INSIDERS CABIN Posted April 1 #26 Share Posted April 1 very interesting variety of responses 1995 Maasdam to European Capitals with our sons 1993 inaugural Statendam to Baltic with 3 generations 1992 Royal Caribbean to Western Caribbean with our sons 1990 Royal Caribbean Sun Viking to Alaska with our elementary school age sons and leaving soon for Celebrity transatlantic, with continuing service to the fjords, and crossing back on QM2. nothing can quite match those first few trips, but cruising is still the best of times. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuthC Posted April 1 #27 Share Posted April 1 20 minutes ago, 3rdGenCunarder said: 1978 Statendam to Bermuda My first cruise! (we weren't on the same cruise, though. we compared notes once before on this.) 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineke Posted April 1 #28 Share Posted April 1 1959-HAL De Groote Beer, Rotterdam to Montreal. We immigrated to Canada, 10 day cruising and 4 days by CPRail to Vancouver. Loved it ever since, but had to wait till 1995 for the next one, Rijndam Caribbean cruise. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisin'mama Posted April 1 #29 Share Posted April 1 1979 Azure Seas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homelines Posted April 1 #30 Share Posted April 1 1970 Home Lines Oceanic. The best ever! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakridger Posted April 1 #31 Share Posted April 1 (edited) 2 hours ago, Caribbean Chris said: 1977 Royal Caribbean’s Song of Norway Even before Royal Viking Line? 🙂 We compared notes a couple of years ago and my first cruise was on RVL from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta. My bestie worked for RVL in San Francisco in the late 70's early 80's. She remembers your name! Edited April 1 by oakridger 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlawrence01 Posted April 1 #32 Share Posted April 1 1992 Costa Riviera - Alaska Inside Passage Honestly, it was a cruise ship designed for the Mediterranean and sent to Alaska. There was so little to do on the ship Swore off cruising until 2019. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cwtravel Posted April 1 #33 Share Posted April 1 4 hours ago, GrammieK said: 1978 Home Lines Oceanic First for me was also on the Oceanic in 1973. 7 night from NYC to Nassau. I was 12, am 62 now and am taking cruise #45 next week on the Rotterdam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare POA1 Posted April 1 #34 Share Posted April 1 274,855. That only counts leisure cruises. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portofrome Posted April 1 #35 Share Posted April 1 1990 on Eugenio Costa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ski ww Posted April 1 #36 Share Posted April 1 Carinval New years Eve 1978-79 it was to celebrate my divorce. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay888 Posted April 1 #37 Share Posted April 1 1965, Queen Mary , I was a child my father would never fly. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caribbean Chris Posted April 1 #38 Share Posted April 1 (edited) 7 hours ago, oakridger said: Even before Royal Viking Line? 🙂 We compared notes a couple of years ago and my first cruise was on RVL from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta. My bestie worked for RVL in San Francisco in the late 70's early 80's. She remembers your name! Wow, small world! Give her my best! I worked in airline sales throughout the 1970s, arranged a last-minute charter Royal Caribbean needed desperately during a strike situation, and they offered me a free cruise on Song of Norway to say thanks. I loved cruising so much, I jumped at an ad for a new sales rep position with Costa Cruises (when it was still owned by the Costa family) based in Washington DC. After Costa and a short stint with Sitmar, I went to Royal Viking Line in 1982. What a great company - very fond memories. Their ships, staff and crew were incredible, a big, happy family. Edited April 1 by Caribbean Chris 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highscar Posted April 1 #39 Share Posted April 1 1953. Empress of France. Liverpool to Montreal. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrcruiser Posted April 1 Author #40 Share Posted April 1 (edited) 10 hours ago, Haljo1935 said: Early 90s ('92? '93?) Carnival Holiday. And it was a holiday cruise - my first Christmas cruise and 1st New Years cruise. Is there a prize at the end of this?😁 Us too on Carnival Holiday . She was a great ship back then ,then we sailed on the old Jubilee to Alaska .We did at least 15 to 20 Carnival ship cruises before we found RCL & Celebrity & Princess . Now we are only HAL cruisers for the last 5 to 6 years or perhaps a bit longer Edited April 1 by mcrcruiser 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crzr Posted April 1 #41 Share Posted April 1 1994. Old Noordam in Alaska Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJSULIBRARIAN Posted April 1 #42 Share Posted April 1 1964 Viking Princess of the Flagship Lines (Norwegian) NYC to Bermuda. I was 20 at the time and went with family and grandmother. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea42 Posted April 1 #43 Share Posted April 1 Mayflower April 1,1620 (might have been August?) 😁 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruisemom42 Posted April 1 #44 Share Posted April 1 1973 -- Emerald Seas 1974 -- Sitmar Fairwind (and about once a year thereafter for next 10 years) My grandparents sailed a number of times on HAL started around 1971-72. They retired to Fort Lauderdale and cruised often. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruise Suzy Posted April 1 #45 Share Posted April 1 Jan 1993 - Royal Caribbean from San Juan with a square dance club. Then took a LONG break until an Alaskan cruise in May 2008 - southbound on Princess. Finally DH agreed to another, and we found a home on HAL in Feb 2019. With exception of shutdown, have been cruising from Ft. Lauderdale twice a year since. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodinville cruisers Posted April 1 #46 Share Posted April 1 1965 on the Nieuw Amsterdam when we moved back to the US from the Netherlands. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExArkie Posted April 1 #47 Share Posted April 1 15 hours ago, Kay S said: Husband did the USS United States in 1965. That wasn't cruising. It was transportation to and from Europe. (He was in steerage, of course!) My wife was also on the SS United States, late in 1958 or early 1959 (she was three years old), returning from Germany at the end of her father's posting there. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seacruise9 Posted April 1 #48 Share Posted April 1 Hi, My first cruise was in 1967 - SS Miami four-day cruise to the Bahamas (my parents took me on this cruise prior to my third birthday). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McDeb2119 Posted April 1 #49 Share Posted April 1 1992 was my first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XBGuy Posted April 1 #50 Share Posted April 1 October 30, 1976 — NCL Southward — Honeymoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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