meskel503 Posted May 17, 2021 #101 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Spirit 2009, husband trying to convince me to retire early, didn't work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherCraig Posted May 17, 2021 #102 Share Posted May 17, 2021 On 5/11/2021 at 11:31 AM, IntrepidFromDC said: Ouch. 😁 Great story! My first cruise was with my daughter in 2013. I didn't care that much for it because I missed the quality food and cultural experiences which enriched our previous vacations, usually training around Europe for a couple weeks. But my daughter loved it so we did it again in early 2014. Between 2014 and November 2019 we did 12 cruises. I had to change my expectations about what a vacation "should" be, but seeing how happy my daughter was made the initial sacrifice worth it, now I love cruising too - as long as we get one trip to Europe each year. I am getting weary of the Caribbean a bit though. Looking forward to the few we haven't visited, and revisiting San Juan, St. Kitts, St. Martin, Curacao and Half Moon Cay but if I never see Freeport, Belize City or Roatan again I'll be happy. Yeah, we have been on that Roatan cruise so many times and tired of it although we love, love, love Roatan. We like Belize and Cozumel as well. We flew to Roatan twice and spent a week there on West Bay Beach looking at land and condos. Glad to be heading somewhere new in November and being on a new ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPTexas Posted May 18, 2021 #103 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Elation, Jan 2019, first cruise as a birthday present from my daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain Traveler Posted May 18, 2021 #104 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Carnivale, December 1979. Our honeymoon. A couple of interesting items about that cruise. People told us we were crazy to take a 7 night cruise where neither of us had ever been on a cruise of any sort before. We loved it, but it took a while before we really started cruising again - now 30 cruises under our belts, with 3 on the books. Our wedding was in Ohio, so we flew from Columbus to Miami. In December - cold in Ohio, not so much in Miami. Unfortunately, our bags somehow got checked to FT. LAUDERDALE. The Carnival people did a great job of identifying our bags in Ft. Lauderdale and had them on the next plane to Miami. We boarded the ship in our winter woolens not knowing if our bags would make it. They did - as the very last bags up the conveyer belt and onto the ship. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter69 Posted May 18, 2021 #105 Share Posted May 18, 2021 October 2014, LEGEND. Had only been overseas only once, 20 years before when a company I worked for had confrence in Bali. New Partner, had cruised before & dragged me on a holiday. I had said no for 2 years. I loved it. Great staff, entertainment, food & destinations. I was only 42. I have now done 22 cruise & we are 7 days from Diamond. I want to be one of the first under 50 to become Diamond in Australia.👍❤🛳 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyG47 Posted May 18, 2021 #106 Share Posted May 18, 2021 November 2011, Carnival Legend, My parents had gone on their first cruise the year before and loved it so much that they wanted to go on another cruise and invited me to come with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgttami Posted May 18, 2021 #107 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Feb. 2014 on Splendor from NY.....decided to see for myself if Carnival was "horrible" (LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mytee4ever Posted May 22, 2021 #108 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Imagination, July 1998, my mom had fallen in love with cruising and kept pushing hubby & I to give it a try. Very happy we gave it a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB2VA Posted May 22, 2021 #109 Share Posted May 22, 2021 July 2001 Mother and adult daughter vacation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EMOSEA Posted May 22, 2021 #110 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Jan 2018, CARNIVAL INSPIRATION (RIP), Catalina & Ensenada Belated honeymoon for our anniversary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmaanne7 Posted May 22, 2021 #111 Share Posted May 22, 2021 March 2003, Legend, 50th anniversary cruise for my in-laws with 39 family & friends Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxer Posted May 22, 2021 #112 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Carnival Conquest, October 2012, wanted an inexpensive solo vacation where I could drink and not have to worry about getting back to my lodging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUSIEK Posted May 22, 2021 #113 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Mardi Gras (original one), mid ‘80’s, worked at the terminal doing embarkation while attending college. Got basically free cruises!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBONI325 Posted May 22, 2021 #114 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Sensation, 2009, Family Cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Eli_6 Posted May 23, 2021 #115 Share Posted May 23, 2021 8/17/17, Carnival Elation, a pageant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figi4 Posted May 27, 2021 #116 Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) Liberty - Spring 2016 - Mom's "bucket list" gift from her beau. We joined her. Edited May 27, 2021 by figi4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KmomChicago Posted May 27, 2021 #117 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Triumph, March 2017, demanded by pre-teen child and had to pick something fitting into spring break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerman2 Posted May 27, 2021 #118 Share Posted May 27, 2021 (edited) Fascination don't remember the date maybe 90's. Edited May 27, 2021 by beerman2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldinerie Posted May 28, 2021 #119 Share Posted May 28, 2021 1986, The Carnavale. Kathy Lee was still singing on the airing TV commercials for Carnival. Went with a work friend. We were in our mid 20's, had a blast. That spurred me on to a life time of cruising. Been on over 100 with my family. I so have missed the opportunity to cruise during this pandemic. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MandyMooToo Posted May 28, 2021 #120 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Liberty, October 2017, cheap trip with two other couples😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfone Posted May 28, 2021 #121 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Legend out of Tampa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted June 1, 2021 #122 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Carnivale, January 1989, baby making cruise😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAHMto5 Posted June 1, 2021 #123 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Freedom / Oct. 2009 / Looked like fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BoozinCroozin Posted June 1, 2021 #124 Share Posted June 1, 2021 Magic; Nov 20, 2021; All other cruises have been canceled or priced out of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgwest Posted June 2, 2021 #125 Share Posted June 2, 2021 August 14, 2021 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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