john91498 Posted July 12 #1 Share Posted July 12 (edited) My first cruise on a Carnival ship was on the Elation in 1999? Geez, seems so long ago... What was your first ship and when? Edited July 12 by john91498 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh-angler Posted July 12 #2 Share Posted July 12 Celebration, October 1996 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gari Posted July 12 #3 Share Posted July 12 (edited) My first cruise was on the Pride in 2000. Loved it then and love it now. The officers and crew continue to make my travels very enjoyable Edited July 12 by Gari Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drazil65 Posted July 12 #4 Share Posted July 12 Our first CCL was in 2003 (Destiny and probably why we have a soft spot for the Sunshine), DS was just a yr old. We have been cruising a little longer than that but started our cruising journey with RCCL the first few times. We do still occasionally sail RCCL in between our Carnival cruises and tried NCL a while back but that is a one and done for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphinsfan246 Posted July 12 #5 Share Posted July 12 First cruise was on the Holiday in 2006. I was amazed at her size when I first saw her. Needless to say I was shocked when somebody told me she was the smallest in the fleet. I’ve been hooked ever since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare dctravel Posted July 12 #6 Share Posted July 12 I sailed on the original Mardi Gras in 1989. A four day cruise to the Bahamas, that included time at the hotel Carnival then owned called the Crystal Palace. Don't remember much about it (I was a kid at the time), other than I had a good time and got stung by a jelly fish on the beach! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creeblee Posted July 12 #7 Share Posted July 12 Carnival Triumph - 2000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare KarmaCruisers Posted July 12 #8 Share Posted July 12 Inspiration, 4-day (Catalina & Ensenada run) in spring break 2016. “junior suite” (aka: just a normal balcony room on any non-fantasy class boat) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out of Iowa Posted July 12 #9 Share Posted July 12 (edited) 2008 at Spring Break on the Carnival Fantasy. Hated it. Small ship, big waves - three of the four of us experienced seasickness (as did many others onboard). There was a door slamming shut over and over behind our interior cabin. Guest Services couldn't identify what was keeping us up at night. I returned to work thinking "there has to be a reason why people cruise...let's book another to find out." 2009 was a completely different (excellent) experience on the Legend - and I keep cruising. Edited July 12 by Out of Iowa capitalization Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuddrules Posted July 12 #10 Share Posted July 12 Carnival Ecstasy - 2012 so not all that long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare shof515 Posted July 12 #11 Share Posted July 12 (edited) 2009 carnival miracle out of nyc it would be amazing if a spirit class ship sailed out of nyc again. The legend was suppose to do a few cruises out of NYC in 2020 but those never happened Edited July 12 by shof515 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annmarie58 Posted July 12 #12 Share Posted July 12 Carnival Paradise 4 day 2006 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pirate4me2 Posted July 12 #13 Share Posted July 12 March 2012 on the Pride. DH had to BEG me to do a cruise for our honeymoon, and I started bawling when the ship pushed away from the pier. I was convinced I would get seasick and hate the trip. Finally on day 2 I realized....I'm not seasick! Cruising is awesome! Less than a week after we returned home, I booked our second cruise for the Breeze for November 2013.....and now DH is the one begging me NOT to book cruises! LOL. I just tell him "You started this mess." 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane0226 Posted July 12 #14 Share Posted July 12 Carnival Sensation, 2007 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeaNea Posted July 12 #15 Share Posted July 12 Carnival Jubilee to Mexico 1996 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooksma Posted July 12 #16 Share Posted July 12 2010 on the Miracle. Best cruise as we had 21 people ranging in age from 83 to 5. So many great memories. Thanks for reminding me 😃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sid_9169 Posted July 12 #17 Share Posted July 12 Thanksgiving 2010 on the Carnival Fascination... My grandmother died during Thanksgiving 2009, so my mom booked this as a family trip since every other year of my life prior, we had spent it with my grandmother... It was almost 4 years later in the summer of 2014 that I took my first solo cruise on the Glory... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trudster57 Posted July 12 #18 Share Posted July 12 2002 on Carnival Ecstacy out of San Pedro before Long Beach Pier. A 3 day cruise to Ensenada to test out if we would get seasick. Sure enough on the sea day we were just bobbing up and down off of San Diego bay. We were seasick after having breakfast. But we learned from experience and on our second cruise we were better prepared since it was going to be a 7 day out of Galveston. Being newbies, we weren't aware of Hurricane season for cruises. Now we know not to cruise during Hurricane season or in the areas where we would hit rough seas. But we are hooked on cruising. Cruise twice a year or three if I can pull it off for PTO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted July 12 #19 Share Posted July 12 Carnival Pride, October 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbeydoo Posted July 12 #20 Share Posted July 12 Carnival Imagination 2013. I was looking for something to break up a trip to Disney for my sanity. My youngest daughter didn't want to cruise said it would be boring and she'd be seasick. Aside from during the height of COVID, there hasn't been a year when she hasn't cruised since 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgladin Posted July 12 #21 Share Posted July 12 Carnival Inspiration, February 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hapytobehr Posted July 12 #22 Share Posted July 12 Our first on Carnival cruise was the Triumph in 2008. We went to NCL and Royal It was so bad it took us 6 years to try again. We've done 28 more Carnival cruises since then. . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderrr Posted July 12 #23 Share Posted July 12 Carnival Breeze 2012. However, we cruised on the Sea Princess in 1999 to Alaska, but that was before Carnival owned them. This cruise was also our very first. 25th wedding anniversary. Took years to get DW to go (snow everywhere! she said), but she has always wanted to go back. Maybe next year (50 years). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thundercrack Posted July 12 #24 Share Posted July 12 7/13/2009 CARNIVAL TRIUMPH - Canada Cruise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronkeykong Posted July 12 #25 Share Posted July 12 December 9, 2004 - Galveston - Carnival Ecstasy - 4 days This was our "try it out" cruise. Booked an interior, I believe. When we showed up they took us to a room / office to get our cards. Turns out we had been upgraded to U79, on of the balcony rooms with the "L" shaped couch. It was fantastic!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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