SmoothFlying

2 hours ago, GranysT said:

She was also my first cruise. I fell in love with cruising from watching Love Boat lol. Never dreamed I would ever afford a real cruise, but there I was in 1988,aboard Mardi Gras. Love at first sight. I didn't want to get off. Hope to cruise the new Mardi Gras. Do you think I will notice the difference? 

LOLLLLLLLLLLLL ! 😄 Nooooooooo kidding you'll notice some 'size difference' between the old and the new Mardi   !  I also fell in love with cruising but waited over twenty years (2008)before I was able to take another cruise because, unlike you, I married a woman who NOT take a cruise because of the TV show 'Love Boat' !. (She thought , because of the show' the ONLY people took cruises were nothing but tuxedo-wearin,champane swillin snobs. Try as best I could I could never convince her otherwise.😬 Until our first cruise then she couldn't get on a cruise ship fast enough !

Mac

My 'first' cruise !!😄 (Yup, I was a 'cruise virgin' in 1987) . Had a cabin on the lowest deck, could look out the porthole and the ocean seemed too be about  ten feet below. Thought the Mardi was BIG ! Now, considering the mega-liners, she's a tugboat. But, I had a blast !! 

Mac

• She was my 'first' also !! I was truly a cruise' virgin wayyyyy back in 1987 and didnt have the first clue what too expect. Since I was a single cruiser  9 My wife refused too go, she thought 'they' (the dress code enforcer) would make her wear a bathing suit. So, I went alone and sahed a room with a total stranger from Houston,TX. I LOVED the ship AND cruising !! Now, the ole MG looks like a rowboat compared to the mega cruise ships launched today.