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I had already posted somewhere else on here, but :cool: :cool: I was on the S.S. Regina in 1971, and it was small, and not so great. Same itinerary, though

In 1971, I decided I wanted to cruise the Southern Carribbean. No travel agents here in Florida could come up with anything that interested me. I finally found some agency in N.Y. to book me, my husband and young child on a ship that had a wonderful itinerary, the Chandris S.S. Regina sailing out of Curacao. Well, when we walked down the pier, my heart sank. Turns out it was the former S.S. Herbert Hoover, an ex troop ship from which world war, I dont know. It had not had much in the way of refurbishing; everthing cold steel, noone spoke English, it was all Greek, people were baling out at every island. To sum it up, although the islands were beautiful, the cruise was horrible. I swore I would never cruise again, the X stood for condemned. Ten years later, I was convinced by friends to try again.

Am now headed off for my 15th cruise,this time on the Xpedition, my 5th on Celebrity, my favorite line. Things, they do change.

:D