Carnival Tropicale

[letscruiseagain]

When did old tropicale sail?

[*Mach*]

She was built in Denmark in 1982...

[jleq]

Sailed with Carnival 'til the late 90s. Still sailing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropicale_(ship)

[big_duck]

There is a whole forum here at CC on old ships and where they are now. Makes for interesting reading.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&daysprune=&f=56

[DqALEX]

I was on that ship when it went out of Tampa. We also made a stop in New Orleans, before going back to Tampa.

[LHP]

Yep, we have retired a few ships. Even our sons have retired two

(Tropicale and Jubilee) and soon will be retiring a couple of more.

[keyguide]

And still sailing . Better memories of Tropicale than most of the bigger ships.She was beat up pretty good in a storm last year.

[clemmtd]

We sailed on her in My 2000. Had a blast!

Tara

[NowVoyager908]

I have great memories of the Tropicale. She was my first cruise experience . . . Los Angeles to the Mexican Riviera. I remember thinking she was just huge. LOL. Put her side to side with some of today's ships and she would look like a baby whale next to its mama.

[GTVCRUISER]

I cruised on the Tropicale in the early 80`s out of San Juan

[KroozNut]

Anybody remember the Carnivale...my first cruise experience, and of course a fond one..

[DqALEX]

Anybody remember the Carnivale...my first cruise experience, and of course a fond one..

Im sorry I misse out on the early days of carnival. Those early ships looked like great fun ships and fun times.

[shortstop95]

Our goal was to say we've sailed on all Carnival ships.. unfortunately we missed the Festivale and Mardi Gras before they retired.. and now a couple more have gone too. We try to get them when they're new... unfortunately after the double whammy of a really bad tropcial storm while on board in August 2001 and then 9/11 we didn't sail for a couple years... so we missed spirit.. pride.. conquest... but we're getting two more this year.. so we keep chipping away

[MrPete]

The only time I saw the Tropicale was on an episode of the A-Team.

[floridasteelerfans]

sailed on tropicale sept of 96 Alaska, Bruce

[CUBS]

I Sailed 1999 Great Ship

[NowVoyager908]

The only time I saw the Tropicale was on an episode of the A-Team.

 

I have to tell you, I sailed on that cruise. We had no idea they were planning on filming during the cruise and there were parts of the ship we couldn't use at various times during the week. But it was still a blast. I had a teeny crush on Dirk Benedict from his Starbuck days and got a chance to see him up close and personal. Well, not that personal, but up close anyway. ;)

[sparkscruiser]

Sailed the Tropicale in 82 - my first cruise. Paid almost the same then for an OV as we are paying now for balconies on some sailings!

[tntornadox]

Oddly enough, she has been sold to Pullmantur Cruises, which is now a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean International, oooh... the irony here.

[gazingm42]

Its amazing she still around under a different name.

 

 

We sailed her in 1988/1989

[MonaCK]

I also was on the Tropicale in the mid 80's, and it was my first cruise as well :)

[JeffHatfield]

Anybody remember the Carnivale...my first cruise experience, and of course a fond one..

 

She was my first cruise and we sailed her again for our first anniversary.

[DarthGrady]

anybody have any pics of Tropicale cruises to share with those of us who never saw her?

[keyguide]

Oddly enough, she has been sold to Pullmantur Cruises, which is now a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean International, oooh... the irony here.

Thought she was with P&O out of Australia?Pacific Star.Too bad ...was thinking about seeing her again.

[keyguide]

Oddly enough, she has been sold to Pullmantur Cruises, which is now a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean International, oooh... the irony here.

When does it transfer to Pullmantur?I was thinking about the Australian trip on Pacific Star(Tropicale).