Shelli Posted June 23, 2011 #26 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Wow-- I thought I'd been cruising for many years till I read some of your replies! My first cruise was in 1987 on the late, great SS Norway. A fabulous ship in its day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunchesofun Posted June 23, 2011 #27 Share Posted June 23, 2011 My first cruise was on a small cruise ship going from Athens to Crete in 1972 when I was 17. We cruised there then stayed a couple of nights before cruising back. It was also four metal bunks to a cabin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hancogran Posted June 23, 2011 #28 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I should probably correct my previous post :( My first "cruise" was actually in 1957 when we sailed from Liverpool to Montreal, Canada on the Empress of England.. I was 7 1/2 years old but still remember quite a few things about the ship. It took 7 days to cross the Atlantic. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiloh25 Posted June 23, 2011 #29 Share Posted June 23, 2011 1998 on the Carnival Destiny. Been on 13 more since then. We had booked this cruise over a year in advance and it turned out to be worth the wait. It helped that John Heald was the cruise director. The whole thing was so fun- I had no idea before I went that this kind of vacation was possible. Problem: I still haven't booked this year's cruise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allener58 Posted June 23, 2011 #30 Share Posted June 23, 2011 My 1st was on the Inspiration in August of 2004. Went twice in 05 and once a year thereafter. I'm hooked. Cruising is like ocean crack. But I can stop anytime I want to.:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L_K Posted June 23, 2011 #31 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Fascination in march 2009. Our 6 th cruise is in 9 days, Valor ! Cruising is really addictive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1midsun Posted June 23, 2011 #32 Share Posted June 23, 2011 First (and only so far) Feb 2008 on the Carnival Triumph out of Miami. Patiently (well not so paitiently) waiting to book our next one Happy Crusing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psbaldi Posted June 23, 2011 #33 Share Posted June 23, 2011 September of 2004...Sovereign of the Seas and due to a hurricane we had to spend an extra day at see...punish me :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leothelion Posted June 23, 2011 #34 Share Posted June 23, 2011 My first, good Lord willing, will be on July 31st on the Conquest sailing out of Galveston! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojean Posted June 23, 2011 #35 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Cruising was on my "dream" list. :p I second this one! New York, Cruising and Hawaii. 2 Down and 1 to go (Hawaii) :D Always wanted to go on the Love Boat as a little kid but didn't realize "regular people" could actually do that. After all, all those famous people were on there every week LOL. My first cruise was a girls/co-workers cruise in 2001, and 3 of us were newbies and one wasn't. This turned out to be the most expensive one, we went to Aruba, Curacao, St. Thomas and St. Lucia and we used Carnival's air connection. Somehow, I ended up making all the plans before I even discoverd this site. We ended up going to a cruise show and the rest is history. So, needless to say my sister tells me . . . "You know u like doing that sort of trip planning. I get to do the land one's too:D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OKLandShark Posted June 23, 2011 #36 Share Posted June 23, 2011 1st cruise on the Conquest all the way back in 2007 to the western Caribbean, and like everyone else, DW and I have been hooked. Took the 2nd back in October last year and trying to figure out the details to book another for next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haoie Posted June 23, 2011 #37 Share Posted June 23, 2011 About 6 months ago. Too long ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowsby Posted June 23, 2011 #38 Share Posted June 23, 2011 My first cruise was with my Mom in 1947....I was 20 months old. We left San Francisco, stopped in Honolulu and arrived on Guam about 10 days later. My Dad was in the U.S. Navy. We lived there a year. On the trip over....we were hit by a typhoon and had to be tied down in our bunks...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959kar Posted June 23, 2011 #39 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Jan 2005 onboard the Valor, Western Caribbean to celebrate my hubby and my 25th Anniversary, I told him I didn't care what we did as long as we did some thing special, I left it up to him, he booked our first cruise, we've done 1 a yr since then, other than 2009, when we sent our daughter and sil on 1 for their honeymoon I love to cruise, best way to spend your vacation!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisenanny Posted June 23, 2011 #40 Share Posted June 23, 2011 I was 19, SS Royale, 3 night Bahamas out of port Canaveral in 1988, saved for it for months.. I thought it was the most amazing/elegant thing I had ever done, LOVED it. Didn't cruise again for 10 years but I never forgot how wonderful it was. Things have changed for better & for worse over the years, but its still my favorite kind of vaycay hands down:p PS- The SS Royale sank in Sept 1990 under suspicious circumstances. She was repositioning as I recall & had only crew aboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogimax Posted June 23, 2011 #41 Share Posted June 23, 2011 August 2004 - Victory to Canada (5 night) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwuzCwazy Posted June 23, 2011 #42 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Early June, 1992 aboard the Mega Liner (of that era) Carnival Ecstasy. It was our Honeymoon Cruise and John Heald ( a much slimmer version) was the Cruise Director. We paid over $1500 for the two of us in an inside cabin, which as we look back on it was extremely expensive for 19 Yrs ago. Obviously we grew to become more knowledgeable since then and have paid considerably less as the years have gone by. We just completed our Milestone Cruise (25) on Carnival in March this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike&Shell Posted June 23, 2011 #43 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Our was in 1999.... We have been hooked ever since. Such and easy way to vacation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimba6539 Posted June 23, 2011 #44 Share Posted June 23, 2011 2001 on the Carnival Imagination, will be on my 10th cruise this year. Safe to say I am hooked! Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love to cruise7 Posted June 23, 2011 #45 Share Posted June 23, 2011 We were on NCL on the Seaward in 1995. Since then they have renamed the boat.:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justsyd Posted June 23, 2011 #46 Share Posted June 23, 2011 My first cruise was in 1977....It was a senior class trip from high school. We left out of New Orleans on a ship called the Kazakhstan. It was a Russian cruise ship and from what I remember most of the crew were Russians. Just trying to see who else has cruised such a long time ago. November of 2002 - RCCL - Rhapsody of the Seas - Key West, Belize, and Cozumel on a 7 day. I was hooked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekamax Posted June 23, 2011 #47 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Nordic Empress when she was newer in 1991 for our 1st wedding anniversary/belated honeymoon. $1800 for 2 in an outside obstructed view cabin with air for 4 night Bahamas. Wow have things changed. Now coming up on our 21st wedding anniversary and 28th cruise. I have to admit though the Gala Buffet was a Gala Buffet! Also service and food was impecable. Very glad we were able to sail back then and blessed to have 27 more cruises. WOW - 1947, 1957 and 1958 - that is incredible and I would have loved to see what it was like back then!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrounds Posted June 23, 2011 #48 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Around 1982 on a French ship of the Pacquet Line. Ship was being transitioned from Miami to Vancouver and we, my then wife and I, took the 4 day from Los Angeles to Vancouver. LA Sheriff's Dept boarded the ship and arrested the band in LA. So, we left LA late with NO BAND.:eek: Seas were rough on this beatup teeny tiny French ship, which broke down half way to Vancouver. :eek: Pacquet didn't make up front payments for bus reservations on the "excursion" to Vancouver Island, so many didn't get to spend the day at the Buschart Gardens as planned (20 minutes ! ! ):eek: A total disaster, but when asked why our travel agent would send us on this cruise, she replied, "It was your first cruise, you'd have nothing to compare it to". My wife fired her on the spot.:) The food was to die for, however. Best food ever on a cruise ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanessa L Posted June 23, 2011 #49 Share Posted June 23, 2011 1984 Carnival Carnivale :) I've also been on many of the ships listed here...Dolphin, Enchanted Isle, Big Red Boat....oh man, the memories!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddyrag Posted June 23, 2011 #50 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Our first cruise, 1987 NCL's Norway. We made 6 cruises on the Norway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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