falfal2k2 Posted February 7, 2010 #76 Share Posted February 7, 2010 January 2003 - Imagination out of Miami All ready to go in March on the Valor for my 3rd cruise/honeymoon! Not addicted - just a fan :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgerrish Posted February 7, 2010 #77 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Oh boy, how about the Norwegian Leeward :eek: October 1998. Our first cruise and we were in "cruise heaven". We even went to Bar Harbor and took pictures of it when the Leeward was in port a month before we cruised. Working on my fifth and sixth Carnival cruises coming right up! Names and dates are in my signature.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madera cruiser Posted February 7, 2010 #78 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Nov. 2007, on the Paradise out of Long Beach. Since then.... Paradise May, 2008 Pride Feb, 2009 Splendor Oct, 2009 Paradise May, 2010... paid in full about 3 hours ago, taking our 3 adult son on their first cruise Getting ready to book Spirit Mar, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Name Of The Game Posted February 7, 2010 #79 Share Posted February 7, 2010 My first cruise was in 2000 when I was a kid on the now sunken Premier Sea Breeze. It was a small old ship but we had nothing to compare it to and we loved it. They had a great themed midnight buffet every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImmortalxKiss Posted February 7, 2010 #80 Share Posted February 7, 2010 1999 Carnival Fantasy out of Cape Canaveral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travel girl23 Posted February 7, 2010 #81 Share Posted February 7, 2010 What ship did you sail on when your took your first cruise? Our first cruise was on the Celebration out of New Orleans in 1999. We had wanted to take a cruise for our anniversary and one morning while getting ready for work, we heard a local radio station announce a cruise. For those of you in the DFW area, it was Ron Chapman at KVIL with Sharon Carr Travel. We ran to the phone and called and booked the cruise. We went to Montego Bay, Jamaica and Grand Cayman and Cozumel. Same itinerary as many ships sail today. We absolutely loved the Celebration and were immediately addicted to cruising. The next year the radio station did another cruise but this time it was the Inspiration again out of New Orleans. We were on that one, too. Now, 11 years later, we just returned two weeks ago from the Triumph out of - you guessed it - New Orleans and this time it was our 12th cruise. (Actually, my first cruise was on the S.S. Yarmouth which was brought around to San Francisco from Miami to sail to the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle. My college roommate and I sailed on her. She was tiny compared to the ships of today.) Joan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillian marie Posted February 7, 2010 #82 Share Posted February 7, 2010 When I was 6 I went on the Queen Mary to England with my family. All I remember was that everyone in my family was seasick except me. There were no stabilizers then and ships really rolled in sea crossings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckwoman Posted February 7, 2010 #83 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Carnival Liberty Feb 26, 2006...got an upgrade to the Panorama deck and have been hooked ever since....there is no other way to travel :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dommer573 Posted February 7, 2010 #84 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Elation in 1999, Mexican Riviera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robvan Posted February 7, 2010 #85 Share Posted February 7, 2010 February 10, 1991 on the Carnivale. It was a Cruise & Stay Vacation. It included flights, car rental, 4 day Bahama cruise, hotel stay in Kissimmee, tickets to Nasa and Disney al for $600. each! And here she is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Posted February 7, 2010 #86 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Our first cruise was on the Sea Princess from Vancouver to Alaska on June 17, 2000. We did a pre-cruise stay in Vancouver and Victoria, and a land tour of Alaska after the cruise...all through Princess. The land parts were spectacular, but I almost cried and had a temper tantrum when they made us get off the ship! Still one of the best vacations we've ever had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALLMYKIDS3 Posted February 7, 2010 #87 Share Posted February 7, 2010 When I was 8 yrs old (1967) I entered a contest (on my own ) and won a free 7 night cruise for our family of 5. My parents were very surprised when they called to tell us the prize:p I have been hooked since then :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lily Pie Posted February 7, 2010 #88 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Ours will be June 2010....our 30th anniversary. Sailing on the Elation to Mexico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadoo Posted February 7, 2010 #89 Share Posted February 7, 2010 1991 on the Ecstasy for our honeymoon. We were hooked and have been cruising ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lacajungirl Posted February 7, 2010 #90 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Ours was on the Fantasy in 2006 to Costa Maya and Cozumel. We are getting ready to take our 6th cruise in May. Absolutely love every bit of cruising! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Calgarian Posted February 7, 2010 #91 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Carnival Carnivale - 1978. The sailing was out of Miami to San Juan, St. Thomas, and St. Maarten except that it was too rough to dock at St. Maarten so they substituted Nassau instead. I didn't like Nassau - but ended up moving there a year or so later and lived there for 9 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GranthamMommy Posted February 7, 2010 #92 Share Posted February 7, 2010 My first was on the Mardi Gras in the summer of 1974. Carnival doesn't want to give me credit for that cruise. Can't seem to find it in their computers. ;) They will if you have something to prove you were on there. Do you have an embarkation photo? I sent one from my first trip in 83 and a photo and capers from a 1990 cruise. Find my thread, you can fax in copies... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjn911 Posted February 7, 2010 #93 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Ours will be June 2010....our 30th anniversary. Sailing on the Elation to Mexico. It is going to be great...wish you a good one...would love to do that ship before she leaves west coast..but other priorities and options beckon...Bon voyage...my vast:) Carnival experience is 4 day last June...Paradise...one of the 8 Fantasy ships...sjn911. Oh and I just fell in love with Carnival and the 4 day option..sjn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrounds Posted February 7, 2010 #94 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Around 1982 on an old tub of the French Parquet Line . . . it was a transition cruise from LA to Vancouver . . . total disaster . . . wife fired the travel agent for suggesting it.:mad: A couple of years later on the old (unstretched) NCL Seaward with our son . . . world of difference . . . beautiful ship . . . had a great cruise.:) Then the Carnival Tropicale with 18 of our friends . . . the marriage didn't work out, but I've been hooked on Carnival ever since.:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stay_or_go Posted February 7, 2010 #95 Share Posted February 7, 2010 S. S. Minnow, September 26, 1964 Supposed to be a 3 hour tour but ran into a tropical storm, stranded on a uncharted, uninhabited island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. Got along well with the other passengers especially this tall redhead, crew was a little strange though.:D All kidding aside, actually we are pretty late to the party starting only a few years ago on the Fascination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkaymon Posted February 7, 2010 #96 Share Posted February 7, 2010 The Big Red Boat! Loved it! After that we were hooked! Such good memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amethyst08 Posted February 7, 2010 #97 Share Posted February 7, 2010 August, 2000...7 day cruise on the Carnival Celebration. :D I will be taking my th cruise in November. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinyG Posted February 7, 2010 #98 Share Posted February 7, 2010 They will if you have something to prove you were on there. Do you have an embarkation photo? I sent one from my first trip in 83 and a photo and capers from a 1990 cruise. Find my thread, you can fax in copies... I sailed on the Carnivale in 1979 and I was able to send them a picture of me leaving the ship with the life preserver in the photo(with Carnivale printed in the corner), my driver's license and have it added to my profile. They want ideally the embarkation photo, and your ID so they can match you up in the photo. The capers won't help. They are funny back in 1979, they had a high school marching band on for entertainment! I also sent them my embarkation photo for the Festivale. Just two more to go for VIP, nice of my parents to pay for those first two cruises. It's funny when you go to the past cruises party and have people clap for the first couple of ships. I just e-mailed my PVP, she took care of adding them. They also did not have the Sensation. Just game them that booking number to add that one. Good Luck on adding your cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampionCruiser Posted February 7, 2010 #99 Share Posted February 7, 2010 Around 1982 on an old tub of the French Parquet Line . . . it was a transition cruise from LA to Vancouver . . . total disaster . . . wife fired the travel agent for suggesting it.:mad: A couple of years later on the old (unstretched) NCL Seaward with our son . . . world of difference . . . beautiful ship . . . had a great cruise.:) Then the Carnival Tropicale with 18 of our friends . . . the marriage didn't work out, but I've been hooked on Carnival ever since.:D The Seaward/Norwegian Sea was never stretched. Only the Majesty, Wind, and Dream were. Still, the Seaward was one of the biggest cruise ships when built and now is considered small :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisertommyboy Posted February 7, 2010 #100 Share Posted February 7, 2010 First was a Christmas cruise on the Majesty of the Seas. A family Christmas present and organized by family members. Hooked at that time but had to wait 8 years to go again. I am determined to go on at least 1 a year (started last year) and hope for 2 in 2011 In the 8 year hiatus from cruising, had land vacations but something was missing. Can't say never but cruising is the only type of vacation for me Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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