I spoke to Collin via his facebook page to start with when I was booking the secret weekend away for my husbands 30th, I made him aware that my husband was passionate about the Titanic and the history and he helped sort out a private tour for the Sunday morning before we flew home.

The tour took around 1-2 hours, Collin started with a tour of the Titanic Hotel both inside and out giving detailed history of the building and the rooms we walked in. He even brought along a huge book with old photos to show what the area looked like in 1912.

We walked the slipway where both the Olympic and the Titanic were built and he went into detail about the history of the build, the men that worked on the build and even the detail of old concrete to new! All followed with photos of how the area looked at the time of the ship building which was amazing to see as we stood there in the flesh.

Finally we ended up at the dry docks and pump house, this is where you really get a feel for at least some of the shape and size of the Titanic. Once again Collin was full of knowledge with the history of this place and had his photos to compare life back in 1912 to what it looks like nowadays.

I don't want to go fully into detail on what was said because you have to experience that for yourself, you have to be there walking those grounds in person and listen to the history of the birth of the Titanic to really understand the beauty of the place and the ship itself before its tragic end.

Collin knew my husband was passionate about the Titanic and the history and really made us both feel welcome and gave us his precious time which we will forever be grateful for. He had such a bubbly personality and was so easy to get along with and have a laugh with, there were many times where he had us giggling and smiling.

We will defiantly visit again and we will 100% be seeing Collin again when we visit and next time we hope to be able to sit and have a whisky with him when the dry docks open once again!

If your looking to find out about the titanic then this is the tour for you.
We spent time with our guide Colin (and Erin) that I can only describe as a pleasure.
We were treated to a hands on tour, learning so much, the time flew by and to be honest you could listen to Colin all day, his passion and knowledge of Belfast ship building is second to none.
You get to see and feel the real deal, If your only going to do one tour this year do this one.
We were a party of 8 cousins, all of us were impressed with the tour, our knowledge of the 3 ships at the end of the tour was unbelievable.
I will definitely be recommending this to family and friends, worthwhile saying at this point the pump house is turning into a whisky distillery in may 2022, I’ll definitely be coming back to see this as well.
Thanks for the tour Colin it was spot on.