Picture from the first ship you ever sailed on

[Germancruiser]

Host Hattie from the Cunard board gave me an idea. Since we are all can not report from our cruises I liked Host Hattie´s idea to post pictures from ships in different ports around the world - to quess where it is.

So I thought i would be interessting to see what ships we all sailed FIRST. So here comes the very first ship I ever sailed on.

The year was 1983- I was 14 years old- my parents took brotherdear and me along to our very first cruise- 7 nights in the Greek Islands. The ship was the MV Jupiter of Epirotiki Lines. 5 years later the ship sunk in the Aegäis.

 

Edited August 24, 2020 by Germancruiser

[loupana]

Although not as exciting as yours, our first cruise was in May 2012 on Celebrity Equinox. We did go to some Greek Islands (Santorini and Mykonos). We've been on 20 or more cruises since, guess you can say we caught the bug...

 

 

[Germancruiser]

Wonderful pictures Lou the Glou- you did well- 20 cruises in 8 years. LOL. Equinox and Reflection are the only ships of the S- Class I haven´t sailed as of yet.

Yes- this very first cruise , which triggered my " cruise fever" was exciting - but ship- OH DEAR- I loved every minute on board- but compared to today´s standards- it was really an old rust bucket. LOL.

[Germancruiser]

Oh dear- I just found out that on the HAL board there is already a " First ship topic"! I have to go through that , which may take time as it has already 120 pages. LOL.

[Loracpin2]

 

Home Lines Doric June 1981. First cruise celebrating our 14th Anniversary. Not many amenities but the food was outstanding. Midnight buffets and 2:00 am pizza.  All male Italian Officers & crew. 

[Esprit]

SS Fiorita (1970)

I was just a kid when we boarded it in Ancona (Italy) then cruised to Kotor, Dubrovnik, Corfu, and sailed through the Corinth Canal to Athens. We then should have gone to Turkey (Ephesus) but an outbreak of Cholera in Turkey meant we returned to Athens again instead. The Baked Alaskas had real flames on them too! 

 

[Muushka]

Interesting thread!

 

My first cruise was on the Britanis circa 1984.  Having never been on a cruise I was impressed.  Due to finances we had an oceanview cabin in the belly of the ship.  2 beds, one on top and one on the bottom.  Teeny cabin.  And no bathroom.  You had to go to a large bathroom gender specific.  There they had private areas for showers and toilets.  Thank goodness things have changed since then!

I remember seeing the big X on the stacks and wondering what they stood for.  Funny that X became our favorite (for now) cruise line!

 

 

And sadly,

 

[gerelmx]

My first cruise July 1996

Edited August 24, 2020 by gerelmx

[portofrome]

Eugenio Costa 1990. A wonderful cruise from Italy to Black sea.

 

[39august]

I have no clue how to post a pic, but over the last 20 years I have met several whose first  cruise was on the same ship as our first cruise, the SS Norway in 1999. She was originally the SS France. Cabin had a window view that looked out over a running track and people out there could see inside our window. Bathroom had an old pull chain toilet tank and the bed so worn that I always rolled to the middle. We had a great time anyway. And the food was fantastic. The Norway later caught fire and sank about 10 or so years ago. 

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

SS Emerald Seas. Spring 1983

[GateGuardian]

Feb 2012 - Norwegian Star sailing the western Caribbean. We chose NCL as it had freestyle dining and we were worried about seating with weird strangers.

 

[gerelmx]

[tabby50894]

Not exactly a cruise, but a transatlantic sailing from New York City to Cherbourg, 1960, on the RMS Queen Elizabeth.

 

 

[BigRedFan]

17 hours ago, Germancruiser said:

Host Hattie from the Cunard board gave me an idea. Since we are all can not report from our cruises I liked Host Hattie´s idea to post pictures from ships in different ports around the world - to quess where it is.

So I thought i would be interessting to see what ships we all sailed FIRST. So here comes the very first ship I ever sailed on.

The year was 1983- I was 14 years old- my parents took brotherdear and me along to our very first cruise- 7 nights in the Greek Islands. The ship was the MV Jupiter of Epirotiki Lines. 5 years later the ship sunk in the Aegäis.

 

What a lovely surprise to see her again.  My husband and I sailed on the Jupiter for our honeymoon in 1980.  What a wonderful memory.

[BigRedFan]

My 1st sailing was on the final sailing of the French Line DeGrasse from LeHavre to New York in 1953. The only photo I have is of my father holding me looking out the window.

[phoenix_dream]

First and worst cruise ever - Carnival Carnivale.  Our honeymoon cruise.  Weather and seas were horrible.  I was seasick almost the entire time.  Swore I would never cruise again!  DH convinced me otherwise, and here I am with 60+ cruises under my belt; 50 of those on Celebrity and hoping for many more!

[mk-ultra]

SS Emerald Seas out of FL in 1977 when I was 12.

 

 

Edited August 24, 2020 by mk-ultra

[PTC DAWG]

[K.T.B.]

PTC Dawg wins the thread....  

 

But here's mine form 2003!  Carnival Celebration.

 

 

[WrittenOnYourHeart]

1 hour ago, mk-ultra said:

SS Emerald Seas out of FL in 1977 when I was 12.

 

 

 

My first too!! 6 years later when I was 11!

Edited August 24, 2020 by WrittenOnYourHeart

[RickT]

My first cruise was on Rhapsody of the seas to Alaska. 
 

[fsdorado]

Sitmar Fairsky in 1985 in the Caribbean

 

[Denny01]

My first cruise was a young pre-teen with my family on the USNS Gaffey. Sailed from San Francisco to Guam! Stopped in Hawaii My dad was assigned to a weather squadron on Guam and all of us moved there! Loved it. They walked through the passaways with a set of hand bells to announce 1st and 2nd dinner setting!!  What an experience as a kid.

 

 

[vintagegarage]

I spent 100 days on the "Oceanographer", sailing out of Miami, in the summer of 1974, stopping in Dakar, Senegal, every few weeks for a couple of days each time to re-supply.  I am hoping to get back to Dakar on Zaandam next October.

Here is a photo from Wikipedia: