We sailed on one of the largest cruise ships of the day...Sovereign of the Seas. It was a beautiful state of the art and length of three football fields amazing ship. Today, it is still in service and one of Royal Caribbean's smaller ships. At the time we lived in McAllen, TX and sailed out of Miami. We traveled with our lifelong best friends to celebrate their 20th and our 25th anniversaries.🥂 We chose to dine with four other people - strangers who quickly became friends. We had great entertainment - Jerry Louis and also Captain and Tennille. At that time it was pretty much an "all inclusive" cruise...no specialty restaurants, no extra charges at dinner, room service whenever. 🍽️ Of course we paid over $2000 for an inside cabin in 1990 dollars! The shopping in St Thomas was awesome. I came home with the most beautiful linens. The day on Labadee I can still remember clearly - the turquoise waters, fruity drinks 🥤 and napping on the beach. It was heaven.
Fast forward 29 years and we're readying for a late October cruise. Blessed to be sailing with those same best friends who will soon be celebrating their 50th anniversary and our 55th! We'll be meeting up with a high school reunion group sailing on one of RC's older ships Enchantment of the Seas yet newer and bigger than the SOS - I hope it can live up to the memory filled Sovereign of the Seas!
50 Years of Cruising on Royal -- Share Your Memories!
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We sailed on one of the largest cruise ships of the day...Sovereign of the Seas. It was a beautiful state of the art and length of three football fields amazing ship. Today, it is still in service and one of Royal Caribbean's smaller ships. At the time we lived in McAllen, TX and sailed out of Miami. We traveled with our lifelong best friends to celebrate their 20th and our 25th anniversaries.🥂 We chose to dine with four other people - strangers who quickly became friends. We had great entertainment - Jerry Louis and also Captain and Tennille. At that time it was pretty much an "all inclusive" cruise...no specialty restaurants, no extra charges at dinner, room service whenever. 🍽️ Of course we paid over $2000 for an inside cabin in 1990 dollars! The shopping in St Thomas was awesome. I came home with the most beautiful linens. The day on Labadee I can still remember clearly - the turquoise waters, fruity drinks 🥤 and napping on the beach. It was heaven.
Fast forward 29 years and we're readying for a late October cruise. Blessed to be sailing with those same best friends who will soon be celebrating their 50th anniversary and our 55th! We'll be meeting up with a high school reunion group sailing on one of RC's older ships Enchantment of the Seas yet newer and bigger than the SOS - I hope it can live up to the memory filled Sovereign of the Seas!