First cruise ship you sailed on

[sfpen66]

Monarch of the Seas - 2006

[Kartgv]

The Starward - first in 1978 (DH as a single!), then 1981 as a newly-wed couple. Quite different from today's ships and sailing experience.

[OCruisers]

SS Bahama Star 52 years ago for three nights on our HS Senior Trip when I was Sweet 16. Yes, I'm old. :D Also, after that cruise, I still can't even stand the smell of Sloe Gin. :rolleyes:

 

LuLu

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[RSLeesburg]

Grandeur of the Seas - 2013.

[cruisemom42]

A Christmas cruise on the Emerald Seas (1972), quickly followed by 6 cruises on Sitmar's Fairwind throughout the 1970s.

[sail7seas]

Our first cruise was on the previous Royal Princess. It was in about 1989.

We were hooked right away. :)

[fischymom]

Rhapsody of the Seas for our 20th wedding ann.

[pafam4]

Costa Carla C

[jean s]

SS Norway in the early 80's. Unbelievable experience as we were booked in the least expensive category on a different NCL ship. Well the ship we were originally booked on was taken over by some group and they wanted our room. Our TA argued for us and we got an enormous upgrade. We were moved over to the Norway and given a full suite. After having that sutie as our first experience it is tough for anything else to compare. What a nice introduction to cruising.

[springfire]

1976-The Starward! I worked as a deckhand on this beautiful ship. I will be taking a cruise on the Allure of the Seas in March and just the crew quarters on that ship is bigger than the Starward.

[Happy ks]

1998 Disney Magic. I was hooked and still, after more than 20 more cruises, think it is one of the more elegant ships we've been on. Queen Mary 2 was just a teeny bit more than that ship.

 

Husband tried to get me to cruise for 13 years and it took The Mouse to convince me.

[navybankerteacher]

Furness' Queen of Bermuda in 1953: New York to Bermuda - but that was more transportation rather than cruise. Then nothing for 43 years - until Orient Lines' Marco Polo in 1996: Istanbul to Athens.

[NMLady]

1998 RCCL Nordic Empress, later remodeled and renamed Empress of the Seas and we cruised on her again.

[Eng23]

Grandeur of the Seas in 2009.

[vnyislesv]

carnival breeze, oct 13 ;)

[John Bull]

1961 - MS Dunera.

A "schools educational cruise ship", converted from a troopship (we slept in dormitories)

To the Baltic, including Soviet St Petersburg (then Leningrad).

My how that place has changed.

And so have cruise ships :)

 

JB :)

[Ethel5]

SS Norway-great Old Lady!!

[papcx]

2008 - Costa Magica. I can still remember that intake of breath when I first saw her, and later learning she's only mid-sized!

 

Pretty standard 7 night med cruise, but great experience.

 

I'm not quite sure why it took 4 year for our next cruise, but we're trying to make up for lost time now!

[jimbob70]

The Festivale in 1989. She was a converted liner, ex. S.A. Vaal. She now resides in that great cruise ship port in the sky, having been dismantled at Alang a few years ago.

 

Will celebrate the 25 year anniversary of that cruise this April!

[ontheweb]

Splendour of the Sea 2002 for our 25th wedding anniversary.

 

I had suggested a Bermuda cruise; DW suggested an Alaskan cruise. We ended up on a western Mediterranean cruise.

[xxoocruiser]

1978 - Sitmar Fairsea.

 

Sitmar Cruise line later became part of Princess Cruises.

[cruiserssandr]

Norwegian Majesty in 2002. Boston to Bermuda. We were hooked!

[luvlake]

SS Galileo - 1986

[Nebr.cruiser]

Regina Magna, Chandris Line, 1974 (?)

[MsTee]

Carnival Fascination June 2002.