mfs2k Posted July 12 #26 Share Posted July 12 Tropicale in 1986. Caribbean. Skeet shooting and a driving range off the stern Jubilee 1987 to Cabo, Mazatlan and Puerto Vallarta from Long Beach, CA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Are.we.there.yet? Posted July 12 #27 Share Posted July 12 OMG!!!! My first Carnival cruise was also on the Tropicale in 1986!!! 🙂 Those were the days! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butterbean1000 Posted July 12 #28 Share Posted July 12 (edited) 2009 the OG Celebration. My sister surprised me and another sister with a cruise. We went to Nassau and Key West. I was hooked. When the hubs asked where we wanted to go for our 30th anniversary I said a cruise. He was less than enthusiastic. I told him I was going and he was welcome to join me. He agreed. We weren't on board for more than a couple of hours before he started planning our next cruise. We cruised every year since then except for the shut down. We just got off our 45th year anniversary cruise. Edited July 12 by Butterbean1000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WWEJ Posted July 12 #29 Share Posted July 12 Conquest, July 2005 from New Orleans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree.critter Posted July 12 #30 Share Posted July 12 November ‘91, Mardi Gras 4 day Bahamas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Beach Bum Posted July 12 #31 Share Posted July 12 36 minutes ago, Are.we.there.yet? said: OMG!!!! My first Carnival cruise was also on the Tropicale in 1986!!! 🙂 Those were the days! Mine too. Drinking long islands and playing slots when I was 17. Those were the days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
we b cruzin Posted July 12 #32 Share Posted July 12 2 hours ago, dolphinsfan246 said: 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. My first cruise was on the Holiday in 1988. At that time, she was one of the LARGEST in the fleet. My how things change!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Illbcruzn4life Posted July 12 #33 Share Posted July 12 3 hours ago, john91498 said: 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? Also on Elation in 1998. Only time I have ever cruised the Mexican Riviera. Still have the inaugural season coffee mug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlawrence01 Posted July 12 #34 Share Posted July 12 My first Carnival cruise was on the Carnival Splendor, 7 day Mexican Riviera out of Long Beach, CA in May 2019. When we took the cruise, we wanted to see if we would like the cruise. It was our intent to book the October 2019 repositioning cruise on the Carnival Splendor, 22 days from Long Beach to Singapore. About a week before we were booking the repositioning cruise, my brother called me to let me know my nephew was getting married the week of the cruise so we never booked it. I have not sailed with Carnival again as I wanted to try out five other lines. Now that that has been done, we will be on the Carnival Magic on an cruise to the ABC islands in April. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djptcp Posted July 12 #35 Share Posted July 12 Our first Carnival cruise was on the Fascination in 1996. At that time, that ship was the largest cruise ship in the Caribbean. Looks like a tugboat now compared to the Royal Caribbean mega ships😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnieo Posted July 12 #36 Share Posted July 12 The Holiday in Aug 1999. That was a 4 day to Catalina and Ensenada. That was 25 cruises ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roscoe13 Posted July 12 #37 Share Posted July 12 September 2003 on the Elation out of Long Beach. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruisinArn Posted July 12 #38 Share Posted July 12 8/11/2014 - Fascination - Jacksonville 5 Day. Our first real vacation and got us hooked. Now if we do not go on 2 or 3 a year I get sad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare maxandmolly Posted July 12 #39 Share Posted July 12 2010, Fascination out of Jacksonville. Got me hooked! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare starstruck05 Posted July 12 #40 Share Posted July 12 May 2008 Carnival Sensation out of Port Canaveral. Hooked ever since..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevethepirate Posted July 12 #41 Share Posted July 12 Mardi Gras 1974. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonit964 Posted July 12 #42 Share Posted July 12 4 hours ago, john91498 said: 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? That was my very first cruise! Sailed on the Elation 4/25/99 to the Mexican Riviera. 😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herm26 Posted July 12 #43 Share Posted July 12 1982 Summer. Festivale. I'm guessing not too many people on this board will have an earlier year than that. Also while on the Jubilee in summer 1988 my late father interviewed Micky Arison for a story in the Chicago Tribune newspaper. I was in high school and the three of us were just sitting on the pool deck with nothing but swimsuits and sunglasses on while my father asked questions for an hour and took notes. None of the other passengers on the cruise even knew who he was at the time. Pretty surreal experience. He was probably the richest man I ever met personally. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john91498 Posted July 12 Author #44 Share Posted July 12 17 minutes ago, tonit964 said: That was my very first cruise! Sailed on the Elation 4/25/99 to the Mexican Riviera. 😁 Gosh, I think we were on the same cruise!!!! My b-day is on April 22nd and the 25th was a b-day cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonit964 Posted July 12 #45 Share Posted July 12 3 minutes ago, john91498 said: Gosh, I think we were on the same cruise!!!! My b-day is on April 22nd and the 25th was a b-day cruise. That is wild! My dads birthday was the 22nd of April also. This was a honeymoon cruise for me. The only thing that sticks out in my memory about it that you may remember too is debarkation was delayed because someone had a heart attack. I just remember sitting in the Mikado lounge for what seemed like forever until we could get off the ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyxie Posted July 12 #46 Share Posted July 12 Elation in 2014 for our 10th wedding anniversary. Now we are getting ready to celebrate our 20th on the Pride 14 day to Greenland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john91498 Posted July 12 Author #47 Share Posted July 12 7 minutes ago, tonit964 said: That is wild! My dads birthday was the 22nd of April also. This was a honeymoon cruise for me. The only thing that sticks out in my memory about it that you may remember too is debarkation was delayed because someone had a heart attack. I just remember sitting in the Mikado lounge for what seemed like forever until we could get off the ship. I believe you're correct. Debarkation was so delayed that they opened up more bars and we started drinking again...lol... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare heffy2 Posted July 12 #48 Share Posted July 12 March 31, 1991 on the Jubilee to the Mexican Riviera from San Pedro. I was 11 years old, and became hooked for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portcity Posted July 12 #49 Share Posted July 12 The Fantasy- Springbreak 1995 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chip1 Posted July 12 #50 Share Posted July 12 The Carnivale on the 7-night sailing that included Easter day 1977 when I was in 5th grade. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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