Grand Staircase of the RMS Titanic the "Olympic", whose B-Deck aft foyer was much smaller because of additional cabins and storage rooms. There was no reception area on the "Olympic" until the 1913 refit, which expanded the restaurant and added a reception area in emulation of "Titanic". On "Titanic" two additional en-suite staterooms were installed off of the A-Deck aft staircase, decreasing the size of the surrounding foyer in comparison to "Olympic". When Robert Ballard discovered the wreck of the "Titanic" in 1985, he found only a gaping well in the place that the Staircase had once occupied. The deck house that once formed the Boat
Heart of the Ocean Heart of the Ocean The Heart of the Ocean is the name of a fictional blue diamond featured prominently in the 1997 film "Titanic". In the story, the 56 carat diamond was originally owned by Louis XVI and cut into a heart shape after the French Revolution. In the film the necklace was purchased by Pittsburgh steel tycoon Caledon Hockley, played by Billy Zane, a week before he sailed on the ill-fated ocean liner " RMS Titanic". The necklace was meant to be given as an engagement present to his fiancée Rose DeWitt Bukater, played by Kate Winslet and Gloria