What was your first Carnival ship?

[BennBilly]

Our first Carnival ship was the Festivale 1983.

[diamonddaddy]

I think you meant Ted Arison.;)

 

Yep I had drinks with him several nights sweetie.

Edited August 30, 2014 by diamonddaddy

[bridgeportjohn]

Mardi gras 1985

 

 

 

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[sweetsixteencruisers]

Ecstasy - 1997

 

 

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[Smiling Cruiser]

Carnivale-1985. Hooked ever since.:)

[ShakyBeef]

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

[diamonddaddy]

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!

[spazilla1]

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.

[wdnoble9999]

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

[vwrestler171]

Destiny was my first and started my love affair with cruising

[lopsyl]

The Carnivale 1981 - I was an employee at the time

[tandtmk04]

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! :)

[LambKnuckles]

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!

[Podna's]

Carnival Fantasy 1993

Edited September 2, 2014 by Podna's

[Crown Vic]

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...

[WECRUISE4US]

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.....:):)

[villager70]

Celebration was our first of many. Bob The Villages, Florida

[AidenandCasensMommy]

My first ship was the Conquest out of New Orleans in 2005 for my honeymoon.

[Emilycat]

Carnival Pride. Have sailed on her three times

[yamsi12]

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!

[Eeyoregon]

Valor

[jtdlmc]

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!

[travel girl23]

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

[tphitman]

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.

 

 

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[alabamaprincess]

What was your first Carnival ship? Inspiration was my first ship.

 

The Holiday out of Mobile, Alabama