Catrin Posted March 26, 2012 #1 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I was inspired by a photo I just saw that mentioned the Funnel Deck on the Carnival Ships.... Thinking of things that have gone away over the years, and thinking it would be fun to reminisce.... So.. to start Funnel Deck - Tops Optional Four Piece Caribbean Band Midnight Buffet - Every NIGHT!! Men's Lingerie Contest - what a HOOT! Pillow Fight Contest Beer Drinking Contest The little tool that wipes the crumbs from the table between courses. Bread Baskets on the Table What else?? :) Catrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowrider Posted March 26, 2012 #2 Share Posted March 26, 2012 A Carnival ship in Mobile ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taragl Posted March 26, 2012 #3 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Streamers and confetti at embarkation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROCRUISE Posted March 26, 2012 #4 Share Posted March 26, 2012 1. Adequate staffing of the MDR. Other cruise lines still offer the crumb-wiper and bread baskets too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rottweiler Puppy Posted March 26, 2012 #5 Share Posted March 26, 2012 ....Beer Drinking Contest..... Why would they get rid of that? Or why did they? Only contest I would have a chance in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catrin Posted March 26, 2012 Author #6 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Why would they get rid of that? Or why did they? Only contest I would have a chance in. That was in 1992 on our Honeymoon. I believe they got rid of those contests to create more of a family image instead of a party one!! I am sure there are a few unauthorized contests each cruise however!! Catrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharecruises Posted March 26, 2012 #7 Share Posted March 26, 2012 My first cruise on Carnival Sommelier in Dining room, complete with the tasting "cup" on a chain around his neck Smoking all over the ship Waiter gave you a "picture" of the ship (color print) Got a ship pin for the cruise FIVE piece Steel Band ...they were great :) LOTS more dancers it seemed, and big orchestra Carnival used to offer Beef Wellington Fun Times was the "Capers" (I like that name better, easier to "google") !!!!!!!! My first cruises : (other lines, some now out of biz) Bon Voyage : friends could drive up to the Port/s (Miami) and help you carry on your luggage, bring on booze, go to your cabin, have a drink with you, wak around the ship and then TOOOT "all ashore who's going ashore" Very little security ....and yes, bring on the booze Bon Voyage Party on deck - big to do, whistles, streamers Skeet shooting on the deck Baked Alaska waiter's parade with candles on the cake, some balancing on their head Big fuss about the "Horse Races" (went on thru the cruise) NO dinner buffet at all..fixed seating period Smaller ship meant you saw the same people over and over, more of a sense of "US"....YAYYYYY :"WE" are the Cruisers on the Emerald Sky YAY!! Every cruise seemed to have it's own "characters" that you saw over and over, the "stars" of the cruise. They were the ones in the talent show, marriage show, horse race "leader", and so on LOL "Smoking or Non Smoking" in Dining room (Admiral, Dolphin etc) NO stabilizers : which meant that the first night everyone was rocking and rolling as the ship would race to the islands...then they went only a short distance ...Nassau to "Private Island" to Freeport....so not bad..then back across the Atlantic and rock and roll Princess : Head waiter made Caesar salad tableside, complete with anchovies Head waiter made a different pasta tableside (over a flame) every night Head waiter made bananas foster one night and cherries jubilee "flambe" VERY Dressy....my ex wore a black tux first formal night , then a white dinner jacket 2nd night...I wore gown first night and sequin "Dallas" type dress with big shoulders 2nd night....eek (wonder we did not all burn up LOL) St Croix was a port to visit...they built a new pier, had steel bands, peeps on stilts...but bad incidents (stabbing on beach) and anti-American politics made most cruiselines drop St Croix The bad part : harder to find your luggage after the cruise !! Port of Miami is sooo much nicer NOW...it used to be like a huge warehouse/s and they would dump all the luggage together Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugaangel601 Posted March 26, 2012 #8 Share Posted March 26, 2012 1. Adequate staffing of the MDR. Other cruise lines still offer the crumb-wiper and bread baskets too! Im fairly certain they used the "crumb sweeper" on my last cruise on Destiny January 2011. I was embarrassed that I had accumulated so many crumbs... and likely blamed it on my BF. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INTERLINER13 Posted March 26, 2012 #9 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Fruit punch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferfoodle Posted March 26, 2012 #10 Share Posted March 26, 2012 No such thing as Your Time Dining - you ate breakfast, lunch and dinner at your assigned table in the dining room. Just an FYI - in January on the Liberty with YTD, they brought the bread basket to the table and left it every night. You used dabbers at Bingo and played several games at the sessions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel24m Posted March 26, 2012 #11 Share Posted March 26, 2012 My first cruise on CarnivalSommelier in Dining room, complete with the tasting "cup" on a chain around his neck Smoking all over the ship Waiter gave you a "picture" of the ship (color print) Got a ship pin for the cruise FIVE piece Steel Band ...they were great :) LOTS more dancers it seemed, and big orchestra Carnival used to offer Beef Wellington Fun Times was the "Capers" (I like that name better, easier to "google") !!!!!!!! My first cruises : (other lines, some now out of biz) Bon Voyage : friends could drive up to the Port/s (Miami) and help you carry on your luggage, bring on booze, go to your cabin, have a drink with you, wak around the ship and then TOOOT "all ashore who's going ashore" Very little security ....and yes, bring on the booze Bon Voyage Party on deck - big to do, whistles, streamers Skeet shooting on the deck Baked Alaska waiter's parade with candles on the cake, some balancing on their head Big fuss about the "Horse Races" (went on thru the cruise) NO dinner buffet at all..fixed seating period Smaller ship meant you saw the same people over and over, more of a sense of "US"....YAYYYYY :"WE" are the Cruisers on the Emerald Sky YAY!! Every cruise seemed to have it's own "characters" that you saw over and over, the "stars" of the cruise. They were the ones in the talent show, marriage show, horse race "leader", and so on LOL "Smoking or Non Smoking" in Dining room (Admiral, Dolphin etc) NO stabilizers : which meant that the first night everyone was rocking and rolling as the ship would race to the islands...then they went only a short distance ...Nassau to "Private Island" to Freeport....so not bad..then back across the Atlantic and rock and roll Princess : Head waiter made Caesar salad tableside, complete with anchovies Head waiter made a different pasta tableside (over a flame) every night Head waiter made bananas foster one night and cherries jubilee "flambe" VERY Dressy....my ex wore a black tux first formal night , then a white dinner jacket 2nd night...I wore gown first night and sequin "Dallas" type dress with big shoulders 2nd night....eek (wonder we did not all burn up LOL) St Croix was a port to visit...they built a new pier, had steel bands, peeps on stilts...but bad incidents (stabbing on beach) and anti-American politics made most cruiselines drop St Croix The bad part : harder to find your luggage after the cruise !! Port of Miami is sooo much nicer NOW...it used to be like a huge warehouse/s and they would dump all the luggage together I wished we cruised at this time it sounded awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkdoob Posted March 26, 2012 #12 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I wished we cruised at this time it sounded awesome Ditto! We started cruising way too late. Are Love Boat re-runs on anywhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel24m Posted March 26, 2012 #13 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Ditto! We started cruising way too late. Are Love Boat re-runs on anywhere? http://www.hulu.com/search?query=love+boat&st=0&fs=null Enjoy:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catrin Posted March 26, 2012 Author #14 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Thought of a few more!! FLAMING Cherries Jubilee and Baked Alaska... along with a Parade to boot! Getting "FREE" birthday and anniversary cakes throughout the cruise.... hearing Happy Birtdsday to youz on each cruise over and over again. Coquille St. Jaques... our favorite dish of pasta, potatoes, scallops omg heaven. Welcome Aboard Party with free rum drinks! Captains Welcome Party with Free Drinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikel24m Posted March 26, 2012 #15 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Thought of a few more!! FLAMING Cherries Jubilee and Baked Alaska... along with a Parade to boot! Getting "FREE" birthday and anniversary cakes throughout the cruise.... hearing Happy Birtdsday to youz on each cruise over and over again. Coquille St. Jaques... our favorite dish of pasta, potatoes, scallops omg heaven. Welcome Aboard Party with free rum drinks! Captains Welcome Party with Free Drinks LOL my first cruise we had a birthday .It was great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rottweiler Puppy Posted March 26, 2012 #16 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Skeet shooting off the fantail (did that on Commodore in the 80's) Midnight buffet Family could come on board up until sailing time. (I bet it helped pick up some bar sales big time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-shel Posted March 26, 2012 #17 Share Posted March 26, 2012 http://www.hulu.com/search?query=love+boat&st=0&fs=null Enjoy:) Oh, no - there goes all my free time!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJcruisemom Posted March 26, 2012 #18 Share Posted March 26, 2012 I miss the "old" style of cruising....much more glamorous and elegant. The Grand "Midnight Buffet", everyone dressed up every night, and formal night meant black tie. no dirty dishes/glasses lining the hallway...or vacuums and linen carts for that matter, no chair hogs, well behaved children (and parents). Cruising was just that....cruising. Now it's a floating theme park. Thank goodness for the new serenity area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2Mich Posted March 26, 2012 #19 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Thought of a few more!! FLAMING Cherries Jubilee and Baked Alaska... along with a Parade to boot! Getting "FREE" birthday and anniversary cakes throughout the cruise.... hearing Happy Birtdsday to youz on each cruise over and over again. Coquille St. Jaques... our favorite dish of pasta, potatoes, scallops omg heaven. Welcome Aboard Party with free rum drinks! Captains Welcome Party with Free Drinks Will always remember the "Hoppy Burstday" and "Hoppy Onnibersary" in the MDR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharecruises Posted March 26, 2012 #20 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Much better for singles/solos many ships had "solo" cabins (small) most cruiselines...Princess, Carnival included offered "single shares"... based on sex (same sex LOL) and "smoking or non smoking"... you could ask for a double share, triple share or if really cheap and ready to party...a quad Many had "dancing" gentlemen to dance with single women They also had more "last minute" cruises for locals...you could go to a travel agent and ask what was "available' and...cheap I booked my first cruise and sailed 3 days later, no checking this line and that line or comparing LOL>> price is right, let's go Before internet, cruiselines had big thick glossy catalogs about their cruises Cruiselines with more than one or two ships had a brochure for each ship Travel agents had videos of all the ships....they would "lend" them to you to take home to watch...your choice of "format">> yeah they had Betamax and/or VHS. Or you could go in a little room at the travel agent office and watch on their tv If you booked ahead, you got a really nice document folder in the mail, complete with nice luggage tags....if you booked last minute you got all sorts of paperwork in the agents office LOL The "gambling ferries" did everything and anything to get people on board...if we had nothing better to do on a weekend we would jump on and rock and rock At one point Discovery was giving "free cruise" certs when you ate at certain restaurants...you just paid "port fees" to go to Freeport...$14 then later $20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YubaSutter Posted March 26, 2012 #21 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Hitting golf balls off the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e150club Posted March 26, 2012 #22 Share Posted March 26, 2012 The cabin key was a key on a elastic wrist band. Cash at bar and casino. You could bring booze from duty free back to cabin. Tug boats I love tug boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2Mich Posted March 26, 2012 #23 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Hitting golf balls off the ship. If I remember correctly, weren't they golf balls that dissolved in water? I also remember the skeet shooting, as well as shuffleboard courts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e150club Posted March 26, 2012 #24 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Oh I forgot. The night gowns folded on the bed at turn down. That creeped the wife a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrounds Posted March 26, 2012 #25 Share Posted March 26, 2012 My first cruise on CarnivalSommelier in Dining room, complete with the tasting "cup" on a chain around his neck Smoking all over the ship Waiter gave you a "picture" of the ship (color print) Got a ship pin for the cruise FIVE piece Steel Band ...they were great :) LOTS more dancers it seemed, and big orchestra Carnival used to offer Beef Wellington Fun Times was the "Capers" (I like that name better, easier to "google") !!!!!!!! My first cruises : (other lines, some now out of biz) Bon Voyage : friends could drive up to the Port/s (Miami) and help you carry on your luggage, bring on booze, go to your cabin, have a drink with you, wak around the ship and then TOOOT "all ashore who's going ashore" Very little security ....and yes, bring on the booze Bon Voyage Party on deck - big to do, whistles, streamers Skeet shooting on the deck Baked Alaska waiter's parade with candles on the cake, some balancing on their head Big fuss about the "Horse Races" (went on thru the cruise) NO dinner buffet at all..fixed seating period Smaller ship meant you saw the same people over and over, more of a sense of "US"....YAYYYYY :"WE" are the Cruisers on the Emerald Sky YAY!! Every cruise seemed to have it's own "characters" that you saw over and over, the "stars" of the cruise. They were the ones in the talent show, marriage show, horse race "leader", and so on LOL "Smoking or Non Smoking" in Dining room (Admiral, Dolphin etc) NO stabilizers : which meant that the first night everyone was rocking and rolling as the ship would race to the islands...then they went only a short distance ...Nassau to "Private Island" to Freeport....so not bad..then back across the Atlantic and rock and roll Princess : Head waiter made Caesar salad tableside, complete with anchovies Head waiter made a different pasta tableside (over a flame) every night Head waiter made bananas foster one night and cherries jubilee "flambe" VERY Dressy....my ex wore a black tux first formal night , then a white dinner jacket 2nd night...I wore gown first night and sequin "Dallas" type dress with big shoulders 2nd night....eek (wonder we did not all burn up LOL) St Croix was a port to visit...they built a new pier, had steel bands, peeps on stilts...but bad incidents (stabbing on beach) and anti-American politics made most cruiselines drop St Croix The bad part : harder to find your luggage after the cruise !! Port of Miami is sooo much nicer NOW...it used to be like a huge warehouse/s and they would dump all the luggage together You've hit a HOME RUN, Esty . . . . just exactly as I remember most of it. What days those were. What incredible memories. Thank you. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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