savannahgirl1

It was 1987, I was 14 years old. It was a cruise called The Singing at Sea, a southern gospel singing cruise and it was aboard the SS Emerald Seas. It was a converted war ship. The last I heard she was sold as scrap and was being dismantled. Kinda sad being my first cruise ship. I was so thrilled, we had a port hole. :rolleyes: Now we have balconies. ;) From then on I had cruising in my blood. My husbands was the Veendam in 1998, our honeymoon. Cruise ships have really come a long way since then that 1987 cruise. :p

It was 1987, I was 14 years old. It was a cruise called The Singing at Sea, a southern gospel singing cruise and it was aboard the SS Emerald Seas. It was a converted war ship. The last I heard she was sold as scrap and was being dismantled. Kinda sad being my first cruise ship. I was so thrilled, we had a port hole. :rolleyes: Now we have balconies. ;) From then on I had cruising in my blood. My husbands was the Veendam in 1998, our honeymoon. Cruise ships have really come a long way since then that 1987 cruise. :p

Glad to hear it. We will be on the Panama Canal cruise leaving on March 22. By the way how does the ship look and is the food good? Very important you know.:D

Just thought I'd give my humble opinion. I was just looking over the bookings for our March 22, 2008 sailing on the Volendam. More or less to see how many rooms have been booked. Anyway I was looking at the dining options and found it interesting. The traditional early seating upper and lower was booked. The late seating upper (which is what we have) is waitlisted. I just found it interesting that most people still choose traditional seatings. We were advised when the AWYW option was in place we could change our preference. We didn't because we enjoy tradition. That said, if HAL changes completely to AWYW dining, we would still sail with them because we like the line. I hope they will keep at least on traditional seating, but who knows. :rolleyes: