Vero Beach Louise

My DH has a seat at the big slot tournament in May on the Carnival Dream out of NOLA. The buy-in for the tournament is $500. He has been hospitalized for the past 6 weeks and is now on dialysis 3x a week and so will not be able to go. I cannot leave him and the dogs with no one to care for them so I cannot go either (even cancelled my European cruise). We really could use a bit of money so we would like to sell his certificate and are willing to take a reduced amount. If anyone is interested in buying into this tournament contact me at louisegrossman@yahoo.com with your offer. Thanks and GOOD LUCK!!

This must be relatively new to GC as I've never seen or heard of it before and we own a TS on East end. A friend and I sailing on Paradise on the 12th and I will as our guide about it. I have previously found that any mechanical assistance snorkeling kind of takes away from the experience and you miss seeing a lot.

Just my opinion. :)

Thanks for posting the photos. We'll be sailing on Paradise on 12/9 and have not been on a Carnival ship in 20+ yrs so I was really curious to see what the ship looks like. Can't wait to see it with a bit more light. :)

Our first cruise was on the SS Vera Cruz. Just came across my lighter from that ship while cleaning out some drawers the other day.

And YEs! This cruise got us hooked on cruising. I still love the older smaller ships. Unfortunately, there aren't any left out of Florida. Don't know about anywhere else. It seemed the ships that accommodated 900-1200 passengers were the most pleasurable. We've been on about 15 cruises since in betwee time spent in Grand Cayman and other islands diving.

OMG!! This thread brings back so many memories of such wonderful ships that no longer sail. I really miss those older ships. They were much more relaxed and intimate and romantic. Our very first cruise was on the Vera Cruz and that sold my husband on cruising. We had 2 cots to sleep on with an aisle wide enough for 1 to walk in and the closet had room to hang about 6 items and everyting else was folded on shelves. The bathroom had a sink, toilet and shower and don't try to be in there together. The Captain (or someone) would announce the activities of the day. You got to know your Cabin steward and Dining waiters and Maitr'D. Most of the older ships we cruised on were all owned by Chandris under one line or another. Those cruises gave folks an opportunity to dress up fancy and enjoy a lifestyle that few people ever experience. When we sailed on the Fantasy it was the largest ship on the seas. Wow! What a difference.

The new ships are beautiful, the service is nice and the food is usually good, (some are better than others) but you seldom get to know any of the crew or fellow passengers as easily as on the smaller ships. But I still will continue to cruise.

Sailed on:

Ss Vera Cruz

Bermuda Star

Regent Sea

Amerikanis

Fantasy

Emerald Seas

Crown Jewel

Century

Eclipse

:)