Ecstasy Pics from 1995

[Bluesgirl21]

Thought it would be fun to share some of the photos from our honeymoon cruise on the Ecstasy in October 1995.  My DH and I (yes, we are still going strong after 26 years) are booked on the Sept 26th cruise out of Mobile.  When I learned that the Ecstasy was being retired this year, we had to go for our 27th anniversary. 

 

I picked the photos taken in areas that have been since remodeled.  Such as the main pool, the aft pool, and the Stripes discotheque.  Remember the the ice sculpture demonstrations and the Video Diary Team?   (We did not purchase the video because it was $40, and we didn't have that kind of money to burn in those days.  Funny story: this was our first cruise ever, so we didn’t know what we were doing.  When we found the pictures the ship crew took of us in the photo gallery, we just grabbed them and walked away only to be flagged down and told you had to pay for them.  Awkward!).  The deck overlooking the aft pool around the whale tail where kids (of all ages) now go to board the waterslides, was a topless sunbathing deck!  No, I did not take part.  In fact, the deck was unoccupied, and we did not see the sign until we walked back down.  Wish I would have taken a photo of it, but in those days, we weren’t snapping pics of everything we see like we do with our phones today.  But we had a blast, or to inject a little 90s slang, you could say that it was da bomb!

Ecstasy pics.pdf

[Megan_Strick]

Just now, Bluesgirl21 said:

Thought it would be fun to share some of the photos from our honeymoon cruise on the Ecstasy in October 1995.  My DH and I (yes, we are still going strong after 26 years) are booked on the Sept 26th cruise out of Mobile.  When I learned that the Ecstasy was being retired this year, we had to go for our 27th anniversary. 

 

I picked the photos taken in areas that have been since remodeled.  Such as the main pool, the aft pool, and the Stripes discotheque.  Remember the the ice sculpture demonstrations and the Video Diary Team?   (We did not purchase the video because it was $40, and we didn't have that kind of money to burn in those days.  Funny story: this was our first cruise ever, so we didn’t know what we were doing.  When we found the pictures the ship crew took of us in the photo gallery, we just grabbed them and walked away only to be flagged down and told you had to pay for them.  Awkward!).  The deck overlooking the aft pool around the whale tail where kids (of all ages) now go to board the waterslides, was a topless sunbathing deck!  No, I did not take part.  In fact, the deck was unoccupied, and we did not see the sign until we walked back down.  Wish I would have taken a photo of it, but in those days, we weren’t snapping pics of everything we see like we do with our phones today.  But we had a blast, or to inject a little 90s slang, you could say that it was da bomb!

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Wow. Not much has changed on it

 

[dallasdan]

Our first cruise was on the Ecstasy in 2006.

[Tradestock]

I remember the pools that were cut in half for slide safety.  Congratulations on your upcoming anniversary.😃

[jerseyjjs]

 

I didn't miss you by much.  My first cruise was on Ecstasy back in Dec. 1995.

[kelkel2]

Our first cruise was on the Ecstasy for our honeymoon too in 2010!!

[mz-s]

18 hours ago, Megan_Strick said:

Wow. Not much has changed on it

 

 

I guess in a manner of speaking that's true, but every one of these photos if taken today would look different. There's no aft pools, no slide at the main pool, the stripes are gone from the entrance to Stripes, etc.