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It took ten months and several million man hours to transform the Titanic's empty hull into the floating palace she was planned to be. An entire book was written to detail the specifications agreed upon between the builders and the owners.
Her accommodations were the most modern and luxerious on any ocean, and included electric light and heat in every room, electric elevators, a swimming pool, a squash court(this was considered very modern at the time), a Turkish Bath, a gymnasium with a mechanical horse and camel to keep the riders fit, and staterooms and first class facilities to rival the best hotels on the Continent. First class passengers would glide down a six-story, glass-domed grand staircase to enoy the haute cuisine in the sumptuous first class dining saloon that filled the width of the ship on D Deck. Titanic also offered a stately a la carte restaurant, the chic Palm court and Verandah restaurant, and the festive Cafe Parsian. She also offered to musical ensembles of the best musicians on the Atlantic. There were two libraries, one in first class and one in second class. Even the third class cabins were more luxurious than the first class cabins on some lesser steamships. and boasted amenities(like indoor toilet facilities) that some of Titanic's emigrant passengers did not have in their own homes
