doublenickelgal

I did a little checking to find out where you can find her now. She is owned by Caspi Cruises Isreal. Here's their website with some photos of her. http://www.c2007.co.il/ Of course, you can't read anything unless you know Hebrew.

As of December 30th 2006 we was sailing 3 day runs from Dubai to Muscat. I also read on Wikipidia that she spent some time in New Orleans as a dorm for university students after hurrican Katrina.

I'm not exactly sure where she is today, but did find this link that includes some of her history after being retired by RCI.

http://www.ssmaritime.com/songofnorway.htm

P.S. Just found some more information on Wikipidia. Looks like the old girl is out of service. Read on:

"Dream Princess (aka Song of Norway) is not currently cruising. Following Hurricane Katrina, the vessel was chartered by Tulane University, to provide accommodation for students. On 14 December 2005 she left for New Orleans, Louisiana arriving to the Orange Street Wharf in January 2006."

Do you by any chance have the Passenger Manifest for the 1985 cruise? I know we did 2 New Years Eve cruises in the mideighties. I lost many of my souveniers in a move we made several years ago.

I may still have it, but will have to figure out which box it's in. I'll take a few minutes to look for it later on.

Swaying - yes I remember the floor coming up to meet my foot on the dance floor.

All of our photos are glued into a scrapbook. If I can find the negatives, I'll develop some photos later this summer and post them. Too busy now. But, I do have great memories from our first cruise. We sailed New Year's week 1985/86 and visited Cayman Island, Ocho Rios and Cozumel. We were in cabin 511 on the A deck. It had two tiny portholes and was furnished in gold and blue fabrics. I remember how small the bathroom was. We joked that you could almost sit on the commode while taking a shower. We recently watched our video from the cruise and got a kick from the poolside conversation I had with Sid Ceaser.

Overall, the people we met made it so wonderful. We sat at a table for 8 with couples from Michigan, Illinois, Texas and California. On New Year's Eve we thought it would be fun to ring in the New Year for each time zone. We went to bed before California. Tony, our cabin steward, was terrific and was so thrilled to see his family when we docked in Ocho Rios. Our waiter, Georgio, was a cutie and took good care of us. But I especially remember Sharon and Marty Sell from Detroit. We wrote to each other for a number of years after the cruise, but lost track when we started our families. I would love to know how they're doing now.