarding, lights are hung in gangway doors, beds are made up in public spaces - in every sense, the liner is a hive of activity by her crew as hopes are held high, though preparations must be made for the worst.
Painting by Richard De Rosset
2:05 AM
Collapsible D leaves the ship, the final Titanic lifeboat launched (seen here approaching Carpathia hours later). Lightoller has ordered a group of crewmen to stand arm-over-arm in a ring around the boat to prevent charging passengers and crew from taking spots for women and children as the situation grows more desperate.
Around thirty are aboard in the end, including poor Mrs. Harris with her broken arm, the Navratil boys, and First Class passengers Frederick and Jane Hoyt, with Mr. Hoyt seeing his wife off before leaping clear of the ship and being picked up by the same boat some minutes later.
Photo from the archives of the US Library of Congress
2:08 AM
The heroic effort ends in Titanic’s Marconi Room, as seawater can now be heard lapping outside the door. Several nearby ships report hearing final signals at this time from the vessel, though they are unintelligible due to cutouts of Titanic’s dying electrical system. As they leave the wireless room, Phillips and Bride split up, the former heading aft into the crowd while Bride is washed overboard on the port side.
A newly released recreation by the team at Titanic: Honor and Glory shows the final minutes of the sinking from about this moment in time and can be viewed here
Portrait of Jack Phillips from the collection of the National Archives (UK)
2:10 AM
Water is now quickly sweeping up Titanic's Boat Deck, covering over her bridge and washing both collapsibles A and B off the ship, each with a number of passengers and crew attempting to hold on. Of those who survive the liner's final plunge, most will be near by to these rafts as she goes under by the head.
It is also around this time that Titanic's band members stop playing, the ragtime of the earlier evening long since switched to hymns. Though it isn't known with certainty which was the last song played, it is "Nearer My God to Thee" which will always be most closely associated with the disaster.
Taryn Harbridge has recorded a lovely version, which can be heard here
Titanic now has ten minutes to live.
Photo credit to 20th Century Fox
2:15 AM
Titanic's first funnel topples over as the bridge goes under, killing a number of those caught up in the rising sea and causing a wave which rolls aft across the Boat Deck. Nearby is American Titanic survivor and tennis player R. Norris Williams, on his way home to Pennsylvania from Switzerland with his father Charles. Though his father is lost to the falling funnel, Williams manages to make his way to swamped Collapsible A, where he will survive the long morning ahead with a severe case of frostbite.
On the opposite side of the ship, Harold Bride makes it to the underside of Collapsible B, where Archibald Gracie, Jack Thayer, and the seemingly unstoppable Charles Lightoller will also eventually find refuge.
Photo of R. Norris Williams by George Grantham Bain, 1916
2:18 AM
Titanic's lights go out, flash, and then go out again forever as her electrical system fails. Nearly simultaneously, the dark shape of her hull continues rising against the sky until the stresses against it become too great and she breaks in two, sparks flying from metal contact and with several deck lights likely still glowing at her stern. Slowly, she rises upright again until she points nearly straight up just as she vanishes beneath the surface.
Painting by Ken Marschall, 2002
2:20 AM
Titanic is gone, taking with her 1,496. Only a thin pall of wispy smoke now hangs over the spot where she went down. For several minutes following, passengers in nearby boats report hearing the sounds of the liner breaking apart on her way to the sea floor.
2:40 AM
Titanic has been gone for twenty minutes now, long enough for the twenty-eight degree water to have taken its toll on a majority of those in the water. Nearby are collapsibles A and B, washed off the Boat Deck during the liner's final plunge, and where nearly forty will find eventual refuge, though many make it to both boats only to perish during the course of the night.
Aboard the other eighteen boats nearby, survivors hear the cries from the sea growing quiet. Some insist upon returning, though in many cases these suggestions are shouted down by others, or indeed are not suggested at all.
In the darkness, only stars and flashes from the green northern lights can be seen from any distance.
Photo of Titanic Collapsible B, discovered in late April by recovery vessel Mackay-Bennett courtesy of the Nova Scotia Archives
2:45 AM
Fifth Officer Harold Lowe, in command of Boat #14, gathers together boats number 10, 12, 14, and Collapsible D, emptying his full load of passengers into the others and selecting from those aboard a small crew to row back to the site of the disaster.
The time spent since the sinking has taken its toll, and only four are found still alive. Of those, passenger William Hoyt will die of exposure before the end of the night.
Photo credit 20th Century Fox
3:30 AM
As the 712 survivors of the Titanic disaster find themselves alone and adrift in the middle of the freezing North Atlantic, all facets of the human experience are exposed, often in odd ways.
Dick Williams, having been saved from his precarious position aboard swamped Collapsible A, finds himself obsessed with a dent in a fellow passenger’s bowler hat, attempting several times to alert him to this, though the passenger does not speak English, and seems confused by his interest.
In Lifeboat #6, a gloomy Robert Hichens, already having been rebuked by several of the boat’s passengers, sees fit to speculate that it is likely that they will be adrift and starving for days. When Carpathia is spotted shortly before 4.00 AM, he announces that she is only here to pick up the remains of the dead.
Lightoller on the other hand has almost seized the moment, directing a coordinated effort to keep upside down Collapsible B from foundering with the weight of the almost 30 men aboard its hull. He is described later by some nearby survivors as seeming nearly impervious to the cold, despite having been pulled under deeply by the sinking liner, very nearly losing his life in the process.
Most, however simply wait quietly, stunned by the magnitude of what has just transpired. Across the sea, little is heard except an occasional officer’s whistle, or a distant hymn sung by other groups of survivors.
Illustration published in the Illustrated London News, May 1912
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Titanic Daily: April 14th 1912.

In partnership with and with the permission of the incredible organization White Stars, Black Sea i'll be sharing daily updates here as a part of their Titanic Live event leading up to it's tragic loss.
So take a trip back to April 14th, 1912!
Previous Day's Thread

April 14th, 1912

8:00 AM
Morning has found Titanic nearly 1,500 miles from the coast of Ireland after her last dawn at sea. It's bright and calm. First class passenger Elmer Taylor described it as "one beautiful day- clear skies, smooth sea, perfect in every respect."
Sunday services will be performed in all classes, most notably in the First Class Dining Saloon, which will be overseen by Captain Smith himself and will begin at 10.30. An early morning boat drill has been cancelled, most likely due to unfavorably windy conditions - though several other reasons have been cited in period accounts, including the aforementioned church services aboard. Throughout the liner, passengers and crew begin early preparations for arrival in New York, which include provision for an expected influx of members of the press upon her docking at Pier 59 Wednesday morning.
Among the hymns sung on Titanic today is the Navy standard “Eternal Father Strong to Save” often referred to colloquially as “For Those In Peril on the Sea” for the last lines of its first stanza. Hear the United States Naval Academy Choir’s gorgeous and moving rendition here
Painting by Ken Marschall, 1992
9:12 AM
Cunard liner RMS Caronia reports ice to Titanic, spotted during her eastbound journey from New York City to Liverpool.
“Captain, 'Titanic.' West-bound steamers report bergs, growlers, and field ice in 42 degrees N., from 49 to 51 W. April 12. Compliments. Barr."
The message is delivered directly to Captain Smith who sends the response:
"Thanks for the message and information. Have had variable weather throughout - Smith"
Postcard credit CNE Maritime Museum
11:47 AM
SS Noordam of the Holland-America Line now warns of ice ahead. Titanic receives, though RMS Caronia transmits, as Noordam is too distant to speak to the new liner directly.
"Captain SS Titanic Congratulations on new Command had moderate westerly winds fair weather no fog much ice reported in lat 42.24 to 42.45 and long 49.50 to 50.20 Compliments Krol."
Photo courtesy of the Liberty/Ellis Foundation
Early afternoon
The air temperature outside drops throughout the day, accented by a particularly cold wind that drives most passengers indoors, though little seems to have been better there at times. Heating issues throughout the vessel have meant that temperatures in her public and private spaces alike have been uncomfortably low during much of the duration of the voyage, with some passengers (including Lucy Duff Gordon) later describing wearing overcoats and furs indoors. Still, this is one of only a few complaints recorded during the trip so far, a lack thereof in truth an accomplishment in itself on the voyage of any transatlantic vessel so new.
More interesting ongoing shipboard talk among her passengers is of the liner’s speed - she has made her fastest run yet over the last twenty-four hours and there is every reason to believe that the run into Monday afternoon will be better still.
Illustration credit Roger-Viollet
Afternoon
Second Class passengers Esther Hart and daughter Eva write a letter home while escaping the cold of the day in the ship’s library. They are traveling to Winnipeg along with husband and father Benjamin Hart, and together intend to open a drug store there. Esther mentions in this letter an illness which has kept her in her cabin during most of the voyage, one seemingly, perhaps, brought on by immigration nerves, as she has been quite vocal about her dread of sailing aboard Titanic in the days before the voyage. Eva will go on to become one of Titanic’s most prominent survivors in her later years before her death in 1996, and this letter will sell at auction in 2014, having survived itself in the pocket of a sheepskin coat given to Esther by her husband later this evening.
“Onboard R.M.S. ‘Titanic’ Sunday afternoon, 191(2)
My Dear ones all,
As you see it is Sunday afternoon and we are resting in the library after luncheon. I was very bad all day yesterday could not eat or drink and sick all the while, but today I have got over it.
This morning Eva and I went to church and she was so pleased they sang “Oh God our help in ages past” that is her Hymn she sang so nicely. So she sang out loudly she is very bonny. She has had a nice ball and a box of toffee and a photo of this ship bought her today. Everybody takes notice of her through the Teddy Bear.
There is to be a concert on board tomorrow night in aid of the Sailors’ Home and she is going to sing so am I. Well, the sailors say we have had a wonderful passage up to now. There has been no tempest, but God knows what it must be when there is one. This mighty expanse of water, no land in sight and the ship rolling from side to side is being wonderful. Tho they say this Ship does not roll on account of its size. Any how it rolls enough for me, I shall never forget it.
It is very nice weather but awfully windy and cold. They say we may get into New York Tuesday night but we are really due early Wednesday morning, shall write as soon as we get there. This letter won’t leave the ship but will remain and come back to England where she is due again on the 26th. Where you see the letter all of a screw is where she rolls and shakes my arm.
I am sending you on a menu to show you how we live. I shall be looking forward to a line from somebody to cheer me up a bit. I am always shutting my eyes and I see everything as I left it. I hope you are all quite well. Let this be an all round letter as I can’t write properly to all ‘till I can set my foot on shore again. We have met some nice people on board, Lucy, and so it has been nice so far. But oh the long, long days and nights. It’s the longest break I have ever spent in my life.
I must close now with all our fondest love to all of you.
From your loving Ess”
Charmingly, seven year old Eva writes below it:
“heaps of love and kisses to all from Eva xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”
Letter courtesy Henry Aldridge & Son
6:00 PM
On her way to dinner down Titanic’s forward Grand Staircase, first class passenger Renée Harris slips “on a greasy spot left by a tea cake” and falls down several steps, fracturing her right arm in the process. She is attended to by ship’s surgeon Dr. O’Loughlin and fellow first class passenger Dr. Henry Frauenthal, then returns to dinner soon after with her arm in a sling. The accident becomes the talk of the evening, with many well wishers aboard sending messages to the Harris stateroom on C-Deck - and others speculating that this will likely become the most memorable story of the voyage.
For more on the life of Renée Harris, “Broadway Dame - The Life & Times of Mrs. Henry B. Harris” by Randy Bryan Bigham and Gregg Jasper comes very highly recommended. Many thanks to Randy Bryan Bigham for his kind help with this photo.
Portrait of Renée Harris in March of 1913 by Moffett, Chicago, from the archives of the Wisconsin Historical Society/University of Wisconsin-Madison
6:30 PM
A breathtaking setting sun lights up the western sky as Titanic steams into her final evening. Aside a few fog banks, the weather has been stunning throughout the entire voyage thus far, though the temperature has been dropping sharply throughout the late afternoon. Charles Lightoller described it later:
“From 6 p.m. onwards to the time of the collision the weather was perfectly clear and fine. There was no moon, the stars were out, and there was not a cloud in the sky. There was, however, a drop in temperature of 10 deg. in slightly less than two hours, and by about 7:30 p.m. the temperature was 33 deg. F., and it eventually fell to 32 deg. F.”
At around 9.00 PM, a crewman will be sent below to check the ship’s fresh water tanks, in danger of freezing over the course of the ever colder night.
Painting by Ken Marschall, 1974
9:52 PM
Titanic receives yet another ice warning, this time from the Atlantic Transport Line’s SS Mesaba.
“Prefix Ice Report. From 'Mesaba' to 'Titanic.' In latitude 42 N. to 41.25, longitude 49 W. to longitude 50.30 W., saw much heavy pack ice and great number large icebergs, also field ice, weather good, clear."
This critical message describes ice nearly directly in the path of the vessel, though in the backed up confusion of the wireless room, it is never brought to her bridge, and no officers are known for sure to have read it.
Photo credit CNE Maritime Museum
10:30 PM
As dinner parties and Sunday night concerts come to an end, most of Titanic’s passengers turn in for the evening, with a few late stragglers encouraged to leave for their rooms by stewards dimming the lights in her public spaces (a group in the First Class lounge including film star Dorothy Gibson will carry on for another hour yet, and the Smoking Room is still occupied). One exception to those already abed is seventeen year old Jack Thayer, who decides to take one more walk on deck before himself turning in for the night. Writing later, Thayer describes the stark beauty of the freezing cold night:
“It was a brilliant, starry night. There was no moon and I have never seen the stars shine brighter; they appeared to stand right out of the sky, sparkling like cut diamonds”
Photo of Jack Thayer in his later years courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Archives
11:00 PM
Titanic steams along at 22.5 knots into a dead calm evening. She is overseen on her bridge by officers Murdoch and Moody, with Boxhall nearby in the chart room where he has spent much of the evening working out the liner's position. A slight miscalculation made earlier by Second Officer Lightoller will mean his numbers are off by several miles.
Also on duty are Quartermasters Robert Hichens (at the helm) and Alfred Olliver, who will be heading aft shortly to trim lamps on the vessel's raised compass platform.
At the stern, Quartermaster George Rowe is keeping watch, while in the crow's nest, lookouts Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee are just at the halfway point of their shift - due to end at midnight.
The air temperature is hovering around 31 degrees, the sea 28.
Painting copyright D. Frka, 2012
11:07 PM
Titanic receives one final ice warning, this time from nearby SS Californian of the Leyland Line. The two ships are so close that the transmission is deafening, and a shock for both operators. Cyril Evans aboard Californian radios Phillips:
"MGY MGY MGY MWL Say, old man, we are stopped and surrounded by ice."
Annoyed at the interruption after an incredibly long day, Titanic tells Evans to “Shut up.” He listens a bit more, then turns off his radio for the night at 11.20 and turns in.
Photo of Californian’s foredeck from the Dundee City Archives
11:39 PM
Peering into the darkness ahead of the ship, lookouts Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee suddenly see a looming shape, blacker than the horizon of the moonless sky. Three bells and a call to the bridge conveys the message to Sixth Officer Moody - “Iceberg right ahead”, answered with a quick “Thank you.”
First Officer Murdoch, who has spotted the ice simultaneously from the starboard bridge wing, orders the ship turned hard-a-starboard and the engines run full astern after signaling "All Ahead Stop" from the bridge telegraph. Quartermaster Robert Hichens turns the wheel, her engine telegraph dings in reply, and an agonizing thirty seven seconds elapse.
Painting by Ken Marschall, 1992
11:40 PM
Titanic collides with the iceberg, opening up a series of holes along her starboard side that critically extend along her forward compartments, including an estimated twenty-four inches into Boiler Room 5. It has been calculated that perhaps as little as 1.2 square meters have been opened up to the sea, though at this time, immediate concern is for the handling of the vessel.
Murdoch now orders Titanic to come hard a-port to prevent both the stern of the ship and her propellors from striking the ice, the iceberg then disappearing off into the night just as quickly as it appeared.
The watertight doors are ordered closed.
Painting by Simon Fisher
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Titanic Daily: April 20th 1912

In partnership with and with the permission of the incredible organization White Stars, Black Sea i'll be sharing daily updates here as a part of their Titanic Live event leading up to it's tragic loss.
So take a trip back to April 20th 1912
Previous Day's Thread

April 20th 1912

Morning
Red Star Line’s SS Lapland departs New York City from Pier 61, just upriver from where Carpathia berthed with the saved at Pier 54. Aboard are some one hundred and seventy-two surviving members of Titanic’s crew who will be returning to England this morning on the Plymouth-bound vessel, held over by the White Star Line for this very purpose. Ismay had originally wished to get the crew home aboard RMS Cedric, though it was decided that her planned departure on the 18th would prove too soon a turnaround, and thus she sailed before the rescue ship had even arrived in New York.
Lapland will make it as far as the Ambrose Lightship at Sandy Hook before she is stopped, at which time five further subpoenaed crew are disembarked by a tug, including Quartermaster Robert Hichens. The rest will continue on to England shortly afterward.
Postcard credit CNE Maritime Museum
10:50 AM
The Senate Inquiry continues this morning after being delayed slightly by twenty minutes, with illustrations depicting yesterday’s proceedings such as this seen here flooding papers in the coming days. This will be the last day of questioning in the crowded room at the Waldorf Astoria, with the inquiries moving to Washington DC on Monday morning.
Questioned extensively today are operators Bride and Cottam, each providing fascinating accounts of their backgrounds in wireless (especially Bride, who describes previous trips to Brazil and his time spent aboard Lusitania), the days immediately preceding the tragedy, and minute by minute details of their actions on the night of the disaster. Cottam especially is initially prodded for answers as to Carpathia’s failure to answer messages, though Smith seems to soften when hearing of the efforts of both men during the approach to New York.
At the conclusion of these testimonies, Third Officer Pitman is briefly sworn in, followed by a press statement by Senator Smith, in part thanking the crew of Carpathia and especially Rostron for their efforts:
“The survivors of the Titanic and their friends throughout the world are under a debt of gratitude to Capt. Rostron which can never be repaid. His promptness in responding to the call of distress resulted in a large saving of life which, but for him, would have been impossible; and, voicing the sentiments of my countrymen, I thank him in their name and in the name of the Government of the United States for his unselfish and noble contribution to the cause of humanity.”
A 3:30 adjournment at this time follows, carrying through Sunday as the investigation is relocated to Washington.
Illustration by Louis F. Grant, April 1912
3.30 PM
Aboard the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner SS Bremen, traveling west from Germany, passengers enjoying a brief lull on deck in the rainy North Atlantic weather suddenly notice hundreds of spots of white across the horizon, initially appearing to be sea birds or bits of ice on the surface of the water. Eleven year old passenger Leoni Hermann is among those who quickly realize what they are approaching, recalling later “We just hollered down into the breakfast room that there are people in the water.”
Others come up to see for themselves as the liner makes an agonizingly slow crawl through wreckage and ice for almost two hours. Bremen’s Captain Heinrich Wilhelm reports that “They were everywhere. There were men, women, and children. All had life preservers on. I counted 125, then grew sick of the sight. There may have been as many as 150 or 200 bodies." One passenger later gives a detailed, if possibly a bit apocryphal account to the press on arrival in New York:
“We saw the body of one woman wearing only her nightdress, and clasping a baby to her breast. Close by was the body of another woman with her arms tightly clasped around a shaggy dog. We saw the bodies of three men in a group, all clinging to a chair. Floating by beyond them were the bodies of a dozen men, all wearing lifebelts and clinging desperately together as though in their last struggle for life.”
Bremen will send news of this encounter at Titanic’s wreck site over her wireless this evening, the message to be received by (among others) the cable ship Mackay-Bennett, which is now making her final approach into the area.
Photo of Bremen at Hoboken, NJ from the archives of the United States Library of Congress
7:15 PM
Shortly after sundown, CS Mackay-Bennett arrives at the site of Titanic’s sinking more than five days ago, the gloomy sea there now shrouded in ice and fog. Four bodies are seen on the way into the area as the vessel settles in for the evening - all four will be recovered tomorrow, the hard work beginning for her crew at first light.
“We are now very near the area where lie the ruins of so many human hopes and prayers,”
Frederick Hamilton writes, obviously effected by the magnitude of the work they are about to undertake, and very possibly still shaken by the reports of sightings nearby earlier, mentioning both in his notes. From his journal this evening:
“April 20th - Strong south-westerly breeze, beam swell and lumpy sea. French liner ‘Rochambeau’ near us last night, reported icebergs, and the ‘Royal Edward’ reported one thirty miles east of the ‘Titanic’s’ position. The ‘Rhine’ passed us this afternoon, and reported having seen icebergs, wreckage and bodies, at 5.50.p.m. The ‘Bremen’ passed near us, she reported having seen, one hour and a half before, bodies etc. This means about twenty five miles to the east. 7.p.m. A large iceberg, faintly discernible to our north, we are now very near the area where lie the ruins of so many human hopes and prayers. The Embalmer becomes more and more cheerful as we approach the scene of his future professional activities, to-morrow will be a good day for him. The temperature of the sea at noon today was 57N, by 4.p.m. it was 32N.”
Photo by Jan Erik Waider, journal of Mr. Hamilton sourced via Earl Chapman/ET
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Titanic Daily: April 16th 1912

In partnership with and with the permission of the incredible organization White Stars, Black Sea i'll be sharing daily updates here as a part of their Titanic Live event leading up to it's tragic loss.
So take a trip back to April 16th 1912
Previous Day's Thread
Early morning
All doubt is gone now as the worst is confirmed, and Tuesday morning finds those who may have until now held on to some measure of hope or disbelief facing the news spread across every early edition the world over.
Titanic is indeed lost, and a tragically high number of those aboard have clearly gone with her.
Facsimile of original printed by the Boston Daily Globe, April 16th, 1912
9:00 AM
The Chicago American looks for answers as to the origins of yesterday’s false reports, while mounted New York City police are stationed outside the White Star offices at 9 Broadway as an increasingly desperate crowd begins to grow there on this grim Tuesday morning:
“Whence came the wireless messages of Monday assuring the world of the rescue of passengers and crew from the Titanic without the loss of a life?
What was the origin of the report—by wireless via Cape Race—that the steamer Virginian had taken off the passengers and was towing the Titanic in? This, as the latest bulletin shows, was several hours after the Titanic had gone to the bottom.
In Monday’s wireless dispatches the Virginian was reported towing the Titanic to Halifax. Later she was said to have relinquished her tow and turned toward Liverpool. Today’s dispatches state that the Titanic sank before the Virginian reached the place where the wreck occurred.
Steamers in the vicinity of the place of collision to-day reported all lifeboats accounted for, yet 1, 335 persons lost their lives, indicating that there had not been sufficient lifeboats for the passengers carried by the Titanic.
Herbert Henry Hilliard sent a wireless dispatch to Boston Monday afternoon saying that all passengers had been saved and transported to the steamers Baltic and Virginian. To-day’s dispatches said the Virginian and Baltic did not reach the spot until after the Titanic had sunk.
New York, April 16—Wireless operators to-day attributed the confusing reports regarding the Titanic yesterday to amateurs who sent out reports that the passengers of the Titanic had all been saved. They said that there was no other way to account for the report, as they were apparently authentic aerograms.
Chicago American, Tuesday, April 16, 1912”
Photo from the collection of the United States Library of Congress (Bain Collection)
11:00 AM
Carpathia is now well on her way to New York after her first night with Titanic’s survivors onboard, the overwhelming effort to shelter and treat the sick and injured tapering to a steady pace as her new passengers settle in to their new and unfamiliar surroundings. The liner has broken out of a heavy fog encountered overnight into a few final hours of clear weather before the storms which will mark her last days into Manhattan.
Among those taking advantage of the fair weather is R. Norris Williams, who has narrowly survived the disaster with a severe case of frostbite. Indeed, his injuries are serious enough that attending Carpathia surgeon Frank McGee had intended to amputate below both knees - an unacceptable outcome for the talented young tennis player. So, Williams finds a pair of makeshift crutches and spends his time circling Carpathia’s decks on a two hour schedule, working up both his strength and circulation.
Dick Williams will go on to make a full recovery, winning the Mixed Doubles match at the 1912 US National Championship in August.
Portrait of R. Norris Williams by J. Parmley Paret, 1915
Afternoon
Outside the White Star Line offices at Oceanic House on Cockspur Street in London, fifteen year old Ned Parfett is photographed breaking the news of the Titanic disaster to residents of the city in an image that has become forever iconically linked to the tragedy, the bleak headline bearing a stark contrast to some of the more hopeful bulletins of last night.
Across the country, the feeling of gloom is palpable, with some later describing the news as a darkness which has “covered the whole world.”
Parfett will go on to serve during the First World War, where he will sadly be killed less than two weeks before Armistice Day, on the 29th of October, 1918.
Photo from the collection of the National Archives (UK)
2:00 PM
A small committee of prominent Titanic survivors including Margaret Brown and Isaac Frauenthal meet in Carpathia’s dining saloon to begin work on the raising of funds for those fellow survivors aboard who have lost nearly everything in the disaster, gathering a generous amount in bills and travelers checks. This meeting will gradually grow into a more permanent organization, one championed by Mrs. Brown for much of the rest of her life.
The Titanic Survivors Committee will also oversee later the official recognition of the efforts of Carpathia’s captain, officers, and crew during the rescue - pictured here are Arthur Rostron and Margaret Brown during the presentation of an engraved silver loving cup for the beloved Cunard master, May 29th, 1912.
Photo from the archives of the United States Library of Congress
Photo of the cup today
Evening
As Carpathia steams into the second night of her return voyage to New York, the weather turns, a storm announcing its arrival around midnight Tuesday with a series of loud thunder cracks which startle several already rattled survivors from their sleep. Karl Behr in particular is awoken from his rest atop a table in Carpathia's Smoking Room:
"Suddenly, there was a terrific crash. I jumped off the table, sure we had collided with another ship or iceberg. I rushed out the door onto the deck. As I hit the deck it was pouring rain - suddenly a flash of lightening almost knocked me down. It was followed by another crash of thunder. I turned back to the Smoking Room; never had a violent thunder-storm been so welcome."
This storm will largely abate by morning, but rain, fog, and further electrical storms will be with Carpathia for the remainder of the voyage.
(Carpathia is seen off Fishguard in this undated real photo postcard printed before the disaster - note the pair of open gangway doors that will later be used during the Titanic rescue).
Postcard credit CNE Maritime Museum
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Stage 500 Cleared - Formation Used and Strategy Explained

At 7:40am on May 5th, 2019, at just over 11,000 hours (according to Steam), I finally made it past stage 500! It feels rather appropriate that I had to take down the "Mad Cultist" for this. Feels sort of zen, like "to exceed one's limits, one must first learn to overcome one's own self." Sorry Mars! Anyway, that's a nice, juicy +5% to achievement bonus, bringing me up to 238 / 252 with a total bonus of 1616%.
I decided to open a manual Time Gate and chose Vlahnya after hearing about the success of other veteran players clearing stage 500 in that specific adventure. On the first TG run, I made it to 5.18e09 Mystra's Favor with just a few potions. For the second run, I threw on ALL the potions and breezed past stage 200 and beyond with Minsc DPS, then swapped to Arkhan DPS once I could afford his specialization for Usurp. Past 450, I had to utilize champion swapping tactics to progress further. It was slow going, and the tension escalated as each stage past 480 took more and more time to clear. As you can see in the screenshot, you'll need to be able to strike for about e130 damage to pull this off. After setting up a stun farm on stage 500, I'll be finishing this second TG run at 1.72e18 Mystra's Favor. I'll probably do one more run (via Free Play) to reach e20 before closing the Time Gate.
If anyone wants to try their luck at replicating my process, here's the "recipe" for success:
Thank you to Ridge for posting in Discord the formation they used to clear stage 500 in this adventure, which I then used to find my own success. Credit goes to them for the formation; all I've done here is write out an explanation for why this formation works. Join the official Idle Champions Discord to chat with us about the game and learn about formations like this one!
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Disclaimer: Your results may vary!
Your available champions, purchased global blessings, equipment quality, and item levels will all play HUGE factors in determining your overall capability in any adventure. To put things in perspective, my event champions in this formation have item levels of anywhere from about 10 to 200, and my non-event ("core" and "evergreen") champions in this formation have item levels of anywhere from about 500 to 900.
Apologies for the Wall of Text. Good luck to anyone out there who has their sights set on clearing stage 500! I would imagine that anyone even remotely close to that number would already possess an innate understanding of all the game mechanics and strategies explained in this post, but for all the newer players out there who are still learning what to do, I hope this post provides some measure of insight. Cheers!
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A Final Note and Apology: This is a repost of my previous post from just a few hours ago. Some other players brought up a good point about me not being truly F2P anymore. That hurts, but even if I hate it, that's the truth. Integrity is one of the most important ideals to me as a person. In the interest of doing better and being better, the previous post has been deleted, and this version (with all claims of F2P scrubbed) is up in its place. I considered simply deleting the post without any explanation, but I feel that the right thing to do is to own up to the mistake and still post this guide in the event that it might end up helping someone. I don't see myself as being too high and mighty to ever be wrong about something, and so I apologize for any false claims. Perhaps I can reach out to CNE to see what can be done about restoring my status as truly F2P. It's really important to me. Thank you to those of you who commented in the previous post for both your praise of my accomplishment, and your constructive criticism of my failings. I will strive to do better.
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Travelling SEAsia - my massive review. Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand (Shenzhen, Macau). Motorbike & vegan travel tips

Mammoth post incoming..... I read a lot of posts in this thread and others to help me prepare for my first time backpacking in South East Asia, used mostly reddit and youtube to collect information and in return to all the helpful people who advised me, I want to add a bit to the info out there. This was our first time backpacking in Asia but we have both travelled a decent amount, apologies to those seasoned backpackers who might eye roll at the obvious things I point out! And how long this post is! few linked included where possible.
I travelled with my boyfriend (both in our mid 20s) for 7 weeks from Nov 2019 to Jan 2020 covering 4 countries; Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. We travelled as a couple, not really looking for the typical hostel/partying experience. I had spots/cities we wanted to stop in picked out more so I could check that our return flight back gave us enough time (bf had job to come back for). For those interest I travelled with 40l backpack (Osprey ladies size I recommend for small gals). and 15l day back and boyfriend had 65l backpack. I really reccommend getting up to date on vaccines and/or visiting somewhere like Nomad travel (UK major cities only) for additional shots. We also bought a medical kit from them which came in very handy and I would buy THIS one (works out cheaper than making your own).
Our original plan was to buy a motorbike in Ho Chi Minh and then use that as our main mode of transport to bike across Cambodia and then finally go to Bangkok, so there's a section about bikes at the end.
I am plant based / have a pretty strong dairy intolerance, so I'll add a section about travelling as a 'vegan' as I found it more difficult to get concrete advice on that before I left.
We are from UK so our budget/prices we evaluated against £ GBP
Hong Kong - this was the most built up and relatively similar experience to our lives at home and eased us pretty gently into travel. I would compare Hong Kong to a metropolitan place like London. We stayed in the Wan Chai district and would recommend the are for first timers. Not as expensive as the Central District and gives more local flavour with the street markets which you are likely to explore or pass through on the way to the MTR. Stay on Hong Kong Island over the peninsula as a lot of activities are there and though it is more compact you get a good sense of what HK is really like.
Prices - cost of restaurants was about the same as home - £8-10+ for a meal. Transport - incredibly cheap, routes often less than £1 or 50p Lots of 7/11 and Circle K with reasonable prices for snacks or eating in
Things we did: - Victoria Peak - there are some views more 'within' the city if you take the giant escalator up and walk a bit further as opposed to going straight to the top - Mong Kok area and surrounding markets - Hong Kong museum - quite dated and nothing on history of recent years but it is free - Hong Kong Peninsula night time view of HK island (symphony of lights show) - Temple Street night market - Dragon's Back - this was easy to get to via bus and a nice welcome break from the city. An easy hike. - Ching Chung Koon, Tao temple - really beautiful temple with turtles, easy trip by bus to visit
Shenzhen - We went to Shenzhen as we wanted to see what China was like and had some intrigue about it being a Special Economic Zone. My advice to absolutely everyone, unless you know of something on the other side you want to see, is do not go.
We read that it was free to enter but you would have to get a short stay visa stamp. We ended up stuck in immigration after getting off the MTR for about 2 hours, first you must go and get a photo and a visa put in your passport which includes filling our a form and being asked a few questions about your stay, then you go downstairs and fill our a landing card, get fingerprinted and then pass through to Shenzhen. There isn't a clear explanation as to where these different rooms are to get the whole process done and you're at the mercy of how busy the waiting rooms are for how quick you get out, no visas would be ready and then they would surge in 10 being ready for collection at once.
Shenzhen was a very homogenous city, we couldn't find any historical sites or areas designed for non Chinese to engage with the local fare, though bare in mind Shenzhen is absolutely huge and we were short on time after arriving later. Tube system is cheap and in English and we used cash to pay. When we tried to use bank cards to take out more money I had no luck with Mastercard, Visa and Visa credit card at more than one ATM. The best part of the trip was a small antique shop in the train terminal with genuine trinkets, pottery etc. The guy was quite fair with our haggling too.
Macau - Again we visited this as another special zone outside of HK. Again unfortunately I don't recommend going. To us, Macau was missing all the parts of the Vegas strip that would make a high concentration of casinos together worthwhile; no smoking indoors, no open carry on alcohol on the streets, no street vendors or anything to create an interesting people-watching street, not helped by how spread out all the casinos were from one another. We visited the Venetian which brought us away from the casinos on the ferry side of Macau, so that might have made a difference. The Venetian at Macau had the same feeling as The Trafford Centre if UK readers are familiar with it. If you have been there you'll have your own opinion about it and use that to inform going to Macau.
Hong Kong Protests - Before leaving for HK I'd been keeping up with the protest news. Though by November the 'peak' of protests seemed to have passed a lot in UK news there were still plenty of reports of violent clashes daily. From digging around online I felt that it was still safe to go but just to be mindful of large groups of people collecting or the university area. Whilst we were in HK we didn't see anything that alarmed us or made us feel unsafe. While I don't think the media outlets were incorrectly reporting protest clashes, the actual volume of them appears to be exaggerated (but that's how news makes money, right..). We saw graffiti at most MTR stations and some bus stations that had english text posters and print outs explaining the situation that were even updated overnight to new developments like Trump's treaty. One mall we tried to go to adjacent to some university buildings was closed and the MTR next to it was all smashed up but other than graffiti we felt very safe when wandering round the city both day and night. I would say the university area probably needs the most caution, but if the MTR is stopping there again then there has probably been improvement.
Vietnam - We flew into Ho Chi Minh city, stayed for about 3 days. I'm curious to return to Vietnam in the North of the country, while the South was very interesting to see I was more than ready to move on after about 8 days. Didn't really get a good feeling out of HCMC; extremely loud, sticky, busy place. The best thing we did was go to the War Remnants Museum, things like the old post office were interesting but they don't really take up much of your day. A phone sim for 2 weeks with unlimited data was easy to get and cost less than £10 I think.
HCMC is a good place to take advantage of cheap taxis and cheap food. We could get a good meal and a soft drink/smoothie for £2.50/£3, grab taxi was about £1 anywhere and £1.50 in a grab car, Circle K essentials like a sewing kit were about £2.
Would recommend the Grab app for getting around - though it wasn't my favourite place we visited, I was really able to appreciate the pace and culture of the city zipping through little side streets on the back of the bike from District 1 down to other places in Chinatown area.
There are plenty of markets to visit, but when you've seen the stuff at one the others aren't really much different and people didn't really want to haggle with us.
We did a Mekong Delta day trip, though I'm not always a big fan of a guided tour this was fun and worth going on. Have a look on a site like Klook and pick something that sounds interesting and in budget - we visited temples, honey farm, coconut farm, held some snakes, traditional boat on Mekong and lunch for about £18 each for everything.
Nha Trang - we visited here as somewhere in South Vietnam by the sea before heading westways for the rest of the trip. It was a much calmer and quieter city than HCMC but I'm not sure I would visit again, very windy in November. An unbelievable amount of Russians here, more built up and developed than I was anticipating too. Long Son Pagoda and Ba Ho waterfalls were good to visit, though Ba Ho seemed to be having a very big touristy development built on it which was a weird contrast to the very difficult to climb and almost untouched waterfalls. We biked to Bai Dai beach - just make sure to take the first turn down to the beach before you hit the strip of resorts being built because it goes on forever and they won't let you through for access to the sand. Beautiful views on the way down but can see the whole area and Vietnam in general being swallowed up by package resort tourism which is a shame.
Cambodia - This ended up being my favourite country of the visit. Though there's not really pavements or waste management or sewage and you can't drink the water etc, but there was little rampant tourism, people were kind, the weather was great and we saw some beautiful places. Phone sim will cost you about $5 and you can only top up limited data about $5 for 8GB.
Prices - Cambodia has 2 currency system with USD and riel though most of the time you're using USD (4,000 r = $1). I felt like because of USD prices were rounded up a bit more so it was still cheap, but more expensive than Vietnam. Eating out probably about $5-7 or more if you're not holding back. There aren't many chain stores in Cambodia so you're at the mercy of individual places for a good selection of snacks and then hopefully not grossly inflated prices especially on Western imports ($2.50+ for pringles?). I did find that pharmacies were cheap. Make sure you haggle with tuk tuks or use PassApp, but that app needs some work so it's often easier to take one that's in the street. In PP/SKampot getting around we paid no more than $3. In SR to go to the airport $7.
We took a bus to Phnom Penh from HCMC which made the border crossing quite easy. We had e-visa already printed out etc but it didn't seem to make our waiting time any shorter but saved us having to fill out any forms at border control.
Phnom Penh - felt a lot nicer than HCMC as soon as we got there really. Still hot and dirty and hassled like hell for tuk tuks but I felt more kindness from Cambodians. Compared to HCMC this was a whole lot quieter and more relaxed. Not every building has a formal address so if you're not staying at a hotel (airbnb) bear in mind you might need more visual instructions to find your stay.
We stayed near the Royal Palace and the area round there, though more for expats was chilled out and there were local markets, not far to walk to temples and sites etc. There are a few hotels in this area with pools if you need to cool off. The one we tried we just took the lift up to the roof no problem, but I had messaged another nearby that said it was for residents only.
Siem Reap - though this city is pretty much here for Angkor Wat tourism I enjoyed being here not just to see the temples. We stayed at THIS airbnb which was very reasonable and probably one of our favourite stays. No pool but there were a few places nearby that were happy to let us use theirs, we just bought drinks and food. There are a few temples in the city near the city where you can see fruit bats all in the trees. The river here is nice, big market, lots of cats.
Angkor Wat: we bought a 3 day pass and went on a sunrise tour one morning and then did our own thing on the other days. Doing the tour means you get up and in for sunrise at the right time and it's good to get some history about the places you're seeing. Angkor Wat temple itself wasn't the most interesting to me and there are hundreds if not thousands of people there in the morning that makes it a lot less enjoyable. We also visited:
Ta Phrom - temple from Tomb Raider Angkor Thom city gates Bayon Temple - this was a cool 2 storey temple that is merged with depictions of Hinduism and Buddhism Preah Khan
You can hire a tuk tuk driver for a day around $15 mark or you can hire electric bikes in SR centre and take those around (tourists not allowed to ride motorbikes in temple complex) $5 for 24hrs. Just make sure to give your electric bike a good charge beforehand as the battery doesn't always read right. There is a restaurant in the complex you can swap your battery at - the whole temple area is an extremely large place, you can be 15mins drive in between spots so plan carefully.
Koh Rong Island - we took a flight from SR down to Sihanoukville to then get the ferry across to Koh Rong. Our flight ended up being delayed by 12 hours (welcome to Cambodia) so we had to stay a night in Sihanoukville and go across the following day. Travelling from Sihanouk airport to Sihanouk we had to wear bandanas over our faces to stop breathing in the dust, even though only one window in the car was cracked, it's hella dirty. If you are travelling from the airport to town I highly discourage taking a tuk tuk or rickshaw; the roads are not well surfaced in a more extreme manner than what I saw in PP and SR, there are a lot of freight trucks which will need to be over or undertaken in order for the journey to not take hours. Taxis are unfortunately the most expensive here and the journey cost $20.
Sihanoukville - I'm told recent infiltration and development of Sihanouk by the Chinese has completely transformed the city in the last 2/3 years at an incredible rate with no care for the local Khmer population. It was possibly the worst place I've ever visited. Dusty and dirty on another level, open building sites and construction absolutely everywhere. Very young looking boy in a digger pulling up the pavement less than 5ft from a busy restaurant. I had to climb up a 3ft pile of loose rubble to get to an ATM because the whole side of the road had been obliterated.
If you are waiting for the ferry on Beach Road and you need an ATM but they're all broken like they were when I was there in December, there is an ATM on the actual pier. I was stressing about taking money out for Koh Rong as I heard there was no way to get cash on the island but when I was there I saw a few places that offered cash out (but I didn't try them).
I reccommend reading THIS reddit thread and the LINKED article by a Chinese blogger about Sihanouk.
I read THIS travelfish article about Koh Rong which was very helpful too. I had an impression from the article that the island is quite under developed, which in some ways was definitely true, however it was easy to do what we wanted and we didn't struggle for places to eat etc. We stayed on the main pier (though really this is still a small strip of restaurants and shops, no resorts) and spent most of our time on White Sand Beach. Koh Rong could not be any more different than Sihanouk and it was a great place to spend Christmas and unwind. We didn't do much other than swim and lie on the beach and it was great! There were boat tours to take but a lot seemed to end with 'free drink and party' and we weren't interested in that. Prices on the island were the same as PP/SR. The only things that were a lot more expensive were activities - someone had a jetski you could rent for $100.. and there was some tree top zip line you could do for about $20.
We visited 4k beach next door which was a lot more remote, beautiful as well but only one option to eat. We came past Coconut Beach when we left on the speedboat and that looked to a bit less than the main pier but still stocked with a good few options. Overall the food we had on Koh Rong was some of the best!
Kampot - A small town/city on the river. Very chilled with a nice central part of town with good places to eat. There are hardly any big hotels or buildings over 3 stories - it felt like a more real Khmer place than somewhere like Siem Reap. From Kampot you can visit Bokor Mountain, Kep, salt fields, a lot of natural escapes. Unfortunately we both got very sudden aggressive gastro-bug or food poisoning so we spent 5 days pretty much inside doing nothing (was going to happen at some point). Kampot was a quiet place and we were able to recover well here though.
Kampot to Koh Chang - From Kampot we travelled to Koh Chang, Thailand. I'd seen some speculation online that it wasn't possible to do this trip in one day, but having done it I can say yes it is but it is a long day. Almost every bus trip we took on our adventure meant that we lost all of the day (no motorways in Viet/Cambodia) however the quality of transport means it can take even longer. Vietnam was good with sleeper or semi sleeper buses, however in Cambodia our 6.5 hour trip from Kampot to the Thai border at Trat was 16 people in a 12 seater minibus plus a baby.. so bear in mind long distance trips in Cambodia can be testing! From Trat border we got a minibus to the bus station, then a songalew/thai taxi to the ferry and then a minibus took us to our hotel on the other side [12 hour trip].
Thailand - Much more infastructure and felt more modern than Cambodia and Vietnam, but I couldn't really get a vibe for the place and felt like a lot had been lost to the prevalent tourism. I would maybe visit again but staying away from coastal areas - if felt like the Spain of South East Asia.
Prices could be a little more on top of Cambodian prices but you could find cheap places to eat. About £5 for a meal. Taxis cost about £3 through Grab. 7/11 and Family Mart very cheap snacks for pennies.
Bangkok - as this was our last stop we didn't travel to many temples or big spots outside the city because money haha... we stayed away from the expat areas, the Museum of Art & Culture had a cool free exhibition, the malls Siam Discovery, Siam Paragon are worth visiting for the food halls and just to see. Where we stayed had a pool so we took it pretty easy. Went to Chatachuk but too much tourist and sweat..
Bikes:
We bought a bike in HCMC via facebook marketplace - I would suggest if you know anyone Viet to get them to help you get the true price because as a tourist you're probably seeing an inflated price tag. If not that it might be possible to get one from another backpacker, but then you may be at the mercy of any damages or issues with the bike they're not aware of as they aren't familiar with bikes.
We took our bike (Honda Cub c 50) to Nha Trang with us stowed in our sleeper bus - we visited a few bus trip/tourist places and one was happy to do it for us. I think for 2 people and the bike was about £23 one way, so not bad at all. You'll have to empty the fuel before it goes in the bus so just remember that at the other end you might have to give your bike a min to run the fuel through it again. We sold it in Nha Trang because it wasn't quite powerful enough to get us around with any bags (i was not in charge of buying bike haha...). Bikes are more than easy to rent in every country we went to for probably £5 a day max. We had a bike in Koh Chang but I know in Thailand there are more rules about tourist rental so I would swerve riding on the mainland. The most hectic place we rode was HCMC so I would just suggest avoiding that if you can, even if you ride in your home country.
We sold our bike in Nha Trang via facebook marketplace. We took a loss but it was more about cutting our dead weight before the rest of our trip so to speak. If you really want to ride a lot in SEAsia, Cambodia has no restrictions on tourists having bikes up to 125cc if you want to play the legal legal route (not that I saw any police in Cambodia over 3 weeks!). A bike is also a responsibility and if you're wanting to feel completely free while travelling it might not be right to buy one. Do thorough research! I travelled with a full face helmet and I was grateful for it on windy rides and hectic places likes HCMC. If you're not planning on riding a lot then this is definitely not essential but finding a full face helmet, that fits, that isn't too bootleg to break on you might be some things to consider (bare in mind I was planning on doing long rides when planning this trip initially).
Veganism / plant based / special diets: As mentioned I have strong intolerance to all dairy products and am generally vegan; I still eat eggs maybe once a week and might have fish and chips a few times a year.
With the exception to intolerances and allergies I think the best approach to eating in South East Asia or travelling in general is be willing to be flexible. I only like to eat plant based, but I'm happy to eat eggs and at a push will eat fish or chicken. This is obviously not what I want to do for every meal but consider that you might be getting places late at night, options that are clearly described in English as not containing your allergens may only have meat in them etc.
When I travelled to Japan and also for all these countries, I wrote 'I cannot eat dairy etc' in English on Google translate and then screenshotted the response in the desired language if I needed to show someone to confirm ingredients. For Japan I looked up pre made examples as I know the kanji can sometimes not translate directly, but here I just had the google translate page as a back up.
Hong Kong - a lot of English spoken here and a lot of specifically vegan places however they are more expensive. At 7/11 they sell the 'Kind' granola bars which are vegan and yummy! and I also ate the ready made egg and rice sushi balls. Some ingredients were listed in English but I don't remember finding any other easy go-to's. At bakeries, of which there are a lot, almost everything appears to be cream filled, buttered, flaky pastry. I found I could eat walnut and raisin breads without any noticeable issues, but I didn't have an ingredients list to check.
Vietnam - in HCMC I was very lucky to be staying down the road from a fully vegan restaurant that had ice cream, vegan banh mi, smoothies etc (Healthy World in District 1, there is another somewhere else in the city). Tofu was on menus and on an English menu in a Viet place I could safely pick something veggie. Asking for a dish to be 'chay' means veggie and that works too. Because everything is so cheap, it seemed to be easy enough to eat here. Desserts were limited with the exception of a vegan shop.
They do have Oreos, in general for all these countries, I hope you like Oreos because they're the only dessert option most place !
Cambodia - Sometimes easy and sometimes not. Tofu did appear on menus, I would recommend trying Tofu Lok Lak as a veggie Khmer dish (it will probably come with a fried egg) and I was able to ask for curries just veggie or with tofu. I ate mostly eggs and toast of some kind for breakfast because that was a filling option. Every city I was in there was at least one vegan cafe or restaurant that was not too much more ££ than a normal meal so I knew at least I could get myself something nice and safely vegan every other day while keeping a budget. I was concerned about Koh Rong being a remote island that I would struggle to eat but this was one of the best places! There is a purely veggie/vegan restaurant on the main pier, as well as other restaurants offering vegan pizza, veggie pad thai, tofu curries etc. I also found a second kind of chocolate biscuit that wasn't an Oreo here!
Koh Chang/Thailand - though we were back to having access to 7/11 the options seemed more limited and Thailand was my least favourite place to eat. In 7/11 I did find a few different kinds of Almond milk (& oreos!) but ingredients were rarely in English. Some options at the food halls were inari sushi, Subway (hash browns) and a few other (but more pricey) dedicated vegan restaurants in the central district.
You deserve a medal if you made it this far - any questions please ask me, thanks :-)
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CNE Trip Report; 8/29/2019

I had the opportunity to spend the day at the CNE mega-sized carnival in Toronto, Canada. Myself and my group arrived early to get our unlimited ride wristbands ($46 CAD at the gate, the website lied), which are honestly a must need if you plan to do more than just a ride or two. We did wait around Crazy Mouse for it to open, and did make it our first ride of the day. All rides, by the way, have a very large duration, averaging around 3 min and never going more than 4, which is quite lovely. Morning crowds were very, very low, and since we did just nearly everything (most notably excluding Mach 3, whose atrocious lines were a deadly combo with the ride's 96 pph capacity, as well as skipping Zipper just 'cause), I'm going to just list off a few points for separate rides...
Credits; There were four coaster credits at the CNE; Crazy Mouse, Blitzer, China Dragon, and Wacky Worm. Crazy Mouse was fun but the four of us agreed that it was nothing compared to the likes of the indoor Exterminator at Kennywood, and Blitzer was very fun and bouncy despite being the 2nd most popular ride in the midway. The latter two were within the kid's midway, which we walked over to round 1:30 just to ride. China Dragon is a great portable family coaster with a spacious layout, plenty of leg room, and a backwards boost segment in the station. Wacky Worm was my first Wacky Worm credit, although that was just a monorail of a coaster. (Bruh, its a South American knockoff, I read the label). All in all, they were worth riding, kinda, although it would have been nicer if the kid's midway was closer to the main one.
Niagara Falls; I don't really do water rides at theme parks, having only done Kali River Rapids, Pirates of the Caribbean, and CW's White Water Canyon (all 3 over 5 years ago) but the masses bullied me into riding, so yeah this portable flume was legit my first. In the end, it was a fun, fast paced ride, which gets you quite wet but nowhere near soaking, so its not like you'd be spending the next hour leaving a trail of wet footprints all over the midway. Didn't regret it, would recommend it on hotter days.
Euroslide; The mega sized, 8 lane fiberglass racing slide was instantly my favorite ride here. Personally, I've always loved slides, even the dry ones, and this one was no exception. You could be going faster, but the opportunities of catching airtime on the many humps are limitless. No offense to the coaster creds, but this was easily my favorite attraction here by a wide margin and I rode much more than I should have.
Star Dancer; We're happy that we got this ride over with in the morning, because the capacity was pretty horrid and it was among the most popular rides in the park. This intense looping pendulum is brand new to the CNE, and was only put into operation this summer. All 16 riders face inwards, although I still haven't deduced the exact model of the ride. It's nature, however, is just a little extreme. The ride's forces mainly hit while hurtling back towards the ground after a 360, and the ride itself fails to make a full loop half the time and thus gives off some seriously wicked hang time. Now imagine that for 3 minutes straight. Extremely noice attraction, although in the evenings you could be waiting upwards of an hour to board.
Ring Of Fire; Not listing this common Larson Looper just to review it, but while we were waiting to ride in the afternoon, a girl dropped her iPhone at the top and that would have been the end of it if not for the soft landing on a tarp covering the load zone. The ops did tell her off a little, but the smiles were there when the phone was found still recording on the tarp. Seriously hope that makes Youtube, and yes, the ride was ok.
Fun Houses; Just a quick tip, the funhouses were all located pretty close together along the main walkway, so if you happen to have an unlimited rides wristband, you can just hit up these things on the way. They were surprisingly fun.
Skyride; This skyride took riders on a one-way chairlift path along the main walkway, and this is a great opportunity to get some midway pics! It was pretty cool, although one of our party would joke that the lines to get on either side, in the evenings, were about as long as the trip distance itself!
Mega Drop; Not that I've ever liked freefall drop towers, but it was still pretty meh. It makes for a noice view of the city, although that freefall is terrifying and always will be.
Meh Rides; Remix is hellfyre intense but sends all the blood to your legs, which really hurts (and the duration was 3.5 min argghhh), and yes, I'm not a fan of Mega Drop, and yes, Haunted Mansion was a totally uninspired flop of a dark ride. Didn't really like Starship bc of all the high Gs even though its a classic fan favorite, so thats not something to blame on the ride. Also, Himalaya was fun until one of my friends started picking at a splinter on her forefinger, which the ops mistook for her giving them a birdie (why?) and E-stopped the attraction just to throw her off and shame the rest of us before carrying on, about a minute and a half into the cycle.
Also would like to mention that right from the ride's opening, the Mach 3 -Fabbri booster- has a bad line aided by a horrid capacity of 96 pph, and not doing that ride first was a mistake. It seats 4 on each end of the arm and still has an express line, which takes up a quarter of the hourly capacity already. Near the evening, with less than 200 people in line, an attendant at another ride had pointed that out to me and claimed that was a 2.5 hour line for standby/regular. At that time, nothing else was over 30 min. It was easily the most popular ride in the midway as well as a capacity nightmare, since each cycle was 5 min, including the load times. I'm told that it was very well worth the wait, but none of us wanted to attempt waiting it out. (Given that SF announcements were also today, makes me wonder how AD Outlaw, a similar ride opening at Great Escape in 2020 with the same capacity, is going to manage without an extra ride fee, which is usually what holds off that kind of line).
I dont think that I need to state that we had a blast. We brought most of our food into the event in order to save money, and did spend some time outside of the midways, at some good shows (Ninja Warriors was deadly cool) and exhibits and just walking around in general. No matter what, its never completely about the rides, you know. In conclusion, we'd gladly return next year if we had the opportunity, and a thank you to Indiana state's North American Midway Entertainment for the rides as well as their great South African crew (the majority), who probably don't really care for a thank-you because this is their life, but I'll give it anyways. With this review being complete goodnight!
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Some Tips for those trying to Tier ~ Rank 16 in A Song Unfinished (F2P)

Hey guys, Hakua here. I noticed that there's a lack of a good collection of tips for tiering, so I'd like to offer some advice based on my experience in obtaining Rank 16 in A Song Unfinished. Now I know I'm not in the top 10, so of course I haven't grinded the most and cannot accurately tell you what it might be like to try to go for number one, but top 20 seems pretty good to me! I'd like to share a little bit about my journey to finish at Rank 16 in this event and offer some advice to those who are new to tiering and are considering it in the future. This is moreso aimed at people who are unfamiliar with what tiering is like, but perhaps even tiering veterans might learn some helpful tips.
And of course, in case you needed it, here is my proof.

The event lasted 7 days. I actually kept a very organized record of my progress over these 7 days. If you'd like to follow along, you can take a look at my spreadsheet here.
So I had little to no experience playing Bang Dream before this event really. How do I make a good team? How do I efficiently grind points? What items should I buy to upgrade my band power? I dabbled a little in the Japanese version of the game, but before this event, I was pretty much a complete noob at this game.
Thanks to my good friend Aerate, I learned literally everything I needed to know from scratch. I rolled a few times and ended with enough 3* cool types and a 4* Rimi. My final team ended up looking like this. In hindsight, I should've used more Roselia + Cool characters on my team to increase my multiplier, but I didn't really understand how things worked at the time, and the team I made was good enough to get a 100% multiplier.

Team building tips for new players:

So for those who are unfamiliar, during an event, using particular characters and particular types (happy, pure, cool, or powerful) gives you a multiplier that increases your event points. This is important for maximizing your point gain in the event even if it means sacrificing some of your band power. In this event, Roselia characters had a 10% boost and cool type idols had a 20% boost. So if you look at my team, Sayo and Ako would give me 30% each as they are both Roselia and cool type idols. Tomoe and Kasumi are just cool type idols, so they would both give 20%. Rimi, my center, is neither in Roselia or a cool type idol, so she wouldn't give me any bonus at all. If you add everything together, it would be 30% + 30% + 20% + 20% = 100% boost. Try to get at least 100%. The higher the multiplier, the better, but you also don't want to compromise your chance at getting into the Veteran Multi Rooms, so keep that in mind when picking your team.

Priority of Upgrading Items:

1) Awaken Characters -> This raises their level cap, which has a huge impact on Band Power, so always try to do this first. 2) Food Items / Ryuseido Items -> These raise the stats on all idols of a particular type. Since my team has mixed band members, these items have a much greater impact on Band Power. Furthermore, these are more useful in the long term. 3) Posters/Flyers -> These have a greater effect per level than instruments, so it's simpler to upgrade these. Upgrade the PosteFlyer for the band that makes up most of your team. Since I had already upgraded Poppin' Party from the last event and I was using 2 Poppin' Party members in this event, it was easier to just continue to upgrade these. This ended up being more of an oversight as having a more Roselia focused team would've been better in the long run to increase my multiplier. 4) Band Instruments -> These have the lowest stat increase per level on top of being annoyingly diverse in their requirements. That being said, they're relatively cheap, so any leftover resources can easily go here. Also, don't force yourself to level your instruments to level 6. They're really costly for not a lot of gain. You can do these at a future time when you have nothing else to upgrade.
Mixing and matching posters/flyers/instruments is honestly not very efficient. Pick one band and stick with upgrading it for the event. By the end of this event, I had upgraded Poppin' Party's poster, flyer, and all their instruments to level 5.

Tips on farming Stars:

I'm sure there are plenty of guides out there on how to effectively farm Stars, but I wanted this to be a bit of a comprehensive guide, so I'll go over this briefly. You can farm a lot of Stars during the event just by leveling up and unlocking the story, but also by unlocking the introductions and extra skits on each of the cards you own. You'll gain 25-50 stars on each of these skits, so do find the time to unlock these. You'll get a ton of shards during the event, so don't worry too much on scavenging for them. Just unlock them when you can. Start off with the introductions first before the secondary skit as those are much cheaper on resources. Starting from the 1s and working up to the 3 and 4*s is also recommended as the lower rarity cards require less resources as well. FCing songs on Hard and Expert also give you Stars. This of course is quite skill dependent, but if you can, try to go for them. You'll also get Stars for getting an SS score on all songs. Don't worry about this at all because you'll start getting this in Multi rooms as you grind and start building better teams. Once you hit the Veteran Rooms, you'll easily start earning these Stars very shortly after.

Climbing tips for new players:

Join the Discord and try to join rooms with other players. Unfortunately Veteran rooms are the most popular, so you'll have a harder time trying lower rooms. You might be on your own until then. If you follow my advice in team building, you should be able to enter the Veteran room in short order. I actually played on my own for the first 2 days of the event, and frankly, it wasn't that bad. Playing in public rooms is much faster than trying to coordinate private rooms, but the trade off is that sometimes other players will pick a terrible song, die, or fail to trigger Fever Time. Overall, try to find a private room if possible, and public otherwise. And play on 3x Stamina. You're gonna be playing a lot.
Frankly, I don't like Special Rooms at all because I prefer variety of Shards obtained over specific Shards, but others might want Special Rooms for particular Shards, so keep that in mind when making rooms. The only Special Room you should definitely use is the Saturday special room for Coins. Coins will be your limiting factor in leveling up all your various items. It's way more of a limiting factor than any Shard. Avoid the Sunday and Monday Special Rooms. These rooms give you Studio Tickets. You get an infinite number of these anyway, so these are literally useless. By the end of the event, I had max leveled every character in my roster and was left with 7000 tickets.
In my journey across many private rooms, I'd like to give special thanks to: Ayumi97, Jefferi, Jayson, Nanashi, Meg, Raydude, Jefez, and P o t a t o. There are others I probably forgot too... really sorry if I did! A lot of these folks helped me in various private rooms at various times in my climb. Really nice folks!
Learn a bit about what songs score the most. You can find info here and here. You want to mostly play songs near the top of the list. My advice for you is that you don't need to use some of these difficult songs. Tiering is ultimately more of an endurance game than an optimization game. Songs like Guren and Louder while optimal are not going to be great picks when you're tired and half-dead. If you mess up and fail them, then it was pointless. I-I Never Said Love!, Little Busters!, Hacking to the Gate, READY STEADY GO, Passionate Starmine, BLACK SHOUT, Orchestra of Smiles!. The easier the song gets, the harder it is to mess up. This isn't a solo effort but a team effort because you'll be in a multi. Consider picking easier songs so that no one fails. Also try switching it up. You'll drive yourself and everyone else insane if you keep picking the same song over and over again. great escape is the shortest song in case you were wondering, so that's also not a bad song to pick if you just want to grind fast. Also, don't try too hard to pick Expert if you can't do it. Just go with what you're most comfortable with. If you're in a Multi with a bunch of strangers, they're all not gonna pick Expert either, so don't worry too much about optimizing songs. Lastly, I recommend NOT picking Don't say "Lazy" if you can. The "26" difficulty is a bit misleading because the chart is very "unique". If you're in a group of people who think they can clear "26" difficulty songs, then this song might just catch them off guard and kill them immediately at the start because of its unexpected sliders, and that's no fun for anyone.

General tips for tiering:

So while I have never really played Bang Dream before, I am a Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage main. I have tiered in numerous events, so I did have the experience in tiering before, especially in a more competitive environment. Here are the biggest tips I can offer for those trying to tier.
  1. Decide that you're going to tier as soon as possible. The earlier you decide, the easier it will be to grind. Are you fully devoted or not? You need to decide that as soon as possible. In this event, I decided that I would grind for Top 100 as soon as the previous event ended. The longer you wait, the more draining later days in the event will be. I'd recommend deciding by the end of the first day if possible.
  2. Come to terms that you will be spending a lot of Stars. Outside of leveling up, there aren't any ways to regain stamina other than to spend Stars. I spent a little over 10k Stars in this event starting at level 35. The higher your starting level, the more Stars you will have to spend. From a fresh account, you can easily grind 10k Stars without spending any money. The reason you'll have to spend more Stars if you're at a higher level is because that means you'll have less free stamina off of level ups. Like the title said, I got to Rank 16 without spending a single dime. All the Stars I used were all farmed during the event.
  3. Make a schedule! Most people don't do this at all and can tier just fine. That being said, if there's anything I really learned from tiering in Cinderella Girls is that planning a schedule gives you a sense of progress and security. Being organized is extremely helpful, and I highly recommend doing so. Having a "quota" of how many points you want to obtain or how many songs you want to play in a day is extremely helpful for tracking progress. For example, I wanted to play about 100 songs a day, which is a bit arbitrary of a goal, but it's helpful to keep things simple. On the weekend, I had more time, so I pushed myself to ~120 plays, but I considered that "extra credit". I didn't need to play all those extra songs, but I had more time on the weekend, and any extra songs I played I could use as a buffer for if I felt exhausted on later days.
  4. Pull the trigger on Star usage; fill up to 80-90 stamina at once. Going back to the menu to refill your stamina is tedious and also forces you to exit a private room. If you leave a private room, you're prone to having your spot sniped by another user. Furthermore, if you refill your stamina a little at a time, you can second guess yourself on spending Stars. Once you spend enough Stars to be at 80-90 stamina, you also create an artificial quota as well (see point 3). You've already decided to tier at this point, so just do it.
  5. Know when to take breaks or just quit. This isn't going to be easy. You're going to have to sit down and play song after song after song. If you play 100 songs in a day and each play takes about 2-3 minutes, then that means about 4-5 hours of playing this game in a day. That's a lot of time. Consider playing for 2 hours in the afternoon and take a break until the evening. Tiering in an event isn't a sprint, it's a marathon. You need to pace yourself and take breaks if you get tired. Repeatedly tapping your phone or tablet while sitting in the same place also isn't going to do you any favors on your body. There are serious dangers of inflicting ailments upon yourself. If you ever feel unwell, consider just quitting. Yes, you've wasted serious time and Stars, but there will always be another chance in the future to tier. There won't be another chance if you seriously harm yourself.
These tips aren't the law or anything, but just some advice that I'd like to give. As I mentioned before, I made a spreadsheet of my progress, which I found to be a very helpful tool in pacing and tracking myself. You don't have to make something as elaborate or fancy or even track as much information as I did, but give it a try to some degree. You might find it to be a useful tool.
Some personal tips: -I drank a lot of water; very helpful for staying hydrated but also making you have to use the restroom! Forcing yourself to stand up and walk around the house is an added bonus! -I bought a 4-pack of ice packs. Like the kind you would put in with your lunch. My phone overheats like crazy when I play this game, so the ice packs help to keep them cool! Best $7 I've spent honestly!

About my climb:

Without any prior data or idea on what the WW meta would be like, I had to just take a guess on what to aim for in terms of points. The previous event ended a little over 3 million points, so I was expecting a Roselia event to perhaps maybe even hit 4 million. My initial goal was to get to 4 million points and fight my way into top 100. That being said, it ended up being much less than my expectation, so that ended up being a huge bonus.
Day 1: A slow day. The event just started, and I was still getting myself adjusted to playing songs in this game. I started using 3x Stamina right off the bat. I wasn't sure what my competition was like, so I played it safe. I ended up at Rank 96 before going to bed, so I figured that was good enough pace for the first day. I was certain I'd fall way down the following day, so I had already prepared to grind hard the next day.
Day 2: Fortunately for me, I barely fell out of top 100 when I woke up. I was around ~130, so I figure climbing back up would be a very easy task. I have had lots of experience playing songs continuously because of tiering in Cinderella Girls, so I used this to my advantage to start my grind off strong. I was testing the waters with the rate of point gain on this day, so I played an medium amount of songs in the afternoon and in the evening this day. Around 30-40 songs separated by a break. At the end of this day, I ended up at Rank 36, so I pretty much had a good feel for what the rate of play would be like.
Day 3: It's the weekend, so it's time to grind. I wanted to make today count big time because I had a lot of time. Since I had 500k points from the previous days of grinding, and I wanted 4 million points at the end of the event, I calculated that I should hit 700k points/day. I set that as my quota for today, and got to work right away. My team starting slowly becoming better with upgraded items this day, so I started slowly gaining more event points as well. I ended the day at Rank 21, so I felt like I was going above and beyond at this point, but I wasn't sure if it was just because people were saving up for a burst on the last day or not, so I didn't feel comfortable just quite yet.
Day 4: Being another weekend day, I wanted to match my 700k points I earned yesterday. This day was by far the most exhausting day because I really wanted to push myself as it was the last weekend day I could do so. I managed to break into Top 20 this day, so I started feeling a lot more relaxed at this point, but I am always afraid of the last day push by everyone, so I didn't want to be completely off guard.
Day 5: Not only was I tired, but I also started realizing that I was easily maintaining Top 20 with the rate I was going at. At this point I realized that I didn't actually need to be scared. I was actually just way ahead of the curve at this point. I realized that this point that the event would very likely not hit 4 million, so I threw away the quota of 700k points/day and just decided to play until I was tired. I ended up staying up a bit late that night, but I ended at Rank 18, so I was quite content.
Day 6: This was the best day in the event. I went to bed at Rank 18, and I woke up at Rank 18. At this point, I knew that the event was over for me. I had easily secured top 100 without a doubt in my mind. Of course, that doesn't mean that I should just stop playing, but it meant that I could relax and just take it easy. No need to stress myself out without overworking myself. Play was a bit more sporadic on this day, but I ultimately ended up deciding to play 100 songs as it was a fun round number that felt like a good goal, and that's ultimately what ended up happening. I ended up at Rank 15 with only one day left to go and 3.1 million points.
Day 7: And on the seventh day, he rested. I went to bed at Rank 15. When I woke up, I was still at Rank 15. I proceeded to go to school and work and come home, and I was still Rank 15. I found this to be just absolutely hilarious. I was also really bored of playing songs as well, so today was a complete slack off kind of day for me. I ended up playing 75 songs, which may seem like a lot but after you've been grinding 100 songs/day, it actually felt like nothing. I spent the day really goofing off with my friends and watching anime as I watched other people suffer and fight for the top 100 near the bottom of the cutoff. Near the end of the event, I was just under 3.6 million points, so during the final hour, I decided to set up my points to be at exactly 3609063, which has some nice symmetry. Yeah, yeah, 3690963 would've been nicer, but there was no way I was gonna grind 90k more points at this point. I was pretty much out of Stars and enjoyed the idea of just fooling around on what is usually the most stressful day for everyone.
Overall, this is kind of the idea by setting up a schedule and having arbitrary quotas. You can get yourself a nice head start and then change your plans as the event progresses by checking out the rate of everyone else. If you're really lucky like me and worked above and beyond on some of the earlier days in the event, then you can spend the last day like me: goofing off and watching anime instead of grinding like crazy.
Thanks for reading, and I hope that ending didn't come off as too much of an epeen stroking :P Good luck to all you future tierers!
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11/30 - Free screening of Unrest documentary at the SCADshow Theater in Atlanta that will offer Free Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit to the medical community

You’re Invited to a Special Continuing Education Event:
America’s Hidden Health Crisis:
What Clinicians and Others Need to Know about ME/CFS* – as Documented in Award-Winning Film and Discussed by Experts
Date: November 30, 2017
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Savannah College of Art and Design’s SCADshow Theater 173 14th Street NE Atlanta, GA 30309
Admission: Free
Continuing Education (CE) Offered: Free
(For Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Veterinarians, Health Education Specialists, Public Health Professionals, and others; for more information, please see below†**)
Optional RSVP Requested
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGOw4zv2FCKKZqG7-WCNpDZ8mu2TLblU1PJcfRUj8Q05NHIA/viewform
(This event is free and open to the public. Completing the brief RSVP [accessible by clicking on the text above] will ensure that a seat is reserved especially for you.)
Describe how Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is an important clinical and public health problem
List the symptoms of ME/CFS
Describe the symptom of post-exertional malaise and recall that it is characteristic of ME/CFS
Explain the need for clinicians with expertise in the diagnosis and management of ME/CFS
Explain the need for clinicians and other professionals to support patients and families in accessing required care and resources through efficient, effective approaches
Agenda
Welcome and Brief Introductory Remarks
Documentary Showing: Unrest
Panel Discussion
Q&A
Thanks and Closing Remarks
Presenters / content experts:
· Elizabeth Unger, PhD, MD; Chief, Chronic Viral Diseases Branch (CVDB), Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology (DHCPP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA
· Nancy Klimas, MD; Chair, Clinical Immunology, Nova Southeastern University (NSU), and Director, Gulf War Illness and ME/CFS Research Program, Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Miami, FL
· Jennifer Brea; Director and a producer of the award-winning documentary, Unrest, Princeton, NJ
Moderator / content expert:
C. Robin Curtis, MD, MPH; Deputy Chief, CVDB, CDC, Atlanta, GA
†Accreditation Statements: CME: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) through the joint providership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Unrest Impact Campaign. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the ACCME® to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides 2.0 contact hours.
CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 0.2 CEUs for this program.
CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 2.0 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are 0. CDC provider number 98614.
AAVSB RACE: This program was reviewed and approved by AAVSB RACE program for 2.0 hours of continuing education. Participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories and/or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Please contact the AAVSB RACE program if you have any comments/concerns regarding this program’s validity or relevancy to the veterinary profession.
CPE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive 0.2 CEUs in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is 0387-9999-17-237-L01-P.
This is knowledge-based.
Once credit is claimed, an unofficial statement of credit is immediately available on TCEOnline. Official credit will be uploaded within 60 days on the NABP/CPE Monitor.
For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 2.0 CPH recertification credits for this program.
CDC is an approved provider of CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners. Effective October 1, 2013, the National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE) accepts continuing education units (CEU) for CPH recertification credits from CDC. Please select CEU as your choice for continuing education when registering for a course on TCEOnline. Learners seeking CPH should use the guidelines provided by the NBPHE for calculating recertification credits. For assistance please contact NBPHE at http://www.NBPHE.org.
DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use. CDC, our planners, our presenters, and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters with the exception of Ms. Brea and Ms. Jones, who wish to disclose that they receive salaries for their work promoting Unrest and the Time for Unrest Impact campaign. The planning committee reviewed content to ensure there is no bias.
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
CDC did not accept commercial support for this continuing education activity.
CDC’s participation in this event is for educational purposes only and does not represent CDC’s endorsement of any private company, product, or individual involved with the production, distribution, or promotion of this documentary.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Unrest Impact Campaign are jointly providing the CNE for this activity.
**To receive continuing education (CE) Complete the activity Complete the Evaluation at www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline Pass the posttest at 75% at www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline (if applicable)
Fees: There are no fees for CE.
NOTE: CE credits will be available for this activity through the website above through January 1, 2018. Following completion of participation in this event, participants who wish to receive CE credits should complete the evaluation and the post-test by or before midnight on January 1, 2018.
Parking and Transportation:
Parking: Area parking options include the Campanile Parking Garage, located at 1155 Juniper St., Atlanta, GA 30309 (behind/next to the theater). Following this event’s conclusion,SCADshow will provide a $7.00 flat-rate validation for the Campanile Parking Garage. This validation will be provided at the SCADshow Box Office. (With this validation, pay only $7.00 with credit/debit card upon your exit of the garage, or pay with cash at the kiosk near the elevators in the garage prior to going to vehicles.)
MARTA: The SCADshow Theater is also accessible from MARTA’s Arts Center Station.
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