After the sinking of the Titanic, Rose became one of only six passengers rescued from the water. Once on board the RMS Carpathia, Rose hid among the steerage passengers to avoid Cal, who she saw walking around looking for her. When an officer asked her name, Rose changed it to “Rose Dawson” to honor Jack’s memory and further avoid being found by Cal and Ruth. Rose went on to have a great and adventurous life after the Titanic disaster. She made radical but necessary changes in her life, and her photos are shown at the end of Titanic, including one of her riding a horse. Eventually, she saves enough money to move to California and is hired as a costume worker at a studio, where she winds up working in front of the camera. Judging by the multiple photos in her home and state room aboard Brock’s ship, the Keldysh, Rose lived a long and fulfilling life. In the end, we see the older Rose returning to the Titanic once more, where she is greeted by Jack and the other passengers who lost their lives with the sinking of the ship, suggesting that either she passed away and has returned to him in spirit, or that shes dreaming of seeing him again.