Old Capers from TSS Carnivale

[astroboy99]

Looking back at these old Capers from our honeymoon my wife and I have seen a lot of changes in the cruise industry. They sure bring back memories. As much as people complain about modern cruising there is a lot more offered on modern cruise ships but at the same time there was nothing like cruising on an old time ocean liner with its beautiful wood paneling that would creek with every roll and pitch. I miss the old ships.

 

 

 

[astroboy99]

[astroboy99]

[Frank12]

That is awesome. Thanks for posting.

Looks like they were made up on a typewriter!

I was just graduating college in 1985.

 

I love the $3.00 wine tasting and the Yellowbird drink special for $1.60. :eek:

 

And all of the shore excursions are less than $25.00. :D

[djcass4199]

1985....the year of my birth!

 

Thank you for posting this! I love that the drink special only cost $1.60 back then. Pretty neat!

[astroboy99]

That is awesome. Thanks for posting.

Looks like they were made up on a typewriter!

I was just graduating college in 1985.

 

I love the $3.00 wine tasting and the Yellowbird drink special for $1.60. :eek:

 

And all of the shore excursions are less than $25.00. :D

 

They were indeed typed out and copied on standard Carnival paper.

[Frank12]

Also wish I was around for the trap shooting and Big Beer drinking contest!

[skittl1321]

Wow. Very neat.

 

My favorite "drinks are not compulsory in any of the public lounges"

[sharecruises]

Thanks I was not on Carnival in 85 but I did sail back then

and this brings back memories

 

"Horse Races" and the "Midnight Buffet" were BIG

people lined up to take pictures of the Midnight buffet

 

BUT...just as on the ships I was on, the day time food was slim pickings

unless you went to dining room and there was NO alternative to the dining room...

 

Notice how it is "early risers" coffee and on deck (like a continental breakfast)...and 2 seatings for breakfast...early and late..

and only a "light" buffet (again like continental)

 

Notice how the lunch is IN the dining room (open seating)....

and they did have buffet on deck but it was (as i recall) mostly like today's "grill"> hamburgers, hot dogs, cole slaw, potato salad

NO deli, no Mongoolian etc etc etc

 

Dinner was the main event...and even on the short Bahamas cruises you dressed right and were there on time or you waited till Midnight Buffet

 

So with cutbacks there are also IMPROVEMENTS

 

One thing many people (conveniently) forget is how the boarding/debarking process and payment process has been streamlined

 

People cry about not getting their "docs" in the mail BUT they forget the waiting around we did (or never cruised years ago)

 

Port of Miami was like a warehouse, Port Everglades was also slow

 

They had tables and tables of people to check you in with "initials" ..your last name....there were many snafus and if you got in a slow line you waited and waited around

 

Also the onboard "accounting" was not automated like today, I remember standing in a lot of lines at Purser's office

 

Notice too >>> big single's party...lots of drinking....

and a one liner about children programs LOL

 

Not as many kids on board back then and if they were lucky enough to cruise they enjoyed the pool, the beaches on the islands, the movies and magic shows. NO big deal about them LOL

 

It was fun to cruise back then I must say <grin>

[astroboy99]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Sharecruises, you are very right on all those subjects. I know when the dinner chimes rang (also a thing of the past), we were actually hungry!

[bluehenfan]

Seeing "horse racing" listed reminded me how much fun this was when we were on a couple RCCL cruises in late 1990s. Is this still an activity on other cruise lines ? If so, I'm surprised they don't have it on Carnival. I sure RCCL was making money from it.

[DOTTE]

The Carinvale was actually our first cruise back in 1986. I still have the Capers too.

[funinthesun1964]

Thanks for sharing this. I love seeing this kind of stuff! I was 21 in 1985 and had never even thought of cruising!

 

I can't imagine mini buffet 1:30 am?? LOL! I can't stay up that late!

 

The typewritten Capers seem so ancient, yet I can't be that old :eek:

[imaboo]

Very cool! Thanks for posting.

 

An interesting tidbit - my husband emigrated from England on "The Empress of Canada", which later became the Carnivale.

[loubetti]

Ahhh... "Carnivale", the original "Empress of Britain" for CP, and later "Queen Anna Maria" for Greek lines before becoming "Carnivale". They just don't make them like her anymore.

 

 

Of course we all know where Ted Arison got the Carnival logo from, right? To save money he adapted the later Canadian Pacific logo!

 

 

Here's the "Empress of Canada", which later became Carnival's "Mardi Gras":

 

[imaboo]

Very cool! Thanks for posting.

 

An interesting tidbit - my husband emigrated from England on "The Empress of Canada", which later became the Carnivale.

 

Oops - I just Googled it and I got the wrong ship. The Empress of Canada became the Mardi Gras. :o

[CruiseHealing]

Yellow Bird a $1.60. It is time to roll back price!

[loubetti]

Oops - I just Googled it and I got the wrong ship. The Empress of Canada became the Mardi Gras. :o

 

No harm no foul. At times I forget which was which! ;)

[imaboo]

No harm no foul. At times I forget which was which! ;)

 

Very gracious of you. Thanks. Mistakes like that are flame fodder on this site *lol*

[SadieN]

That is awesome. Thanks for posting.

Looks like they were made up on a typewriter!

I was just graduating college in 1985.

 

I love the $3.00 wine tasting and the Yellowbird drink special for $1.60. :eek:

 

And all of the shore excursions are less than $25.00. :D

 

Sorry guys. Those were printed on a very fine Dot Matrix printer.

[vacruizer]

I think it's funny the ranting and raving about tips around here when the recommened then was 6.25 a day. They certainly haven't gone up as much as everything else has. :rolleyes: It's only been in the last year it's gone from $10 to 11.50.

[crzndeb]

Though I started cruising on Sitmar in 1980, my first Carnival cruise was in 1985 on the Carnivale...thought it was awful, and it took me until 2003 to try Carnival again. It is fun seeing the old capers.

[loubetti]

Sorry guys. Those were printed on a very fine Dot Matrix printer.

 

Yes, they were. Now, where was the color "letter head" printed? On board, or on shore? I don't know, just asking. :confused:

[Cruise Cat]

Thanks AstroBoy. My first cruise in 1999 was on Jubilee with all those great woods.

[Cruise Cat]

Ahhh...Real Calypso bands on the Lido Deck!