cruzky Posted April 11, 2019 #301 Share Posted April 11, 2019 1994 SS Norway out of Miami on a 7 day Eastern Caribbean cruise. Needless to say we were hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hancock Posted April 11, 2019 #302 Share Posted April 11, 2019 Saw the SS. United States off on its maiden voyage. First cruise Oceanic 1969 to Bahamas. First cruise as a couple...Horizon 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jula55 Posted April 12, 2019 #303 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Our first cruise was in October 2001....this being right after 9/11 we were unsure if we should go or not. Well we did and absolutely fell in love with the cruise experience. We said on the Celebrity Century. It was the beginning of many new wonderful adventures for us. Our next cruise is September 2020. So looking forward to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALWAYS CRUZIN Posted April 20, 2019 #304 Share Posted April 20, 2019 Got hooked. I was in the NAVY and a cruise wans the furthest thing from my mind. My boss told me to take a day off and do a 3 day weekend cruise. One day he said GO! Id did not want to but we did. That was 1995 Royal Caribbean Nordic Empress Now called the Empress of the Seas. Like the cruise so much. Did two more on the same ship in 6 weeks. Since then cruised another 67 cruises with different lines and ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNcruising02 Posted April 20, 2019 #305 Share Posted April 20, 2019 On 4/4/2019 at 10:55 AM, griffy116 said: 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. That's hilarious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmrrn73 Posted April 21, 2019 #306 Share Posted April 21, 2019 (edited) SS Carnivale, Carnival Cruise Lines, 1989 2nd was on the Fantasy in 1990 when it was New and the biggest ship afloat, funny now the biggest one is more than double that Edited April 21, 2019 by dmrrn73 fix date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2Mich Posted April 21, 2019 #307 Share Posted April 21, 2019 1983 - Carnival’s Carnivale. I was 12 years old and thought this was the best vacation ever! The inside cabin we had was microscopic, and the bathroom was tiny. Don’t remember if there was a TV in the cabin, but I don’t think so. I remember my mother having to go down the hall to a room for women to use hair dryers, curlers, etc., as the cabins didn’t have 120V North American style outlets, as only these rooms had them. We went to Samana (Dominican Republic), St Thomas, and San Juan, and were docked right behind the brand spanking new Song Of America. I remember a number of passengers were envious if those on the new Royal ship, while we were on the “tugboat.” We still had a great time, though. Food was very good, and I remember a few times where the Seas were so rough, they had to put the net across the tiny swimming pool, as all of the water sloshed out all over the deck. They would also hang barf bags in the hallways for those who needed them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2Mich Posted April 21, 2019 #308 Share Posted April 21, 2019 19 hours ago, dmrrn73 said: SS Carnivale, Carnival Cruise Lines, 1989 2nd was on the Fantasy in 1990 when it was New and the biggest ship afloat, funny now the biggest one is more than double that Largest ships now are TRIPLE, based on gross registered tonnage. Would be interesting seeing a ship the size of the old Carnivale next to an Oasis class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmrrn73 Posted April 22, 2019 #309 Share Posted April 22, 2019 4 hours ago, A2Mich said: Largest ships now are TRIPLE, based on gross registered tonnage. Would be interesting seeing a ship the size of the old Carnivale next to an Oasis class. It would probably look like one of the lifeboats, LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2Mich Posted April 22, 2019 #310 Share Posted April 22, 2019 7 minutes ago, dmrrn73 said:It would probably look like one of the lifeboats, LOL Youre probably about right. I remember watching on TV when the Sovereign of the Seas sailed into NYC for the first time. It was shown on, IIRC, Good Morning America, and she had the tug boat welcome with the water cannons, as she was then, the largest cruise ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted April 22, 2019 #311 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Triple? Surely you jest. My first cruise ship (Sunward II) was about 14,000 gross tons. The Oasis is about 225,000 gross tons! That is about a factor of 16! Hank 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2Mich Posted April 22, 2019 #312 Share Posted April 22, 2019 4 minutes ago, Hlitner said: Triple? Surely you jest. My first cruise ship (Sunward II) was about 14,000 gross tons. The Oasis is about 225,000 gross tons! That is about a factor of 16! Hank I know. The Carnivale was in the mid 20k ton range. My “triple” comment was based on the poster who said they were on the Fantasy when new in ‘90. At roughly 70,000 GRT, triple that would be around 210,000, so relatively close to Oasis class ships. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Hlitner Posted April 22, 2019 #313 Share Posted April 22, 2019 1 minute ago, A2Mich said: I know. The Carnivale was in the mid 20k ton range. My “triple” comment was based on the poster who said they were on the Fantasy when new in ‘90. At roughly 70,000 GRT, triple that would be around 210,000, so relatively close to Oasis class ships. We have actually heard fellow cruisers talk about 90,000 ton ships as "small." DW and I laugh when we hear that kind of comment. Consider that all the passengers on some of those old ships would fit into a single Oasis life boat! Come to think of it, all the passengers on some of the ultra-luxury ships cruising today....would easily fit into one of those life boats. Hank 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2Mich Posted April 22, 2019 #314 Share Posted April 22, 2019 4 minutes ago, Hlitner said: We have actually heard fellow cruisers talk about 90,000 ton ships as "small." DW and I laugh when we hear that kind of comment. Consider that all the passengers on some of those old ships would fit into a single Oasis life boat! Come to think of it, all the passengers on some of the ultra-luxury ships cruising today....would easily fit into one of those life boats. Hank Yep. Hear that quite often. I think that the 70-80k ships are a fairly good size and are still easily manageable. When we first saw the Song of America, she looked huge compared to the Carnivale. The one and only time I ever saw the Norway (before the addition of the extra top deck), she was absolutely massive. That said, the converted ocean liners just had the graceful curved lines to their design. You could see that they were designed by hand on paper, and hand built. They didn’t look like an entire exercise in geometry, where every piece of metal is cut into and then welded in a perfectly straight line. While I think the design and decor of newer ships is still beautiful, I do miss the graceful curves and lines of the older ships....the ones where you could see the upward curve in the passageways, the curves in the hull, etc. Just a different breed, and I’m sure are infinitely easier to construct larger vessels with the dry dock/mega block construction methods used today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sydbarrett Posted April 22, 2019 #315 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Celebrity Century 2011. It was amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comet6270 Posted May 14, 2019 #316 Share Posted May 14, 2019 On 5/23/2018 at 10:35 AM, melted2002 said: 1984 NCL MS Southward 1975 NCL MS Southward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
port msp Posted May 14, 2019 #317 Share Posted May 14, 2019 First cruise was 2007 Celebrity Millenium, Eastern Caribbean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xMandy Posted May 14, 2019 #318 Share Posted May 14, 2019 September 2010 on the Carnival Ecstasy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomnsgirl Posted May 15, 2019 #319 Share Posted May 15, 2019 1989- S.S. Galileo out of Philadelphia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlb91454 Posted May 15, 2019 #320 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Royal Caribbean's "Sun Viking" - it was in the late 70's early 80's. There were 750 pax I can remember walking laps on deck and you got a Royal Dollar for every lap, and you could 'buy' Royal Caribbean merchandise (fanny pack, t-shirt, pens) with the Royal Dollars you collected. By the end of the cruise it seemed like EVERYONE was wearing one of those yellow t-shirts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldsc Posted May 15, 2019 #321 Share Posted May 15, 2019 (edited) 1871. Lewis R French. 35 gross registered tons. She held 22 passengers. She had no engine. https://schoonerfrench.com/nfhistory.htm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_R._French_(schooner) If this is a contest (LOL!!), I think that I win on all counts - age, size, number of passengers, DON Edited May 15, 2019 by donaldsc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Von & John Posted May 15, 2019 #322 Share Posted May 15, 2019 Donald -- Did you really travel on the Lewis R. French in 1871?... If so you have aged well... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldsc Posted May 15, 2019 #323 Share Posted May 15, 2019 44 minutes ago, Von & John said: Donald -- Did you really travel on the Lewis R. French in 1871?... If so you have aged well... 44 minutes ago, Von & John said: Donald -- Did you really travel on the Lewis R. French in 1871?... If so you have aged well... No but that was when she was built. DON 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted May 15, 2019 #324 Share Posted May 15, 2019 52 minutes ago, donaldsc said: No but that was when she was built. DON Obviously, the ship aged well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted May 16, 2019 #325 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Carnival Destiny, ex Barbados. Early May 2007! The ship had been hired for dormitory purposes re. a 20/20 Cricket tourny being held in these Eastern Caribbean islands, Coming to the end of cricket, there were a few days of ship hire remaining so a local cruise consultant took advantage of the surplus and Barbados islanders jumped all over the opportunity, ourselves included! The cruise bug bit. Badly. It was only 3 days or so, but enough for infection to set in - lol. It was the almost-life-changing escapism I didn't know I'd been looking for. 17 of us(family and related family/cousins) booked, and had a great time. To date... She and I have now done 14 cruises! . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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