Rare Von & John Posted April 1, 2019 #276 Share Posted April 1, 2019 1990 - Carnival Fantasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iancal Posted April 1, 2019 #277 Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) About 1997 Alaska trip on RCI Legend of the Seas. Vanouver return. Booked on Wednesday, sailed on Saturday. Edited April 1, 2019 by iancal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warm Breezes Posted April 1, 2019 #278 Share Posted April 1, 2019 2001 we did a 3 night Disney Wonder with a 4 night Disney World. We've done a total of 18 cruises to date on 4 different cruise lines with cruise's 19 and 20 booked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daytona_MAc Posted April 1, 2019 #279 Share Posted April 1, 2019 1968 - a Transatlantic from Montreal to Le Havre on Holland America's ms Maasdam. About 600 students, traveling to Europe for summer education. Dinner was jacket & tie required, meals were served by the wait staff at the table, same menu for everyone. You could ask for more or less, but few options for anything different. One dining room, two seatings, no optional food service areas. The seas were rough all the way across and about half the passengers didn't leave their cabins. The north Atlantic in July can be cold and gray. And yet, I fell in love with cruising and took it up again years later, when I finally could afford it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwcruisers Posted April 1, 2019 #280 Share Posted April 1, 2019 The SS Azure Seas (an old converted ocean-liner), sailing out of San Pedro/Long Beach, back in the spring of '86. Our itinerary was a 3-nighter to Ensenada, with one sea day. My DH and I were in a dark, dank, little inside cabin, down in the bowels of the ship -- right over the engine room. Unlike today's bed configuration, the cabin's twin bunks did NOT push together (bolted to the floor & wall). To top it off, the toilet was ... I kid you not... INSIDE the shower compartment. But -- LOL -- that whole experience was still amazing enough for us to catch the 'cruising bug' -- which we've never managed to shake, in the 30+ years, since!😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted April 1, 2019 #281 Share Posted April 1, 2019 1988 honeymoon cruise around Fiji on a blue lagoon cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOM19 Posted April 2, 2019 #282 Share Posted April 2, 2019 1987 Carnival Jubilee- Honeymoon cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akcruz Posted April 2, 2019 #283 Share Posted April 2, 2019 1988 Carnival Holiday, western carribean, what a difference from current day cruising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwcruisers Posted April 2, 2019 #284 Share Posted April 2, 2019 2 hours ago, MicCanberra said: 1988 honeymoon cruise around Fiji on a blue lagoon cruise. I'm JEALOUS -- that sounds amazing!! 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted April 2, 2019 #285 Share Posted April 2, 2019 21 minutes ago, wwcruisers said: I'm JEALOUS -- that sounds amazing!! 😎 It was fantastic, only 40 pax aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizmark'sMom Posted April 2, 2019 #286 Share Posted April 2, 2019 2007, Sea Cloud II through the southern Carribean. We boarded on Antigua, and disembarked on Barbados. I was well and truly spoiled by that cruise. It was the last big vacation my FIL - who had dementia - was able to take. And Linblad, the cruise line chartering the Sea Cloud, was the only cruise line that agreed to allow FIL on knowing about his dementia. They really were fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ima Cruiser R U Posted April 2, 2019 #287 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Sovereign of the Seas - 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h_blond2 Posted April 2, 2019 #288 Share Posted April 2, 2019 2009 on the Carnival Fantasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olemissreb Posted April 2, 2019 #289 Share Posted April 2, 2019 (edited) 1991 (I think) Crown Princess ...heck it's all in my signature. 😁 Edited April 2, 2019 by olemissreb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeDunk Posted April 2, 2019 #290 Share Posted April 2, 2019 1996 -- Sky Princess - Alaska Upgraded from an Inside to an Outside. (One and only upgrade from Princess) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stairsonly Posted April 3, 2019 #291 Share Posted April 3, 2019 (edited) 1976 Pacific Princess. This ship took a break from filming The Love Boat and headed to Australia to do a couple of South Pac cruises and I was lucky enough to have my mum and dad take me on this 2 week cruise. This how my love of cruising started. Edited April 3, 2019 by Stairsonly Incorrect year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho_proudfoot Posted April 4, 2019 #292 Share Posted April 4, 2019 2008, Independence of the Seas. Sh e was almost brand new - sh e had done a 4 nighter across to Cork in Ireland, so this was officially cruise #2. When we booked, sh e was still being built, and we kept panicking in case the ship wasn't ready on time (but of course it was) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffy116 Posted April 4, 2019 #293 Share Posted April 4, 2019 First cruise was approximately 31 years ago, give or take a year. It was on Carnival and this was prior to the internet. We knew absolutely nothing. It was a small ship with a very different atmosphere. Very pretty dining room but no windows at all. Very few activities on board, tiny, tiny cabins and the bathroom was hilarious looking at the bathrooms on the ships today. No minimum drinking ages or on gambling. We found our 13 year old sitting with an Apricot Sour playing a slot machine when we let our daughters go up early to wait on us to get ready for dinner (drinks were free then). She spent her winnings from her spare quarters on a stuffed teddy bear in a captain's jacket in the gift shop. Smoking during dinner in the dining room was not only allowed but the waiter always lit your cigarette and switched out the ashtray every time you snuffed your cigarette out. I wish I could remember the name of the ship. I still have the photos of us dressed for dinner. VERY different from the cruises today but my daughters and I still go cruising together. We cruised on Allure together this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted April 4, 2019 #294 Share Posted April 4, 2019 1977, QE2 from Southampton to New York, moving back from the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristapb Posted April 5, 2019 #295 Share Posted April 5, 2019 1981, honeymoon on the Chandris Britanis. We had a tiny inside cabin with bunkbeds. When we boarded, they didn't have my husband in the room with me and had assigned someone else! A few tears, but they got it sorted. A grand old ship that was a bit the worse for wear - had been converted to a troop ship in WW II. Started our love of cruising that continues to this day! The Britanis eventually sank while being towed to a port to be cut up for scrap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwendy Posted April 5, 2019 #296 Share Posted April 5, 2019 2005 on Pacific Sun. Didn’t think cruising was for me but my Mum wanted to go and as she was in her 70’s I went with her. She thought it was ok but didn’t want to go again. Me - over 30 cruises later I found I liked it. Lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happybooker1 Posted April 7, 2019 #297 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Actually my (& my Ex's) first cruise was 4/'82 on a Windjammer barefoot cruise. It was wayyyy fun. However due to life, it was 2004 before I got to enjoy a "standard" Carnival cruise, which REALLY got me hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pris993 Posted April 7, 2019 #298 Share Posted April 7, 2019 1982, RCCL Song of America Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted April 8, 2019 #299 Share Posted April 8, 2019 My first cruise was 1972 on the Emerald Seas; I was 9 years old and it was a Christmas cruise with family. Following the success of that one, we regularly sailed with Sitmar Fairwind for the next decade or so (and occasionally her sister ship the Fairsea). These cruises were delightful and instilled in me a love of both being on the ocean and of traveling at an early age. Bad weather could be a real adventure. I remember being in the dining room where the tables had "edges" that could be raised to prevent the dishes sliding off the table. And "seasick" bags placed strategically along the corridors in case of need... Luckily I was always a good sailor. We sailed as a family of 4 in a single cabin with two fold out upper "berths". My sister and I loved the attention from the Italian crew. It was a big deal to stay up for the grand midnight buffet. Food and service were both great and Sitmar was ahead of their time in having a special "brick oven" pizzeria onboard their ships with several varieties of pizza available at no charge. It was a real little restaurant, not just a station on deck.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expat Cruise Posted April 8, 2019 #300 Share Posted April 8, 2019 1968 SS United States 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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