BabyMoon2007

how was your stay at the hotel in Tampa? Did the room feel clean?

That was the year of my first cruise and my first cruise on the fabulous wonderful Oceanic. I had just graduated from nursing school and my girlfriend and I decided to leave our boyfriends behind and take a cruise to the caribbean in I believe June of 1969. We had a great time and were likely the youngest young ladies on the ship. I became addicted to cruising after that. I cruised the Oceanic three more times with my husband, the last being the winter of 1979. I try to explain to people how wonderful that ship and crew were but it is almost impossible unless you experienced it. The food was wonderful. I still remember the bands that played in the Agean Lounge. All the beautiful green velvet sofa's and chairs. It was often rocky cruising NY to Nassau in the winter on such a small ship and the waiters were wonderful in helping with the seasickness remedies! Great great days!

I first rent on this cruise as a 4 (1974)year old with my grandmother, parents and sister. We did the Christmas week sailing about 6 or 7 times. Neil and Shirley ran the kids program. I can still picture Everett E. Everett and in my mind I can still taste the wonderful milkshakes we used to get. The first time we sailed I hit my eye on a table the night before we sailed. All of the crew would look at me and say poor bambina. My parents must have said a thousand times on that trip "she ran into a table" such fond memories. Many years later we went on her when she became the big red boat... it just wasn't the same!