bonsai3s Posted February 18 #101 Share Posted February 18 Song of America...sigh...our first ship with Royal Caribbean. Assigned to a Table for 8. We were joined by a wonderful British couple. One seat was taken by the Staff Captain (second in command?), and t7he 3 remaining seats were occupied by rotating singers and dancers. The Staff Captain ordered wine(s) for the table, every night. The singers and dancers drank "liquor shots" (no hands...shot glasses grabbed with the mouth, and bottoms up.) This was back in the day when they had sommeliers in the MDR. There were wild stories from the dancers and the Staff Captain...we thought every cruise with RCCL was like this...it started our cruising addiction. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Engineroom Snipe Posted February 18 #102 Share Posted February 18 13 hours ago, srice said: I still have a bunch of Shipshape Dollars, both the older ones and the newer ones, to spend. 🤑 With inflation, do you think you could trade them for a Royal T-shirt onboard today? 🤔🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srice Posted February 18 #103 Share Posted February 18 2 hours ago, Engineroom Snipe said: With inflation, do you think you could trade them for a Royal T-shirt onboard today? 🤔🤣 Don't recon I could. 😒 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Carl Posted February 18 #104 Share Posted February 18 Who knows I don't 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Germancruiser Posted February 19 #105 Share Posted February 19 I remember those stripped Jackets very well- in those early days every night had a theme. Really something special- so I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottagoacruzn Posted February 19 #106 Share Posted February 19 Had a shipshape t shirt, then it wore out. Had to buy a yellow shirt to wear under it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottagoacruzn Posted February 19 #107 Share Posted February 19 On 8/29/2022 at 8:48 AM, Martini Sampler said: Sailed on her for our 25th anniversary in 1994. Visited Bermuda back when ships docked at Front Street and Saint George. Captain was Leif Otto Bang and Cruise Director was Kyle Dodson. Quite a thrill entering the narrow channel. She was a great ship and much missed. Hey I remember Captain Bang, bang. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising Is Bliss Posted February 22 #108 Share Posted February 22 Song of America was my first cruise back in 1997 for a two week Panama Canal. She was a wonderful introduction to cruising. So sorry to see she was scrapped a couple of months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGcvn69 Posted May 2 #109 Share Posted May 2 I was on this ship last week of January 1987. I was 8! I think there was supposed to be 8 stops, but I think we couldn't stop in Haiti because of a storm. Anyone remember all the ports? I know we stopped in Niagara and Honduras, but what were the port names? I think my sister and I were one of 5 kids on the ship lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerdam Posted May 3 #110 Share Posted May 3 On 2/21/2024 at 8:48 PM, Cruising Is Bliss said: Song of America was my first cruise back in 1997 for a two week Panama Canal. She was a wonderful introduction to cruising. So sorry to see she was scrapped a couple of months ago. She has NOT been scrapped as of yet. However, it is looking like she will be as she passed through the Suez Canal yesterday and is currently sailing down the Red Sea destination unknown. Chances are the ship breakers at Alang, India though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruising Is Bliss Posted May 3 #111 Share Posted May 3 4 hours ago, westerdam said: She has NOT been scrapped as of yet. However, it is looking like she will be as she passed through the Suez Canal yesterday and is currently sailing down the Red Sea destination unknown. Chances are the ship breakers at Alang, India though. Probably. Still intact but she's been toast since last year when Celestyal Cruises parked her and bought the AIDAaura to replace her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kakiwynn Posted May 3 #112 Share Posted May 3 (edited) We sailed on Song of America in 1989. We had sailed on Sun Viking in 1987 for our honeymoon, so we thought Song of America was huge! We had Captain Leif Otto Bang Bang on both cruises, and Gregory Maxwell as our Cruise Director both times. It says something that we remember that after all these years. I couldn’t tell you who the captain or cruise director was on any cruises since then. We still quote Captain Bang Bang (with his accent) whenever we sail off the coast of Guadeloupe! We did get credit for those cruises because I still had our boarding cards! Edited May 3 by Kakiwynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philly Steve Posted May 5 #113 Share Posted May 5 One of my favorite ships but one sadly that I will never likely sail. So many happy cruisers through the decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisegal40 Posted May 5 #114 Share Posted May 5 We sailed Song of Norway for our honeymoon back in 1990. Loved going to the viking crown lounge for a pre-dinner drink. Loved the horse races by the pool, ice carving, midnight buffet with carved fruit and such. Such wonderful memories. Thanks for bringing this back up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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