MLT53 Posted April 29, 2006 #1 Share Posted April 29, 2006 The 4/17 Mexican Riviera on the Mercury was our first cruise. It was such a wonderful experience that we're hooked on cruising. I will be a permanent fixture on these boards.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keela1eva2 Posted April 29, 2006 #2 Share Posted April 29, 2006 I am so glad to hear you enjoyed your cruise especially after all the adverse reports prior to your departure. Yes cruising does get under skin. I am on the Galaxy on the 5th May and this will just be my 2nd T/A but I enjoyed the previous one and I love all the sea days. Getting ready now to start the packing as I live in the UK and leave home at 6am Friday. Will stay over in Houston on Friday night. It will just be a short hop home from Rome on the 22nd. Keep reading the boards and looking for good offers they are out there to be had! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWELVEOHONE Posted April 29, 2006 #3 Share Posted April 29, 2006 The 4/17 Mexican Riviera on the Mercury was our first cruise. It was such a wonderful experience that we're hooked on cruising. I will be a permanent fixture on these boards.:D Welcome to cruising. You reminded me of my fisrt cruise it was our 25th anniversary and my wife wanted to take a cruise. I was not for the idea but felt if she put up with me for 25 years I would suffer and take her on a cruise. Like you we took a Mexican Riviera on a Sitmar ship (cruise line no longer around). I was so hooked taht when we came back I went to my travel agent and booked another on Royal caribbean. From not wanting to take any cruises I have since taken well over 30. My wife no longer has to talk me into a cruise I jump at everyoen I can afford and have time to take. 1985 Fairsky SITMAR 1986 Song of America ROYAL CARIBBEAN 1986 Oceanic PREMIER 1987 Oceanic PREMIER Nordic Prince ROYAL CARIBBEAN Nordic Empress ROYAL CARIBBEAN Viking Seranade ROYAL CARIBBEAN Regal Princess PRINCESS Royal Majesty MAJESTY CRUISE LINES 1992 Monarch of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN 1995 Sovereign of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN 1996 Song of America ROYAL CARIBBEAN 1999 Oceanic PREMIER (Apple Vacation) OCEANIC CRUISE LINE Legend of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN Majesty of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN Grandeur of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN Enchantment of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN 2000 Voyager of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN 2000 Horizon (Alaska) CELEBRITY 2001 Explorer of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Crown Princess PRINCESS 2001 Dawn Princess (Alaska) PRINCESS 2002 NCL Dreamward 2002 Carnival Legend CARNIVAL 2002 Brilliance of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN 2003 Navigator of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN Aug 2003 Horizon (Bermuda) CELEBRITY Oct 2003 Serenade of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Jul 2004 Mariner of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBAEN Dec 2004 Empress of the Sea ROYAL CARIBBEAN Sept 2005 Explorer of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBAEN Oct 2005 Infinity CELEBRITY Nov 2005 Enchantment of the Seas ROYAL CARIBBEAN Feb 2006 Golden Princess PRINCESS May 2006 Zenith CELEBRITY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greydog Posted April 29, 2006 #4 Share Posted April 29, 2006 The 4/17 Mexican Riviera on the Mercury was our first cruise. It was such a wonderful experience that we're hooked on cruising. I will be a permanent fixture on these boards.:D Welcome aboard. You should try Alaska, preferably NB or SB, not Inside Pass Rd trip for the awesome scenery and the cruise experience is icing on the cake.:D So do some lurking on the AK board to get all the tips. May and Sept are discount periods for AK. We're doing our 1st land tour after cruise in early June. Bon Voyage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julieanne Posted April 29, 2006 #5 Share Posted April 29, 2006 We're following your lead twelveohone! First cruise was Song of Norway, 33 years ago! Have sailed Fairsea, Fairwind, Fairsky and on and on.....Tomorrow we leave on number 37! Getting down to the wire here, we fly out at 7pm California time tonight! Welcome to greydog! This is the only addiction that just hurts your bank account! LOL........I haven't found a cure for it yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLT53 Posted April 30, 2006 Author #6 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Wow! It's so impressive to see that long list of cruises you've taken over the years, Twelveohone. I hope to one day have a list like yours. And Julieanne....37 cruises! That is incredible! Greydog, we are going to check out cruises to Alaska. Thanks for the tip. Have fun in June. Keela, I'd like to know where to go to find the best prices for cruises. We won't be able to go on another one until next year, though. Have a nice trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLT53 Posted April 30, 2006 Author #7 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Twelveohone, I just counted your cruises. Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95glide Posted April 30, 2006 #8 Share Posted April 30, 2006 We went on our first cruise in 1990 for our honeymoon. It was my wife's idea (girlfriend at the time). She had to talk me into it. I thought, cruise?, who wants to be stuck out in the middle of the ocean with nothing to do for all that time? Well, we went and we loved it. She created a cruising monster. We've been on 12 more since then with two more already booked. We're still in our 40's so we expect to be cruising for quite a few more years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamkev Posted April 30, 2006 #9 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Welcome to the family! Pam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLT53 Posted April 30, 2006 Author #10 Share Posted April 30, 2006 I thought, cruise?, who wants to be stuck out in the middle of the ocean with nothing to do for all that time? Well, we went and we loved it. She created a cruising monster.quote] My husband thought the same thing. He was worried that there wouldn't be anything to do. He's now an official cruising monster, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachelsmemom Posted April 30, 2006 #11 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Our 1st cruise was in September of 2003 and we were hooked immediately as well. Just got off the ship of our 5th cruise this past Friday, the 28th and have 3 more scheduled in the next year and a half. Love to cruise!!:o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLT53 Posted April 30, 2006 Author #12 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Welcome to the family! Pam I haven't gotten this quoting thing down yet. I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually. Anyway, thanks, Pam. I'm happy to be here. I just can't believe how addicted I got after only one cruise. I feel like I'm having cruise withdrawals.:eek: :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excitedofharpenden Posted April 30, 2006 #13 Share Posted April 30, 2006 MLT53, glad you had such an enjoyable time down Mexico way.:) Mercury was my first cruise experience and I too am hooked. It's a great addiction to have, but it can be expensive!;) Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarheelmjfan Posted April 30, 2006 #14 Share Posted April 30, 2006 I'm afraid I suffer from the same addiction. :D We took a cruise for our honeymoon several years ago, then didn't take another until last summer. Our decision to try another cruise wasn't a good fiscal decision! :o We sailed on Infinity to Alaska in June. Since then, we've taken 2 other X cruises & have 3 more booked. I've also got my eye on a Bermuda cruises this fall. :rolleyes: My poor DH has to work really hard to support my addiction. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLT53 Posted May 1, 2006 Author #15 Share Posted May 1, 2006 I had to laugh when I read the last two posts. As my husband left for work this morning, he said, "I have to work really hard now to earn the money for our next cruise." He spent a lot of time tonight checking out future cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamkev Posted May 1, 2006 #16 Share Posted May 1, 2006 MLT, It's so bad that we are booked up till Feb, 2008! Pam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLT53 Posted May 1, 2006 Author #17 Share Posted May 1, 2006 MLT,It's so bad that we are booked up till Feb, 2008! Pam It really is an addiction, isn't it? It's funny because I had a longstanding fear of ever going on a cruise. I saw the Titanic movie at an impressionable age. Now, I feel like I may someday need cruisaholics anonymous. j/k I'm happy that I have this new passion in my life. I wonder if one really rough cruise would destroy that? We met a couple on our cruise who'd been on a ship during a hurricane. They talked about the enormous waves hitting the ship and described how the ship went from side to side for three or four days. They said that people could barely stand up without holding onto the walls. They're still cruising, though. That impressed me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamkev Posted May 1, 2006 #18 Share Posted May 1, 2006 I don't ever want to attend a 12 step cruise program as I love what I'm doing! Pam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLT53 Posted May 2, 2006 Author #19 Share Posted May 2, 2006 I don't ever want to attend a 12 step cruise program as I love what I'm doing! Pam I do, too ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pamkev Posted May 2, 2006 #20 Share Posted May 2, 2006 Thats' great! so where are you going next? Pam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MLT53 Posted May 4, 2006 Author #21 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Thats' great! so where are you going next? Pam Opps. Sorry it took me so long to reply. We don't know for sure where we're going next, but we are almost certain we'll go on Celebrity. It was so much fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecslady Posted May 4, 2006 #22 Share Posted May 4, 2006 Yes, cruises are like potato chips...you just can't have one.:) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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