BennBilly Posted August 30, 2014 #576 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Our first Carnival ship was the Festivale 1983. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonddaddy Posted August 30, 2014 #577 Share Posted August 30, 2014 (edited) I think you meant Ted Arison.;) Yep I had drinks with him several nights sweetie. Edited August 30, 2014 by diamonddaddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgeportjohn Posted August 30, 2014 #578 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Mardi gras 1985 Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetsixteencruisers Posted August 30, 2014 #579 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Ecstasy - 1997 Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiling Cruiser Posted August 30, 2014 #580 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Carnivale-1985. Hooked ever since.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyBeef Posted August 30, 2014 #581 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Yep I had drinks with him several nights sweetie. Is it true that they opened up the bars (gave out all the drinks for free) and the a bartender invented a drink they called "Mardi Gras on the Rocks" on that fateful day? I heard it was quite a wild time.:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonddaddy Posted August 30, 2014 #582 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Is it true that they opened up the bars (gave out all the drinks for free) and the a bartender invented a drink they called "Mardi Gras on the Rocks" on that fateful day? I heard it was quite a wild time.:p They did open the bars but I have no recollection about the DRINK SORRY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazilla1 Posted August 30, 2014 #583 Share Posted August 30, 2014 We sailed out of Port Canaveral 3 years ago - first cruise ever! and went on the Ecstasy. Was the BEST cruise ever (and our first!). Hooked us on sailing and we have been on 2 more since and 1 coming up in January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wdnoble9999 Posted August 30, 2014 #584 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Mardi Gras, March 19, 1978. The day after we were married. So here's an interesting tidbit. Just dug out our brochure and receipt for this cruise. Our stateroom was M-119 on the Main Deck, outside with a porthole, and one of the few with a double bed (most were single, including the suites). The room was so small you could barely walk around the end and one side of the bed (the other was against the wall), and the bathroom was so small you could sit on the toilet while taking your shower. Total cost for the two of us was $1,224 for the 7-day cruise. At a bit over 27,000 tons, we thought the ship was HUGE! Had a great time, and it began a love of cruising that's lasted for 36 years. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwrestler171 Posted September 1, 2014 #585 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Destiny was my first and started my love affair with cruising Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopsyl Posted September 2, 2014 #586 Share Posted September 2, 2014 The Carnivale 1981 - I was an employee at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tandtmk04 Posted September 2, 2014 #587 Share Posted September 2, 2014 My First Ship, is also my Last but not least Ship..... The Fantasy. First Cruise was in 1997 on the Fantasy and I sailed the last time, June of this year, also on the Fantasy. Still a GREAT ship! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LambKnuckles Posted September 2, 2014 #588 Share Posted September 2, 2014 The S.S. Catalina back in the late 50s, for 26 miles to Catalina island... But truly, my first cruise was 2006 and the ELATION! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Podna's Posted September 2, 2014 #589 Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) Carnival Fantasy 1993 Edited September 2, 2014 by Podna's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crown Vic Posted September 2, 2014 #590 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Gotta tell ya it was the Mardi Gras in the early '90s. Also sailed on her in her previous life when she was the Empress of Canada. Good memories... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WECRUISE4US Posted September 2, 2014 #591 Share Posted September 2, 2014 The Paradise in 2000 when it was a totally smoke free ship. Even had a huge "No Smoking" symbol on the Aft of the of the ship. It was a 7 day to Nassau, San Juan, St Thomas and back to Miami. 14 years later and our 21st Carnival cruise on the Carnival Dream is 45 days away.....:):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villager70 Posted September 2, 2014 #592 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Celebration was our first of many. Bob The Villages, Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AidenandCasensMommy Posted September 2, 2014 #593 Share Posted September 2, 2014 My first ship was the Conquest out of New Orleans in 2005 for my honeymoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emilycat Posted September 3, 2014 #594 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Carnival Pride. Have sailed on her three times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamsi12 Posted September 3, 2014 #595 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Splendor. Ship will always have a special place in my heart, got engaged to my wife on the balcony of our room. We are actually sailing on her out of Miami in april 2015....same Ocean Suite I proposed to her in. Should be fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eeyoregon Posted September 3, 2014 #596 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Valor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtdlmc Posted September 3, 2014 #597 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Legend out of Tampa and as a Canadian will never cruise out of Tampa again because of the immigration procedure at 6 am the morning of debarkation - unless they have changed the procedure since then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel girl23 Posted September 3, 2014 #598 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The first ship we sailed with Carnival was the Celebration out of New Orleans in 1999. A local radio station here in the DFW area (KVIL) sponsored the cruise along with a local travel agent. We loved it so much we booked the next one the following year on the Inspiration, again with the same radio station. Then came the Jubilee the next year and the rest is history. Just returned from the Carnival Legend Panama Canal Transit cruise which was my 18th cruise with Carnival. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tphitman Posted September 3, 2014 #599 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The Imagination out of Miami in 1998. It was supposed to be the Ecstasy, but it caught on fire and had to be replaced by the Imagination. Sent from my iPhone using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alabamaprincess Posted September 3, 2014 #600 Share Posted September 3, 2014 What was your first Carnival ship? Inspiration was my first ship. The Holiday out of Mobile, Alabama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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