Rare skyking Posted July 16, 2022 #101 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Out of all the cruises we have been on, I am thinking without question the one we just did was the most memorable. June 17th sailing of the Anthem out of Southampton, what an experience it was!!!! Here it is, would love to share it with you all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted July 27, 2022 #102 Share Posted July 27, 2022 A memorable cruise was on the Serenade of the Seas with Captain Karin and Hotel Director Sanjay to celebrate a birthday and anniversary Checking in at San Juan, told to wait for ships financial officer. All sorts going through our minds, we have paid for the cruise? The financial officer arrived and were informed us that he is our dedicated officer and escorted to our deck 9 balcony cabin. Came back from one trip a shore, cabin decorated with birthday decorations which we did not organise Next day same again but for 25th wedding anniversary, again we did not organise On the night of the C&A event, one of the officers asked to meet her beforehand to have a cocktail with her, no thank you as we were not attending the C&A event She insisted so we agreed, we were taken though a crew area to a room next to the C&A event All the high ranking crew were there wishing happy birthday and anniversary A big cake and a champagne toast , photos with Captain, Hotel Director, Guest Services Manager and lots of officers Also invited to Captain's table plus dinner at chops with the financial officer Dinner in giovanni's with the guest service manager. So much for being low key and trying to be invisible with no fuss 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted July 27, 2022 #103 Share Posted July 27, 2022 33 minutes ago, sowhat said: A memorable cruise was on the Serenade of the Seas with Captain Karin and Hotel Director Sanjay to celebrate a birthday and anniversary What year? Not sure I've ever heard of Karin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted July 27, 2022 #104 Share Posted July 27, 2022 38 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: What year? Not sure I've ever heard of Karin Captain Karin was in a documentary set in LA port with the Monarch of rhe Seas Also the first female captain before Captain Liz and Staff Captain Kate , who became a captain on Celebrity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted July 27, 2022 #105 Share Posted July 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, sowhat said: Captain Karin was in a documentary set in LA port with the Monarch of rhe Seas Also the first female captain before Captain Liz and Staff Captain Kate , who became a captain on Celebrity So the late 90's🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted July 27, 2022 #106 Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 minute ago, John&LaLa said: So the late 90's🤔 No 2011 ish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted July 27, 2022 #107 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, sowhat said: No 2011 ish Don't recognize anyone😇 Lots of D+ pins. Obviously pre Pinnacle time frame Edited July 27, 2022 by John&LaLa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted July 27, 2022 #108 Share Posted July 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: Don't recognize anyone😇 Lots of D+ pins. Obviously pre Pinnacle time frame You must only started cruising With RCG recently 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted July 27, 2022 #109 Share Posted July 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, sowhat said: You must only started cruising With RCG recently Sure, that's it🤣🤣 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footzz Posted July 27, 2022 #110 Share Posted July 27, 2022 (edited) I can relate the most memorable cruise on RCL, but it was certainly not the best. It was in 2007 aboard the Rhapsody of the Seas. Practically the whole ship was under renovations during the cruise and it was a disaster. First off, the Windjammer was closed because it was being renovated while under way with workers chipping away at the Travertine flooring with hammers and chisels for hours on end. The racket was truly obnoxious. This subsequently caused a major fuster cluck in the MDR because they set up a makeshift buffet down the entire center of the dining room during all meal service times creating a sea of humanity clamoring to get fed. It was the only cruise I've been on where the dining service was truly atrocious and a substantial numbers of tables went un-bussed the entire time. During the cruise they were also replacing flooring and had huge bolts of materials lashed down all over the ship. The stench of whatever adhesive they were using to glue down the flooring was unbearable. The pools were also closed because they were refinishing metal stanchions and wooden railings in the pool area and on the open decks during the day while underway. The crew was using some highly volatile and odoriferous paints in very close proximity to the passengers. Unbelievably, one of the crew was painting the railings in the smoking section right next to people who were smoking. Fumes be damned. Boxes of materials, bolts of carpet and paint buckets were to be found all over the ship, and the work continued both day and night. They weren't even trying to be inconspicuous. We decided then and there to rechristen her the Rehab Her on the Seas. We made the best of it, but that ship should have been in dry dock with the amount of work being done. After about 2 months of dealing with CS they finally issued a 50% off coupon for a future sailing. I'm sure I've forgotten some details, but is was one 'memorable' cruise. Edited July 27, 2022 by footzz 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted July 27, 2022 #111 Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 hour ago, footzz said: I can relate the most memorable cruise on RCL, but it was certainly not the best. It was in 2007 aboard the Rhapsody of the Seas. We were on Rhapsody of the Seas maiden voyage sailing from Miami sailing through Panama canal It was not completely finished, still loading beding , chairs, tables plants and equipment at every port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejnsb Posted July 27, 2022 #112 Share Posted July 27, 2022 For us is has to be the Pride of America. This was about 20 years ago, our son and future daughter-in-law were performers onthe ship. Seventeen family members flew from Florida for a Thanksgiving week cruise. At each port we rented two minivans and did as much as we could cram in. We had a private audience with the Hawaiian ambassador on board. The ladies got a private Lei building session. We brought gifts and gave the kids an early Christmas party on our balcony. Very special. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondDiva23 Posted July 27, 2022 #113 Share Posted July 27, 2022 My cousin's 50th bday cruise on Oasis in 2012. 9 women 3 men. One of the women was my aunt who turned 83 while we were on the cruise. I never would've thought that I would be cruising with the oldest member of our family but she kept pace with us through all the dinners, nightclubs, excursions & CocoCay. She passed away a month after turning 90 in 2019. So glad we got to go on such a beautiful trip on a beautiful ship with a beautiful lady. Here she is with her 2 granddaughters. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie26 Posted July 27, 2022 #114 Share Posted July 27, 2022 Oct 2005, we sailed Carnival Fantasy from Miami for a 2 day cruise with an overnight in Nassau. My brother was getting married at Sandals and it was the easiest way for us to attend the wedding. We were in Orlando and everyone else was SE PA. Everything was fabulous until the day after. Hurricane Wilma hit south Florida closing the Port of Miami for days. We were hit by a rogue wave so hard the slot machines pulled out of the floor and spilled coins everywhere. Fortunately no one hurt and out 3 day became a week long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted July 28, 2022 #115 Share Posted July 28, 2022 13 hours ago, John&LaLa said: Lots of D+ pins. Obviously pre Pinnacle time frame I think the top cruiser had approximately 380 C&A cruise points. People sailed for a vacation and not for points like they seam to do nowadays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted July 28, 2022 #116 Share Posted July 28, 2022 14 hours ago, John&LaLa said: So the late 90's🤔 Serenade of the Seas maiden voyage was August 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKWLDCruise Posted July 28, 2022 #117 Share Posted July 28, 2022 For me I think it was the first cruise I took both my twenty something nieces away with me. There was US immigration who suspected me of importing prostitutes, I did complain by the way. An upgrade to a junior suite on boarding, I had the previous occupants luggage for a few hours. Winning over $3k in the casino and taking my nieces on a shopping spree in the Mall of America while waiting for our flight home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ReneeFLL Posted July 28, 2022 #118 Share Posted July 28, 2022 3 hours ago, sowhat said: I think the top cruiser had approximately 380 C&A cruise points. People sailed for a vacation and not for points like they seam to do nowadays Cruising for points is the same thing as being on vacation. You aren’t doing anything different and still having the same good time either way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted July 28, 2022 #119 Share Posted July 28, 2022 16 minutes ago, ReneeFLL said: Cruising for points is the same thing as being on vacation. You aren’t doing anything different and still having the same good time either way. On our last cruise , a pinicale couple with their pinnacle pins on, sat in a inside diamond lounge most of the day bragging they had 24 cruises cancelled and they booked more for double points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted July 28, 2022 #120 Share Posted July 28, 2022 4 hours ago, sowhat said: I think the top cruiser had approximately 380 C&A cruise points. People sailed for a vacation and not for points like they seam to do nowadays You do realize that in 2011, 380 pre conversion points was more like 2660 today. Depends on what time of year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted July 28, 2022 #121 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 10 minutes ago, John&LaLa said: You do realize that in 2011, 380 pre conversion points was more like 2660 today. Depends on what time of year Yes , that number was in today's terms or appropriate 44 sailng credits Edited July 28, 2022 by sowhat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfguyxxx Posted July 28, 2022 #122 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, John&LaLa said: You do realize that in 2011, 380 pre conversion points was more like 2660 today. Depends on what time of year Wow; I'll hit Pinnacle on my next cruise but 2660; that's impressive if you can do it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sowhat Posted July 28, 2022 #123 Share Posted July 28, 2022 13 minutes ago, Surfguyxxx said: Wow; I'll hit Pinnacle on my next cruise but 2660; that's impressive if you can do it. It was not 2660 points, it's approximately 44 cruise points on the old system, which is approximately 380 in the new point accounting system 1 point per sailing on the old system is 7 points on the new system 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watertraveler Posted July 28, 2022 #124 Share Posted July 28, 2022 There's always something memorable about each and every cruise. Thank you for posing the question so I could go back and examine all of our past cruises! Probably number one would be our 2005 cruise to the Sea of Cortez on the Spirit of Endeavor. We experienced the BEST whale watch EVER!!!, coming eye to eye with a humpback whale. We swam with sea lions and watched pods of dolphins swim alongside our ship. A close second, for another reason, was the cruise we took in 2007 on the Radiance of the Seas. We were excited because it was supposed to be an 8 day cruise but Jet Blue cancelled our flights out of Boston. They told us to go home and rebook (right, it was February vacation!). Luckily, we had booked our air through RCCL and the agent was able to rebook us out of Pittsburgh! 10 of us rented cars, drove to Pittsburgh and were put up in a hotel for the night. We flew to San Juan the next day and met the ship having missed just the day at sea (we heard the weather was terrible so we didn't miss anything). To this day, we joke about the cruise we took that left from Pittsburgh! So grateful that we have all these memories to look back on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy jones Posted July 28, 2022 #125 Share Posted July 28, 2022 First cruise. 1982 on Holland America NYC to Bermuda. You can't compare today to this, but I do like today's less formal vibe. One you never forget for obvious reasons. Explorer of the Seas 10/28/2012. Hurricane Sandy. For us, it was not nearly as bad as some said that it was. The worst thing was that our car parked at Cape Liberty was one of many totaled by the flood. Returning to the scene on 10/29/2022 for 10 year anniversary sailing. Taking no chances, we will be parking a couple of levels up in the parking deck that has opened since then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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