Who remembers the FESTIVALE!!??

One of my favorite ships! I just scanned a bunch of pics from a cruise on the FESTIVALE in July 1982. Great memories of a great ship. Really loved Carnival back then. It was adults oriented, a little naughty, and a whole lot of fun! It's ships like the FESTIVALE that coined the phrase "The Fun Ships". None of the corporate nonsense and co-branding we find today ... just good ole fun!

Hope you enjoy the pics.

Ernie

We were on her in June 1975 and June 1982. Loved the ship.

Thank you for sharing... really enjoyed looking at your pics...

I see they had a movie theatre.... I wish the new ships showed the movies inside as well instead of on the lido deck...

This is when a cruise was a cruise.... And the slide actually empties into the pool, instead of like a slide at a water park or a backyard slide..

Those were great!

Love the one of the guy pulling on his shorts in the "pursers square" :cool:

BTW, Festivale was sold a couple of times, changed its name, and now lies somewhere on the ocean floor after being scrapped.

I remember we had a room with a little porthole, and I believe the bathroom floor was all one level so that every time you took a shower the whole bathroom floor got wet.

Wow that ship looks so different compared to standards now.

was on her sister ship the Carnivale in 1978. They were great ships. Love your pics.

That was great. Thanks for sharing.

Kathy

Oh yes I remember those days. Pillow fights, skeet shooting off the back of the ship. As they say - those were the days.

Hi,

Oh wow those pictures are great! Reminds me of my first cruise on a Celebrity ship to Bermuda in 1987 (thereabouts). So many things have changed since then!!! We also had a little port hole, they served baked Alaska (with the sparklers!) and they had skeet shooting off the back of the ship! LOL. I do remember that the ship had a movie theater as well which we thought was really cool :)

Love the last photo. We were to sail the Norway in 2003. 3 months before we were due to sail is when the engine blew up. Again thanks for the memories.

If you liked the festavale, you would have loved it when she was new as the Transval Castle. beautiful wood paneling none of the garish interiors that were put in when Carnival took it over.

That was my first cruise. We had one of the suites with a large balcony.

Thanks for posting the pictures.

I LOVE the pictures of 'old' ships! Thanks for taking the time to post these!

That's awesome.. thanks for sharing!

Sadly it is one of the first 3 that I did not sail on....

but hubby sailed on it twice....

That was my first cruise. We had one of the suites with a large balcony.

 

Thanks for posting the pictures.

My first cruise too and we had one of the balcony suites too, courtesy of the upgrade fairy. Everyone was so jealous that we had that HUGE suite with a balcony. The funny thing is, that suite was only about the size of a standard balcony cabin on today's ships. I don't remember a movie theater. It was pretty big too. Guess I never went in there.

My first cruise too and we had one of the balcony suites too, courtesy of the upgrade fairy. Everyone was so jealous that we had that HUGE suite with a balcony. The funny thing is, that suite was only about the size of a standard balcony cabin on today's ships. I don't remember a movie theater. It was pretty big too. Guess I never went in there.

The movie theatre is one of the few things I do remember. ha ha! On my next cruise I did not understand why it did not have one.

And yes, the room was about the same as a regular room now except the balcony was much bigger.

Thanks for the great memories. I sailed on the Festival in 81 with 200 college students. 4 girls crammed into one of those inside cabins. Those were the days.

Yep, remember her well! Did a seven nighter on her, Norfolk Va. to Bermuda. Great trip, from a great port to a great port on a great ship! :D

Oh yes I remember those days. Pillow fights, skeet shooting off the back of the ship. As they say - those were the days.

Great ship. I remember the pillow fights, beer drinking contests, and limbo contests.

was never on the festivale ...but was on the Carnivale and Mardi Gras back in the 70's i posted some photos as well on this thread

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1672306

some funny shots!!

Thanks for the pics! Sailed her in June, 1985.:D

Great ship. I remember the pillow fights, beer drinking contests, and limbo contests.

Oh yeah and dressing the hubby's up in their wives nighties complete with makeup.

Love the pics! Thanks so much for sharing. My, how times have changed!