Parents Outraged Over ‘Disrespectful’ Titanic Ride for Kids

A family attraction in the UK is facing a wave of backlash over a children’s ride modeled after one of history’s deadliest maritime disasters — but the man running the park says he has no plans to sink the controversial attraction.

Graveley Fruit Farm in Hitchin has been blasted by outraged parents over its Titanic-themed ride, which recreates the doomed ocean liner as a giant inflatable-style slide for children.

The farm, which has operated since 1981 and offers fruit picking, playgrounds and other family activities, charges just under $3 for kids to climb aboard the attraction.

Children are even handed tickets designed to look like Titanic boarding passes before getting on the replica ship, which has the famous vessel’s name written prominently along its side.

Then things get even more unusual.

The attraction — referred to as a “wreck” — lifts into the air before children shoot down one of four slides and land on a crash mat below.

Although the ride has reportedly been operating for years, it recently exploded into controversy after parents began questioning whether a tragedy that killed roughly 1,500 people should be turned into entertainment for children.

“I’m sorry, but this is one of the most distasteful, disrespectful and strange attractions for children,” one furious commenter wrote.

The critic said they could not believe anyone would create a game or ride based on such a devastating historical event.

Another parent questioned why the attraction needed to be called Titanic at all, arguing that simply changing the ship’s name or appearance could make it far less offensive.

Some critics went even further, comparing the concept to creating a children’s attraction based on the Sept. 11 attacks and vowing never to visit the farm.

The real Titanic sank in the North Atlantic on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York.

Amid the backlash, Graveley Fruit Farm initially appeared ready to back down.

Representatives reportedly apologized and said the attraction would be renamed “ASAP,” while insisting the farm was not making light of the Titanic disaster.

But that decision didn’t last.

Farm manager Will said the ride’s name was briefly changed before the business reversed course after receiving what he described as significantly more support from people who believed the farm should not give in to the “woke” backlash.

The attraction is now once again called “The Titanic.”

“We get around five hundred people a day using it, and as far as I’m aware it has offended only a handful of people,” Will told the Daily Mail.

He also argued that the word Titanic has become deeply embedded in everyday English and noted that no survivors — or even children of survivors — remain alive today.

For now, despite the online outrage, the Titanic ride appears to be staying afloat.

And judging by the heated reaction on both sides, the controversy surrounding it may be nowhere near over.