I couldn't help but register to reply to this thread. I've never forgotten my first cruise, which was aboard the SS Uganda. It was @1967-68, I was 10 years old, a student in Birmingham England and I got the green light from my parents that I could go on the school trip. I don't remember the port we left from, but we travelled through the Kiel Canal in Germany, our first port of call was Copenhagen Denmark where I saw my first Hydrofoil, a statue of Hans Christian Anderson's Little mermaid still sits in my home, we also visited Tivoli gardens. The SS Uganda then sailed off to Bergen in Norway, where we cruised through the Fjords. I remember our cabin being quite low in the ship. I had to get high up on my toes to see through the porthole. There was an altercation (scuffle) between myself and a fellow cubscout named "brian", I never forget being out in the middle of the ocean, in our cabin, scuffling, and hearing him yell out for his "mommy". Thanks for the thread guys, I haven't been able to share these memories with anyone for almost 40 yrs. It sure feels good to be part of such an historic vessel as the SS Uganda.
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Hi Shogun,
I couldn't help but register to reply to this thread. I've never forgotten my first cruise, which was aboard the SS Uganda. It was @1967-68, I was 10 years old, a student in Birmingham England and I got the green light from my parents that I could go on the school trip. I don't remember the port we left from, but we travelled through the Kiel Canal in Germany, our first port of call was Copenhagen Denmark where I saw my first Hydrofoil, a statue of Hans Christian Anderson's Little mermaid still sits in my home, we also visited Tivoli gardens. The SS Uganda then sailed off to Bergen in Norway, where we cruised through the Fjords. I remember our cabin being quite low in the ship. I had to get high up on my toes to see through the porthole. There was an altercation (scuffle) between myself and a fellow cubscout named "brian", I never forget being out in the middle of the ocean, in our cabin, scuffling, and hearing him yell out for his "mommy". Thanks for the thread guys, I haven't been able to share these memories with anyone for almost 40 yrs. It sure feels good to be part of such an historic vessel as the SS Uganda.
Spooks.....