gatormom108 Posted June 12, 2016 #2151 Share Posted June 12, 2016 My first cruise was ohhh 40 years ago on the Olympia! On cruise number 15 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelmac Posted June 13, 2016 #2152 Share Posted June 13, 2016 Seems strange to see my post on the first page eight years ago! Been on dozens of cruises since then. ( 30 total). From 12,000 ton ships -- to 220,000 ton ships. Enjoy! Kel:):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise_mojo Posted June 23, 2016 #2153 Share Posted June 23, 2016 NCL's SUNWARD II Miami to Nassau and Little Stirrup Cay I believe ncl had just made the deal on that private island!:) 19 and 84 it was! hooked immediately and just maybe 23 years old:rolleyes: we had travelled to Hawaii for our honeymoon in 80, then again in 81 and 83 and it was time for something completely different...... we've never made it back to Hawaii again!:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIAMONDRCL Posted June 27, 2016 #2154 Share Posted June 27, 2016 ours was the RCL "Sun Viking". Absurdly small by today's standards, but we had a great time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentchikan Posted June 27, 2016 #2155 Share Posted June 27, 2016 ours was the RCL "Sun Viking". Absurdly small by today's standards, but we had a great time! Loved the Sun Viking and the Song of Norway never did get to sail on the Nordic Prince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPKara Posted June 27, 2016 #2156 Share Posted June 27, 2016 ours was the RCL "Sun Viking". Absurdly small by today's standards, but we had a great time! Loved the Sun Viking and the Song of Norway never did get to sail on the Nordic Prince My first two cruises were on the Sun Viking and Nordic Prince back in the 70's. It seemed so big then! Still had lots of fun things to do and I have great memories and lots of pictures of that time with my family! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBFURR Posted July 26, 2016 #2157 Share Posted July 26, 2016 1994 on Majesty of the Seas Western Caribbean for our 12th anniversary. At the time the "newest and biggest" along with the other Sovereign class vessels. Best 7 consecutive days of our lives. We were hooked and did the same cruise again exactly one year later. We are now diamond C&A and have been on Majesty several more times along with the Empress and several of the newer and bigger ships. Majesty remains our favorite. In 1994 cruising was still about being on the ocean and none of the modern day gimmicks were in place yet. The MDR food was outstanding, the service impeccable, the booze was cheap, a midnight buffet every night, and there were NO giant TV screens to spoil the experience. There was a lot more live entertainment in lieu of the contrived electronic substitutes and the quality was very good. I remember looking up at the ship from the terminal and being awestruck at the sheer size. It is amusing to hear her called "tiny" these days because she does not have a floating amusement park or shopping mall. I do admit that the cabins are very small on the Majesty but we had no basis for comparison and were very happy. We regret not having started cruising earlier, as we had known people over the years who had gone and all gave glowing reports. We just never got around to it until the 1990's. I really wish I could have gone on some of the early Carnival ships during the "early" days of the line. It sounds like it was a really fun and adventurous time. Ah well, we make do. Would love to hear more stories from the '70s and '80s Caribbean cruises if there are any out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyd549 Posted August 1, 2016 #2158 Share Posted August 1, 2016 My first cruise was in November 1991 on the "brand new" Carnival Ecstacy. It was the year I graduated high school and my best friend and I booked and paid for the trip all by ourselves. E181 was the cabin, inside with bunks. I'll never forget that ship as I studied the brochure inside and out for months, wish I still had it, loved those old brochures. We were barely 18 and were allowed to drink back then, no parents required. We were also seduced by many of the crewman, well they attempted , never succeeded. Can't see that happening today. One of my most distinct memories of this cruise was the toga party some group of guys had, managed to convince a good portion of the passengers to wear their bed sheets as clothing one night, we opted out but joined in the fun anyways and discovered they had made some type of moonshine in their cabin drawer with fruit and god knows what, it looked and smelled toxic, we never tried it but that vision never leaves me lol. The waiters sang and performed every night, there was midnight buffets, skeet shooting, hairy leg contests and chocolate Lava cake... thank goodness the chocolate lava cake is still around!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juststartedcruising Posted August 9, 2016 #2159 Share Posted August 9, 2016 T.S. Flavia out of Miami 1978 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geocruiser Posted August 25, 2016 #2160 Share Posted August 25, 2016 T.S. Flavia out of Miami 1978 I saw Flavia in Nassau after the fire. She look real bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juststartedcruising Posted August 30, 2016 #2161 Share Posted August 30, 2016 don't remember much about the ship, those were the young and stupid years Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSfisherman Posted September 10, 2016 #2162 Share Posted September 10, 2016 American Cruise Lines "Constitution" January 1994,Hawaii 7 day.A tiny cabin and a whiny girl friend.I got hooked on cruising on the next cruise, CCL "Holiday" despite the food poisoning and the huge Doctor bill.Now it's only NCL! 23 cruises total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jg1007 Posted September 21, 2016 #2163 Share Posted September 21, 2016 First cruise was a night cruise to nowhere. Don't remember the name. Second was carnival destiny to key West and Cozumel. Never forget the taxi drivers in Cozumel drove everybody into town that day, then went on strike, stranding everybody on the island. I had to go back to the ship on a horse and buggy. Half way through the trip the buggy lost a tires. The driver picked it up, threw it into the cab with us and kept going. I had to hold the tire about 3 miles. Good times. Sent from my SM-N930V using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comet6270 Posted October 1, 2016 #2164 Share Posted October 1, 2016 First cruise was a night cruise to nowhere. Don't remember the name. Second was carnival destiny to key West and Cozumel. Never forget the taxi drivers in Cozumel drove everybody into town that day, then went on strike, stranding everybody on the island. I had to go back to the ship on a horse and buggy. Half way through the trip the buggy lost a tires. The driver picked it up, threw it into the cab with us and kept going. I had to hold the tire about 3 miles. Good times. Sent from my SM-N930V using Forums mobile app Hysterical... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenrod Posted October 4, 2016 #2165 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Our first cruise ship was the Bahama Star, it was scrapped long ago, but our second was the Boheme, it was purchased in 84 buy the church of Scientology and redone at a cost of 160 million for its members exclusively it called the Freewind. Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted October 4, 2016 #2166 Share Posted October 4, 2016 First cruise was a night cruise to nowhere. Don't remember the name. Second was carnival destiny to key West and Cozumel. Never forget the taxi drivers in Cozumel drove everybody into town that day, then went on strike, stranding everybody on the island. I had to go back to the ship on a horse and buggy. Half way through the trip the buggy lost a tires. The driver picked it up, threw it into the cab with us and kept going. I had to hold the tire about 3 miles. Good times. Sent from my SM-N930V using Forums mobile app Funny, I also do not remember name of 1st in 1975 also cruise to nowhere out of NYC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise_mojo Posted October 4, 2016 #2167 Share Posted October 4, 2016 amerikanis, Victoria is less likely, possibly even the Britanis also possiblilites might be the Bermuda star or Queen of Bermuda? not sure if they were on the new York thing this early but for sure they did the caribbean in the winter and summered in new York for years in the 80's maybe too in the mid seventies did Home lines white ships do one day sailings? not sure pretty sure some older timers than me can help out with suggestions!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozfoz Posted October 9, 2016 #2168 Share Posted October 9, 2016 Our first cruise was on RCCL Song of America in 1984. It was a honeymoon cruise out of Miami to the Carribbean. The ship was about a year old and was wonderful. It was a big and beautiful ship. Rather formal compared to today. Seating in the dining room was at a fixed time, at an assigned table. About the third day into the cruise there was an open seating lunch, as was the norm when the ship was in a port. We met another couple at that lunch that day, who were also on their honeymoon, and who were from Canada. Well the honeymoon ended for us all, but not the friendship. We remained friends since that time and get together every other year or so, either in the states or in Canada. We both cruised many times over the years, but never together. It wasn't until our 30th anniversary that we got to cruise together again. We did a Mediterranian Cruise to the Greek Islands and had another great time. Now comes a crazy coincidence. The Song of America had long been sold off by RCCL and had even been resold again, but continued to sail in Europe under new names. So here we are on our Med Cruise in 2014 and we wake up in the port of of Kusadasi, Turkey. Looking out our balcony, berthed next to our ship, was the ship we known as the Song of America. 30 years later! It was distinct in the fact that it still had the signature RCCL design Crown Bar at the aft of the ship. What was such a large ship in 1984, was dwarfed by the new Celebrity Ship were were sailing. To be on cruise with friends we met on our honeymoon, to be the only time since that we cruised together, to be celebrating our 30th Anniversary together, to be half way around the world, and to be looking at the ship of which we all met, was just crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanobieFan Posted November 2, 2016 #2169 Share Posted November 2, 2016 Haha, well, since I'm new to this whole... cruising thing... My first ship was RCCL MS Freedom of the Seas, in 2014. (an early birthday gift to myself) Was a seven day trip out of Port Canaveral to Labadee, Haiti: Falmouth, Jamaica: George Town, Grand Cayman: and Cozumel, Mexico. IMG_3678 by CanobieFan, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NM Cruiser Posted November 4, 2016 #2170 Share Posted November 4, 2016 S.S. Azure Seas, August 1986. Los Angeles to Mexico. This ship was originally the Southern Cross, built in 1955. I fell in love with cruising. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Squirrel Posted January 8, 2017 #2171 Share Posted January 8, 2017 My first cruise was about 1995 aboard Royal Caribbean's Empress of the Seas. An absolute Vegasy vision in neon purple! I've been hooked ever since. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FireStation46 Posted January 9, 2017 #2172 Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) Explorer of the Seas. They took it out of service, did a refurbishment and repositioned it to serve cruises out of Australia. I have a fond spot for that ship as it was the first cruise ship we were on. Edited January 9, 2017 by FireStation46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elle0613 Posted January 13, 2017 #2173 Share Posted January 13, 2017 I never had an opportunity to take a cruise until 2013. It was a 5 day Western Caribbean to Grand Cayman and Cozemel on the Disney Wonder. I'm pretty much hooked now. We seem to be making an every 2 year habit of it now. Sent from my QTAQZ3 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
labatsman Posted January 13, 2017 #2174 Share Posted January 13, 2017 First cruise 1998 on the RCCL Grandeur,West Carribean, we got hooked, took pictures of our waiter and assistant, had early dining, no anytime dining then,Careful of how many drinks we had,bought way too many photographs, but loved cruising and hooked since then, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Cobra Posted February 4, 2017 #2175 Share Posted February 4, 2017 1979 on the (then) HAL Veendam. Original ship long gone. New Veendam entirely different ship. Sent from my SM-G930W8 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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