Rare John&LaLa Posted September 4, 2014 #26 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Brilliance Med cruise, sitting at a winery in Santorini overlooking the caldera Sent from my HTC One_M8 using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F27TW Posted September 4, 2014 #27 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) Taking my sweet younger brother (terminally ill) on his first and only cruise .. Liberty 5 day in 2012. He always wanted to go on a cruise ship .. and I was determined he was going to go on one ... he loved every minute of it .. and so did I. Miss that little guy so much ... but what memories we have of that trip! Edited September 4, 2014 by F27TW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUISEBOY305 Posted September 5, 2014 #28 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) Taking my sweet younger brother (terminally ill) on his first and only cruise .. Liberty 5 day in 2012. He always wanted to go on a cruise ship .. and I was determined he was going to go on one ... he loved every minute of it .. and so did I. Miss that little guy so much ... but what memories we have of that trip! aw.......thank you for sharing that. glad you have great memories of your trip and sorry about your brother. Edited September 5, 2014 by CRUISEBOY305 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Germancruiser Posted September 5, 2014 #29 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I am a strong believer in what goes around comes around. You will get your rewards for doing such a wonderful thing for you beloved brother and giveing him such a great time and such quality time for the two of your! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F27TW Posted September 5, 2014 #30 Share Posted September 5, 2014 aw.......thank you for sharing that. glad you have great memories of your trip and sorry about your brother. thank you, Cruiseboy .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F27TW Posted September 5, 2014 #31 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I am a strong believer in what goes around comes around. You will get your rewards for doing such a wonderful thing for you beloved brother and giveing him such a great time and such quality time for the two of your! Such a sweet message, Germancruiser .. thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulette3028 Posted September 5, 2014 #32 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Cruises and more cruises can all bring one thing more friends to meet. DH and I have been fortunate, we have met some fun people on our cruises that we can call friends. A few years ago we went on a Thanksgiving Weekend cruise on Majesty. At dinner that first night met a lovely couple who we would share dinner with the next few evenings. The following year, we booked the cruise again, and how HAPPILY surprised were we when seated at our dinner table was the same couple we had me the previous year. How nice of Royal to allow us to catch up with each other again -- and neither of us knew the other was cruising that weekend. Last year as we planned for our Allure cruise we bumped into Cruise Critic. In our roll call I engaged in some lovely cross conversations with other cruisers, and met such a nice people to share a wonderful week on board with. You never know where you will meet your next friend(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruise2snorkel Posted September 5, 2014 #33 Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) Have many great memories cruising with Royal Caribbean, one of my favorites would be getting married onboard Freedom of the Seas. Started a wonderful marriage for DH and I, and we now cruise with our 2 DDs. Edited September 5, 2014 by cruise2snorkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Germancruiser Posted September 5, 2014 #34 Share Posted September 5, 2014 It so great to read that there still people who care for family- friends- we live in a time were some tend to live to the *****- " every man to himself" - so to speak. Happy Cruising and many many fond memories! Greetings Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F27TW Posted September 5, 2014 #35 Share Posted September 5, 2014 It so great to read that there still people who care for family- friends- we live in a time were some tend to live to the *****- " every man to himself" - so to speak. Happy Cruising and many many fond memories! Greetings Michael So true, Michael .. and that cruise will go down as my very best one ever. Or to follow. Sure , we had our difficulties due to my brothers condition ... but I would do it all again in a minute if I could! He was so happy .. and the RC staff were absolutely wonderful to him and us! You are so sweet with your words. Tony (F27TW@AOL.COM) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Germancruiser Posted September 5, 2014 #36 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I know what you mean Tony- I do volunter work twice year for a home were handicaped people of all ages live together- I do really not much but what one get´s back- and if it is just a smile- is unbelievable! I know RCI- staff to be considerate and helpful esp. to people in wheelchairs or such. I so loved my first RCI cruises on board Grandeur and Enchantment- by then considered as one of the biggest ships in the world. LOL! Have a great weekend! Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Cruizers Posted September 5, 2014 #37 Share Posted September 5, 2014 My most memorable moment was seeing the pleasure from a couple in their 80's, whom we met in the elevator, and they were interested in our Roll Call and the little Loot Bags I had given out and the husband asked if he could have one. I had extras so one night I went back to our room, picked up a couple and handed them to he and his wife in the Centrum. Seeing the joy on their faces as they rumaged thru the bags picking out the goodies which they said, really made their day. It didn't bother me that he asked for the bag, because I enjoyed seeing them having a good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clairemell Posted September 5, 2014 #38 Share Posted September 5, 2014 My now husband proposing to me on LOS. And then our honeymoon on b2b on the Oasis. Hopefully we will have lots more cruising to come Voyager of the Seas 2009 Adventure of the Seas 2010 & 2011 Liberty of the Seas 2012 Oasis of the Seas b2b 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debshomespun Posted September 5, 2014 #39 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Our first RC cruise was on Explorer and we brought our then 21yo DD and 19yo DS and had an amazing cruise...it was our last "family vacation". That was over 10 years ago. Such wonderful memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted September 5, 2014 #40 Share Posted September 5, 2014 And a lot of people from then on congratulated us :o Sent from my MB886 using Forums mobile app It pales in comparison, but I do remember people coming up to us after being the middle couple on the Love and Marriage game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingsince94 Posted September 5, 2014 #41 Share Posted September 5, 2014 There are two that stand out above the rest for us. The 1st would be our first ever trip to Europe and a 10 night cruise on Serenade of the Seas. The price for a balcony was under $700pp after our C&A discount and we had great airfare a s well. We spent 2 extra days in Barcelona before flying home. Being on a limite budget I was not sure we could ever pull it off so being able to do so made it even more special. The 2nd was recently on Enchantment out of Baltimore before it moved to Port Canaveral. We left in sunshine and returned in snow. The cruise was made memorable by a great staff and topped off with an invitation to dine with Captain McDuff. My wife and I were truly surprised by that as we are not Pinnacle, nor can we afford the suite life. He told his dining room managers he wanted 4 fun couples to dine with and thats exactly what he got. Of course, all four couples were like us and surprised to be picked. We all had a great time with the Captain and his wife at dinner and my wife and I even got to talk with them again a bit later on in the evening in another part of the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisingsince94 Posted September 5, 2014 #42 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Taking my sweet younger brother (terminally ill) on his first and only cruise .. Liberty 5 day in 2012. He always wanted to go on a cruise ship .. and I was determined he was going to go on one ... he loved every minute of it .. and so did I. Miss that little guy so much ... but what memories we have of that trip! Thank you for sharing the picture and that memory. Brought tears to my eyes. What a wonderful thing to do for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finz2u Posted September 5, 2014 #43 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Thanks so much for this thread. My favorite memory is sitting in a lounge chair on a cruise deck and just sitting there and letting go of all my cares. There is a peace in feeling that breeze. Happy future cruises to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelCMTX Posted September 5, 2014 #44 Share Posted September 5, 2014 One of my favorites was upon first entering the CL on Mariner. White leather jacket, black skinny jeans, hair to my shoulders. These three older couples-- about my folks' age-- sitting by the door call me over to politely ask if I'm someone famous in a band they should know about, or their kids might know of. :D Lots of little Cruise memories too, but that one is a favorite life memory that just happened to happen on an RCI ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruzkitty Posted September 5, 2014 #45 Share Posted September 5, 2014 One of my best cruise Memories is walking into our Crown Loft Suite on Oasis last year! I was able to snag a good deal on it at the last week before Sailing! It was like a Townhouse-awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emeraldcity Posted September 6, 2014 Author #46 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Thank you to everyone who shared their experiences. There are some amazing stories in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grab007 Posted September 6, 2014 #47 Share Posted September 6, 2014 In 1985 I got my dream job in South FL so it was only natural that cruising entered into the vacation options. My Dad loved cruising - he was a Naval Officer in WW2 so he loved the sea. He and my Mom took a couple of cruises when I was just a kid but as we got older they had other priorities. So when my DW and I were in FL we booked a cruise on the Song of America with Mom and Dad. It was awesome! My favorite memory was a sail away at sunset on an upper deck with just my Dad and I. It was just a very special moment. They've been gone for a long time now, but those memories will always be with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jailer19 Posted September 7, 2014 #48 Share Posted September 7, 2014 My hubby and I took a cruise to Alaska on Rhapsody for our 5 year anniversary in 2012 and on our tour in Skagway we renewed our vows at a 110 yr old church in Carcross. It was a pretty special moment, especially in some place that beautiful and full of history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bplazo Posted September 7, 2014 #49 Share Posted September 7, 2014 When my daughter had a big smile on her face when swimming with the dolphins. At 16, that was something I did not see too often :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiseapril Posted September 7, 2014 #50 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Favorite RCI cruise memory was an RCI excursion- Dolphin Encounter at Blue Lagoon Island in Nassau. We enjoyed this interaction so very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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