Carnival Cruise Ship "Festivale"

[falkcor]

Ask and ye shall receive:

 

VERY NICE, GRADY! that's awesome. :D

[falkcor]

Also, if you click on the picture it will take you to the Webshots page. From there you can make it full screen and then magnify it to see details.

 

it says:

 

'This photo may only be saved by friends'

 

when you try any of those.

 

i know where i stand... :( lol :D

[DarthGrady]

VERY NICE, GRADY! that's awesome. :D

 

Every once in a great while I can be useful, just don't tell my wife or she'll find more chores.;)

[DarthGrady]

it says:

 

'This photo may only be saved by friends'

 

when you try any of those.

 

i know where i stand... :( lol :D

 

Maybe I didn't set it to public, I'll see if I can fix it.

 

~~~EDIT: I did set it to public, I don't know why it wont let you view the larger image. Any Webshot experts out there that can offer some help?

Edited June 25, 2009 by DarthGrady

[Zingy2]

What a great look back at some of Carnival's original ships! Many thanks to all those who have contributed. Is'nt it just amazing how technology and innovation has changed the face of cruising over the past 30+ years?

 

Thanks again to all those who've contributed....very nice. :D

[falkcor]

Every once in a great while I can be useful, just don't tell my wife or she'll find more chores.;)

 

lmao, your secret is safe with me :rolleyes: 'as you wish' :D

[falkcor]

~~~EDIT: I did set it to public, I don't know why it wont let you view the larger image. Any Webshot experts out there that can offer some help?

 

i'm not. but i tried it again, same thing.

[DqALEX]

I'm still trying to figure out this odd Carnival card from 1998!

 

 

The lady to whom it was issued works for a major airline for some decades now

so she gets all sorts of perks travel-industry-wide.

 

Is this card a special issue for industry workers? Travel agents?

What? -does anyone know?

 

It's not the standard cruise card for the era, because I've seen some of them

and they are nothing like this 'Plain Jane'-lookin card!

 

.

Wow thats a nice find

[Slimpickins]

I'm still trying to figure out this odd Carnival card from 1998!

 

 

The lady to whom it was issued works for a major airline for some decades now

so she gets all sorts of perks travel-industry-wide.

 

Is this card a special issue for industry workers? Travel agents?

What? -does anyone know?

 

It's not the standard cruise card for the era, because I've seen some of them

and they are nothing like this 'Plain Jane'-lookin card!

 

.

 

I just thought about it, and when on the Fascination a few weeks ago some lady had a S&S card/some kind of ID that did not look like a passenger or crew member. She was traveling with a bunch of ppl that was related to a member of the band. I could never get a good look of her ID she was wearing. It was white in color. That's all I could make out. Maybe on that particular cruise June Borne was on a family related cruise to a crew member.

 

My best guess:D

[tiggerman101]

What a refreshing thread. Interesting, informative and zero bickering! Good job guys. I hope we can keep this thread going with more history.

[falkcor]

Ask and ye shall receive:

 

 

mrbassman, i think this has to be the most invaluable post yet, given the information you need. nice... :)

Edited June 25, 2009 by falkcor

[falkcor]

What a refreshing thread. Interesting, informative and zero bickering! Good job guys. I hope we can keep this thread going with more history.

 

i agree entirely... this one is kinda 'special', if you ask me ;)

 

and i can't wait to see the final resolution. go mrbassman! :D

Edited June 25, 2009 by falkcor

[Zingy2]

I'm still trying to figure out this odd Carnival card from 1998!

 

 

The lady to whom it was issued works for a major airline for some decades now

so she gets all sorts of perks travel-industry-wide.

 

Is this card a special issue for industry workers? Travel agents?

What? -does anyone know?

 

It's not the standard cruise card for the era, because I've seen some of them

and they are nothing like this 'Plain Jane'-lookin card!

 

 

.

 

 

Wonder if Host Mach has an "in" with someone at Carnival, who can shed some light on this mystery?

[Aplmac]

Wonder if Host Mach has an "in" with someone at Carnival,

who can shed some light on this mystery?

Does Carnival have an in-house Company Historian who would know?

Thanks for inputs large and small, re. this odd card.

For some years now, I've known the lady whose card it was

so I'm not guessing about her travel industry status

-she's been an accountant for British Airways for about 20-30 yrs.

and she and her husband do flights and cruises like you and I do hot dinners

because she gets all kindsa deals --like 10% of what you and I get to pay(we're so lucky!) :D

So she's not a Carnival employee, but she does get her special rates.

 

 

......................................

Below are examples of regular paying-passenger cruise cards

from years both before and after the date on June's card

to illustrate the unusual nature of this employee? or near-employee? card.

[mrbassman]

THANK YOU EVERYONE !!!!!! Those pictures are amazing, just what I need. I did begin the restoration of the model, and it appears to be bit worse off than I thought. Nothing I can't fix, just needs a bit more work. I estimate this will be finished in September or October, with work, kids, house, etc, etc, I don't build as fast as I would like. Bear with me, I do promise I will update the thread as I go along and I will definately post photos of the model sailing again. I'll try to do a video, not sure if I can, but definately pictures.

 

Thank You again,

Ken.

[seacats]

Hey, love this thread. We sailed the Mardi Gras in 2/80 (Honeymoon), would love to see deck plan:0)

[Elationismyship]

I'll chime in on this one too . . . . The Festivale holds a very special memory for me. My husband and I, married 2 years at the time, took a last minute trip on the Festivale out of San Juan (I even remember the price $699 per person -- what a deal at the time). We were trying desperately to get pregnant and had no success for about one year.

 

We had bunk beds in the lowest cabin category you could get. It was the smallest room I'd ever been in and we had a fantastic time on this beautiful, old ship. When in Martinique, we visited a very, very old church and I prayed for a baby.

 

Low and behold, about 6 weeks after this cruise, the dr. confirmed I was 6 weeks pregnant. I don't know if it was the old church, the old ship or the bunk beds -- but it worked. My daughter is now 13. :-)

Edited June 25, 2009 by Elationismyship

[falkcor]

Low and behold, about 6 weeks after this cruise, the dr. confirmed I was 6 weeks pregnant. I don't know if it was the old church, the old ship or the bunk beds -- but it worked. My daughter is now 13. :-)

 

that's a nice story :)

[DarthGrady]

Hey, love this thread. We sailed the Mardi Gras in 2/80 (Honeymoon), would love to see deck plan:0)

 

I was just thinking about starting a separate thread and posting the other deck plans that I have in this book. It has all three of the original ships plus "The all new!" Tropicale. Maybe I will head it up as a Carnival history thread and folks can post info or ask questions about all this kind of stuff. I'll work on it tonight, keep and eye out.

[DqALEX]

I was just thinking about starting a separate thread and posting the other deck plans that I have in this book. It has all three of the original ships plus "The all new!" Tropicale. Maybe I will head it up as a Carnival history thread and folks can post info or ask questions about all this kind of stuff. I'll work on it tonight, keep and eye out.

Grady, I think thats a great idea.

[falkcor]

Grady, I think thats a great idea.

 

i do too. :D

[WitchyWoman14]

This is a great thread! Thanks for all the info and pics. I am very interested in Carnival's history...:)

[luvavacation]

Oh DarkGrady, thanks so much for finding those deck plans! I knew I wasn't crazy. Deck plans sure were different then - looks like one room now was previously two rooms - no wonder I remember the room as being so tiny!

[goldiemom]

I love this thread. The Festivale holds a place very close to my heart. My boyfriend and I sailed on her July 5, 1980 from Miami. That night under the stars, he asked me to marry him. On February 14, 1981 we were married on the Queen Mary in Long Beach. We have sailed many times (we are still happily married), but that ship holds special memories.

[falkcor]

here's a more rare view of the festivale, and her sister ships in the fledgling carnival fleet.

 

 

festivale's in the foreground here...

 

this pic kinda represents for me the birth of a legend... here's how it all got started.