Older, classic ships

[lucky1ns]

I am looking for an older, more classic style ship. No roller coasters, golf courses or race tracks on top. Do they even exist anymore? I used to work on the Emerald Seas as a purser. She was a classic.

[Heidi13]

With the demise of CMV and other cruise lines shedding tonnage to survive the pandemic, most, if not all of the real classic ships are gone.

 

It will be hard to find anything earlier than a 80/90 build and they certainly weren't classics.

 

Check out Fred Olsen, Marella and some of the new Indian cruise lines.

[shipgeeks]

A few of the Royal Caribbean ships, such as Enchantment of the Seas, are what I would call semi-classic.  No water slides, indoor promenades, etc., but some balconies.  Enchantment will be moving to the West Coast in 2023, so will be in your area.

[norboy76]

I can't think of any really old ships left, most were scrapped because of SOLAS. not many old ships left now still cruising I don't think. One person mentioned Marella, but most of their ships were built in the mid 1990's such as:

Marella Discovery (Splendour Of The Seas) 1996

Marella Discovery 2 (Legend Of The Seas) 1995

Marella Explorer (Celebrity Galaxy) 1996

Marella Explorer 2 (Celebrity Century) 1995

Marella Voyage (Celebrity Mercury) 1997

 

10 of their older ships are gone an scrapped, the above is their fleet now

[George C]

On 4/14/2022 at 4:12 PM, lucky1ns said:

I am looking for an older, more classic style ship. No roller coasters, golf courses or race tracks on top. Do they even exist anymore? I used to work on the Emerald Seas as a purser. She was a classic.

Celebrity and Holland America sound like that would fit what you want . Recently cruised celebrity summit that would be perfect or any of her sister ships.

[lucky1ns]

Thanks everyone, this is very helpful.

[lucky1ns]

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Thanks everyone, this is very helpful.

[LandlockedCruiser01]

Carnival still has Elation and Paradise.  They have a classic look: lifeboats at the top, smooth balcony-free hulls, and no crazy bells and whistles.  Unfortunately, Carnival has gone extremely woke: QR codes for everything, no paper menus or schedules, lax dress codes, and social distancing everywhere.  So those two ships are "classic" in looks, but not in the atmosphere.

 

All in all, we're SOL when it comes to "classic" ships at this point.

Edited May 8, 2022 by LandlockedCruiser01