frankie bird

whem i sailed on the italia and the oceanic the cruise director was mr. dawson.and that in 62 and 63 64 and 65,, i hope that he is remembed.. he was alway dress up. never shorts.. the cruise were Elite. and that was cruise .

the first mv italia belone to the home line. it was built in1928 i believe.. i sail on it in 1962....... frankie bird

I just seen the thread on the Home lines, and i sail on my frist cruise on the Italia.in 1962. it was built in the 1930..after that i sail on the homeric.in 1963 for 13 days..... after that back on the Italiia.. the next on the brand new Oceanic . i think that was 1965 . from then on,, i sail on it about12 times. That was the first ship that had a sliding roof over the pool.. they had there own song called [ O OCEANIC SHIP] it was a beautiful lady of the sea.. when they said formal night ,, it was formal. and each guess was formally intro duce to the capt. they said capt. may I present mr and mrs jones.. the cruise drirector was Mr. DAWSON. and they would take a formal picture of you and wife with the capt. there was 2 formal and 3 semi formal and ment jacket and tie. all eveing , not just dinner. but that was what we wanted . then i got into an accident had to move fl. from n. y. since i have been on about 40 more cruises ..but cruise have change since then. i miss the way it was ... but still love cruising.. i will always have fond memories ot the HOME LINES. any ques. it will be my pleasure to ans. frankie bride