dmwnc1959 Posted April 1, 2012 #1 Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) Well, she's still around! She was Carnival Cruise Lines very first new-build cruise ship. Now sailing as the PEACEBOAT Ocean Dream she passed through the Panama Canal yesterday en route to her brand new home in Yokohama, Japan where she will conduct yearly World Cruises. She is formally: 1981-2000: Carnival Cruise Line 'Tropicale' 2000-2005: 'Costa Tropicale' 2005-2008: P&O Australia 'Pacific Star' 2008-2012: Pullmantur 'Ocean Dream' 2012- On a six-year lease as PEACEBOAT More of her history can be found HERE Edited April 1, 2012 by dmwnc1959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennerizer Posted April 1, 2012 #2 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Yep, first Carnival ship I ever went on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patticake1961 Posted April 1, 2012 #3 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Wow, cool pictures! That was the first ship I sailed on! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanDreamin Posted April 1, 2012 #4 Share Posted April 1, 2012 My first cruise was on Tropicale, too. June of 1984. Great pics!!:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glrounds Posted April 1, 2012 #5 Share Posted April 1, 2012 My first Carnival cruise also . . . Have cruised her 3 times to the Mexican Riviera. Beautiful ship then and now. Good luck ole girl.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funinthesun1964 Posted April 1, 2012 #6 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Please can someone post photos of the times on this ship from back in the day, thanks. Love seeing the old photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tapi Posted April 1, 2012 #7 Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) She was my first Carnival cruise in 1994 sailing from San Juan. I hate to say this, but it was a terrible cruise. It almost made me never want to cruise on Carnival again! Thankfully, I DID cruise again! :D Edited April 1, 2012 by Tapi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonna5 Posted April 1, 2012 #8 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I remember her well. I cruised on the Tropicale twice under Carnival and once under Costa. But my first Carnival cruise was on the Mardi Gras. Thanks for the wonderful pictures. Sure did make me smile this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lets Ride Posted April 1, 2012 #9 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I remember when it caught fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spideyfam Posted April 1, 2012 #10 Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) If you want to see it on The A-Team, watch this....... http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi555221785/ Pretty cool show. Also, watch how easy it was to get on the ship. Edited April 1, 2012 by spideyfam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjh9 Posted April 1, 2012 #11 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Yes my wife and I sailed her twice back in the 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmayor Posted April 1, 2012 #12 Share Posted April 1, 2012 First cruise ever on her back in 1985...4th of July week to the Mexican Riviera. I was a single, sailed with "Singleworld" group. Awesome vacation.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmwnc1959 Posted April 1, 2012 Author #13 Share Posted April 1, 2012 If you want to see it on The A-Team, watch this.......http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi555221785/ THANKS for the link. Not bad at all once you get past the first six minutes of pyrotechnics and gun fire. Pretty cool seeing the how simple the cruise ships use to be back in the day. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aplmac Posted April 1, 2012 #14 Share Posted April 1, 2012 For folks who cruised on her.. can anyone remember if their Sail & Sign cards looked like this?? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IreneCat Posted April 1, 2012 #15 Share Posted April 1, 2012 My first cruise was on the Tropicale in 1992 out of San Juan. That was a wonderful itinerary including Grenada, Aruba, Caracas and Guadeloupe. I had a great time but didn't cruise again until 2010 on the Dream. What a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoo Posted April 1, 2012 #16 Share Posted April 1, 2012 If you want to see it on The A-Team, watch this....... http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi555221785/ Pretty cool show. Also, watch how easy it was to get on the ship. I met Dirk Benedict on the ship - here's a photo. I believe the year was 1979! Sorry for poor quality of photo - lifted it from old Super 8 home movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funinthesun1964 Posted April 1, 2012 #17 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I met Dirk Benedict on the ship - here's a photo. I believe the year was 1979! Sorry for poor quality of photo - lifted it from old Super 8 home movie! LOL thanks for posting the photo. It looks like 1979! How cool is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tapi Posted April 1, 2012 #18 Share Posted April 1, 2012 For folks who cruised on her..can anyone remember if their Sail & Sign cards looked like this?? I don't have a picture, but it didn't look like that. The Sail & Sign card used to be a flimsy, very thin plastic card. It was basic white with the Carnival name & logo. Instead of swiping it, they would manually enter the folio number printed on the card in the computer. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funinthesun1964 Posted April 1, 2012 #19 Share Posted April 1, 2012 If you want to see it on The A-Team, watch this....... http://www.imdb.com/video/hulu/vi555221785/ Pretty cool show. Also, watch how easy it was to get on the ship. Interesting. This show reminded me of the Love Boat episodes. Hilarious, as I remember them. The cruise director had a clipboard and checked off your name as you arrived? Can you imagine? Everyone knew your name too, from the Captain to the bartender. Too funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlyzmom Posted April 1, 2012 #20 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Very cool! I sailed on the similar ship, the Carnivale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatetheWanderer Posted April 1, 2012 #21 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I loved the Tropicale. We did the 10-day New Years Cruise departing the day after Christmas in 1996. Barely made it to San Juan in time for departure. Nine islands in ten days. Great way to sample the Caribbean. Even made it to Grenada. The food was fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nonna5 Posted April 1, 2012 #22 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I remember the old sail and sign cards. Hey I even remember when there wasn't a card - just a piece of paper (like from a receipt book) that barely made it through a 7 day cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanDreamin Posted April 1, 2012 #23 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I don't even remember having any kind of card at all. Just gave my cabin number and signed a receipt. I was only 17 though, so maybe my parents had a card and I don't remember it. Actually, the more that I think about it, the more I KNOW I didn't have to show a card or anything, because I clearly remember being served Pina Coladas - not virgin ones - and no one EVER asked me for ID or anything else. Yeah, I was 17. I had some fun on that cruise.;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msmayor Posted April 1, 2012 #24 Share Posted April 1, 2012 I don't remember any type of sail & sign card at all. Matter of fact, security was virtually non-existant as I remember when it came to leaving and re-boarding the ship in port. We had buttons we were given to 'identify' us as passengers. We only had to show our button to get back on board. We wondered if we could just use the buttons anywhere to climb aboard after the cruise was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H82seaUgo Posted April 1, 2012 #25 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Well, she's still around! She was Carnival Cruise Lines very first new-build cruise ship. Now sailing as the PEACEBOAT Ocean Dream she passed through the Panama Canal yesterday en route to her brand new home in Yokohama, Japan where she will conduct yearly World Cruises. She is formally: 1981-2000: Carnival Cruise Line 'Tropicale' 2000-2005: 'Costa Tropicale' 2005-2008: P&O Australia 'Pacific Star' 2008-2012: Pullmantur 'Ocean Dream' 2012- On a six-year lease as PEACEBOAT More of her history can be found HERE remember first seeing that ship on an episode of the a-team. amazing how small she looks now. i think she was in the 30,000 gwt range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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