Ukraine American Cruise Line

[annnmarie]

Does anyone remember a line that sailed out of Tampa in the late '80s and early 90's ? We went on a ship of theirs that I believe was called the Garuzia or Guruzia in the early 90's. It was an old ship and a wonderful cruise. No casino or Vegas type shows, cultural entertainment every evening; Russian instruments, dancing, traditional costumes, authentic menu selections and elaborate samovars for afternoon tea. 

[Essiesmom]

You posted about this two years ago, and apparently had a better recall then...

 

 

[Essiesmom]

A little googling from your original thread yielded this:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belorussiya-class_cruiseferry

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Salamis_Filoxenia

[annnmarie]

What a nice surprise this a.m. reading your post,  the Gruziya is the one ! Interesting, named after Soviet Georgia. Most interesting for me, many many years later after cruising on her, I had my family, grand kids, etc. on the Carnival Freedom. Carnival has never been a favorite of mine, but from time to time we did Dream, Freedom, etc. A family cruise on Freedom turned out to be exceptional cruise, and our head "waiter" was a young woman from Russia who was especially personable. We ended up having some lengthy conversations as this was a bit longer cruise, 9-10 days. Turns out, she got into the cruise ship work because her MOTHER had worked on many ships..... her longest deployment being on the Gruziya while she was cruising out of TAMPA ! Needless to say, we were all stunned, what are the odds of that ? A family who only occasionally cruises on Carnival, takes a family cruise and finds the woman serving them is the daughter of a woman who served them on an obscure cruise ship they only cruised on ONE time.... coincidence is alive and well...LOL ! Thank you so much for finding and sharing the info