George C Posted June 5, 2023 #1 Share Posted June 5, 2023 1970’s - Rotterdam 1980’s - SS Norway 1990’s - Sovereign of the seas 2000’s - Navigator of the seas 2010’s - MSC Seaside and Oasis 2020’s - Celebrity Edge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted June 6, 2023 #2 Share Posted June 6, 2023 12 hours ago, George C said: 1970’s - Rotterdam 1980’s - SS Norway 1990’s - Sovereign of the seas 2000’s - Navigator of the seas 2010’s - MSC Seaside and Oasis 2020’s - Celebrity Edge That's a very interesting list of ships and evolution of tastes - both yours and the cruise lines. Thank you for sharing. I think you were on the Rotterdam V back in the 70s. I sailed on the Rotterdam VI back in 2019. It was OK. I sailed on Navigator OTS earlier this year. It was also OK. I preferred it to the other Royal ship I've been on, sister Mariner OTS. I haven't been sailing as long (just under a decade), so my list isn't as exciting. Basically, it's Carnival Valor -> Carnival Liberty -> Carnival Horizon. Honorable mention to the Celebrity Summit, which is a nice and recently updated ship that's of a size that music charter companies tend to favor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted June 6, 2023 #3 Share Posted June 6, 2023 Slightly different way of defining my time ranges; and I tend to have preferences for classes of ships rather than individuals ones (with one notable exception): mid 70s to mid 80s -- Sitmar Fairwind and Fairsea, identical ships mid 80s to mid 90s -- Didn't cruise much, early career & marriage mid 90s to mid 2000s -- Celebrity Horizon and Century class mid 2000s to 2010 -- Princess Grand class, good compromise for myself and teen son 2010 to 2020 -- Aegean Odyssey, tiny ship but wonderful itineraries in the Med & great enrichment 2020 to now -- ?? Have to say I don't have a particular favorite -- yet. I like small ships and they are getting scarce. I am trying two old Renaissance ships ("R-class") later this year: one owned by Oceania and one by Azamara; stay tuned. For mid-size I still like Celebrity M-class. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidi13 Posted June 6, 2023 #4 Share Posted June 6, 2023 1960's - SS Oriana/Canberra 1970's - SS Uganda 1980's - MV Island/Pacific Princess (Love Boats) & Sun Princess (Spirit of London) 1990's - MV Sun Princess 2000's - MV Island/Coral Princess 2010's - MV Diamond/Sapphire Princess 2020's - MV Viking Sun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George C Posted June 6, 2023 Author #5 Share Posted June 6, 2023 1 hour ago, cruisemom42 said: Slightly different way of defining my time ranges; and I tend to have preferences for classes of ships rather than individuals ones (with one notable exception): mid 70s to mid 80s -- Sitmar Fairwind and Fairsea, identical ships mid 80s to mid 90s -- Didn't cruise much, early career & marriage mid 90s to mid 2000s -- Celebrity Horizon and Century class mid 2000s to 2010 -- Princess Grand class, good compromise for myself and teen son 2010 to 2020 -- Aegean Odyssey, tiny ship but wonderful itineraries in the Med & great enrichment 2020 to now -- ?? Have to say I don't have a particular favorite -- yet. I like small ships and they are getting scarce. I am trying two old Renaissance ships ("R-class") later this year: one owned by Oceania and one by Azamara; stay tuned. For mid-size I still like Celebrity M-class. My first European cruise was on Renaissance fantastic ship seemed to be a mini sovereign of the seas , loved the adults only and non smoking, sad that they went under after 9/11. This cruise was March 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruiserking Posted June 16, 2023 #6 Share Posted June 16, 2023 1970's - Cunard QE2, Franconia - HAL Rotterdam - Italian Line Leonardo Da Vinci 2000's - Cunard Queen Mary 2 - HAL Noordam 2010's - RCCL Explorer, Anthem, Empress - Regal Princess - Celebrity Edge 2020's - RCCL Anthem - Emerald Princess Jonathan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navybankerteacher Posted June 16, 2023 #7 Share Posted June 16, 2023 On 6/6/2023 at 11:46 AM, cruisemom42 said: … 2020 to now -- ?? Have to say I don't have a particular favorite -- yet. I like small ships and they are getting scarce. I am trying two old Renaissance ships ("R-class") later this year: one owned by Oceania and one by Azamara; stay tuned. For mid-size I still like Celebrity M-class. Agree with this decade’s selection. I wonder if HAL’s Zaandam is being kept in shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lenquixote66 Posted June 16, 2023 #8 Share Posted June 16, 2023 1970’s -Cunard Ambassador 1980’s we did not cruise 1990’s-Carnival Fascination From 2008 to 2010 exclusively HAL 2011 to 2019-RCI ,NCL and Celebrity Last cruise was in December ,2019. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquahound Posted June 16, 2023 #9 Share Posted June 16, 2023 1970s - NCL Sunward II 1980s - NCL Seaward / Norwegian Sea 1990s - Majesty of the Seas 2000s - Explorer of the Seas 2010s - Celebrity Eclipse 2020s - Ovation of the Seas I'll be cruising Celebrity Edge next year and I have a good feeling about that one taking the reign from Ovation. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldsc Posted June 16, 2023 #10 Share Posted June 16, 2023 You left out the 1870's (no typo error) - the Lewis R French Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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