Picture from the first ship you ever sailed on

[PTC DAWG]

7 minutes ago, vintagegarage said:

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:

Very cool...

[vintagegarage]

I also sailed on the Royal Majesty out of Miami, when she was the flagship of Majesty Cruise Lines, I think in 1996 after she ran aground in Nantucket.  See:

 

https://ti.arc.nasa.gov/m/profile/adegani/Grounding of the Royal Majesty.pdf

 

Here is a photo of her from that same article:

[Tapi]

My first cruise was in 1981 aboard Cunard Princess. At the time, both Cunard Princess and Cunard Countess sailed from San Juan. My family enjoyed our sailing on Cunard Princess so much, that we sailed on Cunard Countess the following year. 

[foodsvcmgr]

Leonardo da Vinci, April 1978

Italian Cruises International

3 Nights Pt. Everglades to Nassau

60 more Cruises since.

I’m the young lad at the table.

[Happy Cruiser 6143]

1 hour ago, Denny01 said:

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.

 

 

 

Ah, Denny, many fond memories of cruises on USNS or MSTS ships as a child.  Sadly, I have no pictures of them.  We were too busy having fun.  One particularly memorable one, we were 4 teen girls assigned to a separate cabin with our parents on a different deck.  We were on our way to Europe, so many days at sea to get into mischief and we did!  I even did my first Med cruise on one of those ships.  The Geiger, I believe.  Complete with a shipboard romance.  Those were the days! 

[Germancruiser]

5 hours ago, BigRedFan said:

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.

Oh what surprise for me- I would not have thought anyone had sailed the good old Jupiter- wonderful pictures- thank you for posting- we had an outside cabin- thank god with our own bathroom. I also remember boarding " al fresco"- LOL. Unthinkable today.

[garyl62]

Don't have a photo of the ship, but ours was in 1999 on Royal Caribbean Sovereign of the Sea's on a 3 night cruise to the Bahama's and Coco Cay.  It was my parents 50th Anniversary so they took my, and my two siblings families, 16 of us total.  It took 17 years for us to go on another one, but we're making up for lost time now!  My DD has joined us once since then, but DS hasn't gone again 😞

[Germancruiser]

What wonderful pictures you all posted- thanks- I love to see all those old ships- and I could not help it- at least from the outside those ships really still looked " like ships"- not like some of those bulky sailing blocks. Oh well- that´s the evolution of ships- and on the other hand nobody wants  to share a bothroom or shower with fellow cruisers...! LOL.

[MISTER 67]

Sitmar Cruises Fairwind, December 1982. 1st of 62 cruises and still one of our best, we were hooked.

Edited August 25, 2020 by MISTER 67

[MISTER 67]

4 hours ago, PTC DAWG said:

Must have hit an iceberg, hope all souls made it off safely. 

[mchell810]

My first cruise was in 2007 on HAL Oosterdam.  We got this photo in Juneau while waiting to board a small plane to fly over the Mendenhall Glacier.  A great day and a lovely trip all around.

Edited August 25, 2020 by mchell810

[mahdnc]

Our first cruise was in July 1991 aboard Carnival's Jubilee.  Our particular 7 night sailing called on Mazatlan where the Jul 11 1991 total solar eclipse occurred.  I don't have photos of the ship handy (they are stored in a slide projector circular tray), but I do have this patch that I got that has the ship on it (yes, I know that she wasn't "S.S").  

 

 

Edited August 25, 2020 by mahdnc

[Host Kat]

 

My first cruise, August 1988 on Commodore Cruise Line's CARIBE I.

 

 

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[Izzywiz]

My first cruise was a 21st birthday present and my father took me and my best friend on the Shaw Saville cruise ship Northern Star in 1969. We sailed from Southampton to Lisbon, Gibraltar, Casablanca and ?

I didn't cruise again until I persuaded my husband to do a trip on the Louis Line Princessa Amorosa in 1992. we sailed from Limassol in Cyprus to Alexandria, Tel Aviv, Rhodes, Heraklion and Patmos. We were completely captivated by cruising and have done another 60+ since then. We are really hoping to do a few more before we get too old!!!

 

Northern Star

Princessa Amorosa

[Orator]

12 hours ago, MISTER 67 said:

Sitmar Cruises Fairwind, December 1982. 1st of 62 cruises and still one of our best, we were hooked.

In 1976 we celebrated our 10th anniversary on Fairwind. This was our first cruise and still one of the best. 

[maryann2]

My first cruise was in 1971. Ship Delphi (Greek) 350 passengers. Package tour by Clarksons in UK.  Flew to Tangier and had to get yellow fever vaccination at Heathrow airport. Already had cholera and typhoid shots. Visited Morocco, Dakar, Senegal and Gambia. Also Canary Islands. 14 days. What a trip. Very rocky. Hooked me for life!.

[Germancruiser]

Wonderful pictures and stories- keep them coming. It usual at the first cruise that one will find out if cruising is ones. THING or not. LOL.

[Quo Vadis?]

1951 Georgic Transatlantic

[Texed]

15 hours ago, Happy Cruiser 6143 said:

 many fond memories of cruises on USNS or MSTS ships as a child.  Sadly, I have no pictures of them.  We were too busy having fun. Those were the days! 

 

Wow!  That is really neat being able to cruise as a child.  But, we were so poor when I was a kid, if they were selling cruise ships for $1.50, all I could have done was run down the dock hollering. "Ain't that cheap?"  😎

[Glendakayself]

June 6, 1997, Celebrity Horizon 7-night Alaska, Seward to Vancouver. It included Sitka which I enjoyed as a world history teacher.

[Glendakayself]

Hubby said his first cruise was on Harry E Yarnell, circa 1965--1968, several Mediterranean, some Baltic, and a few Transatlantic cruises.

Edited August 25, 2020 by Glendakayself

[jeanneful]

RCL Viking Serenade 1992

[TeaBag]

Very interesting thread.  My first sailing was on Neptunia, April 1957, transatlantic Dublin to Halifax.  Everyone cheered when we saw the first land.

 

 

 

Our first pleasure cruise was on Star Princess 1992, Southampton to Athens.  We were hooked.

 

 

 

 

[ecslady]

First cruise was on the original Pacific Princess, aka The Love Boat, round trip from NY to all 3 ports in Bermuda.

 

[Mike981]

Great thread, thank you for starting this @German Cruiser.

 

2000 on the Celebrity Mercury, it was our honeymoon ten years late.