Memories...Do you remember?

Our very first cruise was on the DORIC from new york to bermuda in may
of 1978 to celebrate our 30 wedding anniversary,a fantastic
voyage,nothing compares to the first cruise.
surfer e2468

JEAN:
Yes,the OLD PACIFIC PRINCESS was the original love boat,that is why we
started cruising,loved that show,and also all the cruises we took on
her.
surfer e2468

"Tom K" wrote in message
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Nordic Empress

From Miami...
Nassau
CocoCay
Back to Miami...

Is this ship now the Empress of the Seas, Tom?

--Jean

"villa deauville" wrote in message
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Great thread Jean. Thanks for jogging memories and making a lot of
people smile

Thanks, Sunny! I've enjoyed it too.

--Jean

"Becca" wrote in message
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My first cruise was on the Stella Solaris for 3 weeks. We had a big
anniversary coming up and I thought we deserved something special. I did
not tell my husband, because I wanted it to be a surprise. I talked to a
travel agent and I booked the cruise.

He did not want to go! I told him that I had paid for two people, and I
was going with or without him. He went, dragging his feet as if he was on
his way to a guillotine. Needless to say, he loved it.

When I saw the Stella Solaris, it was HUGE! Compared to the new ships, it
was really tiny. LOL We cruised with 600 other people, that will tell you
how small the ship was. The swimming pool was tiny, so were the
bathrooms. Sammy said he could take a shower, go to the bathroom and
brush his teeth all at the same time.

http://www.maritimematters.com/stella-solaris1.html


Thanks for this interesting link, Becca..My how things have changed..such a
sharp shaped rectangular pool and what a spartan looking luxurious suite!!
We are so spoiled now that we would not accept an inside cabin that looked
like that!

--Jean

"Doctor Mike" wrote in message
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I was just going through all the memorabilia from all our cruises and
came
across our very first cruise.
Do you remember your first cruise and itinerary?

June 1956 Conte Biancamano of Italia Line.

This was a Mediterranean cruise disguised as a line voyage.

New York
Lisbon
Gibraltar
Cannes
Genova (disembarked)
ship continued to:
Palermo
Napoli

Mike, you have *disembarked* after Genova..Does that mean that is as far as
you sailed or the only port that you disembarked? Nice itinerary.

--Jean

"D Ball" wrote in message
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Jean,
Great thread. Thanks for stoking good memories.

You're welcome, Diana!

We looked like the Clampitts arriving in port with all sizes and shapes
of luggage and boxes
overflowing with live door wreaths, table-top artificial trees, twinkle
lights, wrapped gifts, etc. (Don't forget, the kids were young, and we
were taking them away from the magic of waking up Christmas morning at
home, so maternal guilt drove me to re-create the holidays aboard ship!)
We brought a big box of gifts for the Roatan orphanage, and we brought
presents for crew members. And we had clothes galore! My family will never
forget that one because I had learned of the theme nights (Country &
Western, 50's and Caribbean) and packed outfits accordingly. Luckily, the
kids were still young enough, they happily agreed to dress up! I didn't
remember until this thread that Craig had put something up about this one.
You can see a few 1st cruise moments captured he
http://www.ballpoint.org/norwegiansea.html


You are sooo organized taking all those Christmas things with you and
remembering the crew and the orphans at Roatan, too!
Loved your site...no wonder you have such fond memories of the Norwegian
Sea...She still remains one of my favorites even though I don't have all the
wonderful memories that you have from cruising on her. I really enjoyed
them..thanks for sharing!

--Jean

"Surfer E2468" wrote in message
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Our very first cruise was on the DORIC from new york to bermuda in may
of 1978 to celebrate our 30 wedding anniversary,a fantastic
voyage,nothing compares to the first cruise.
surfer e2468

Annie, I wonder where she is now or if she even exists!

--Jean

"Ermalee McCauley" wrote in message
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Our first cruise was on Carnival's m/s Tropicale in 1992.
Three couples went to the AAA travel office, and booked with an agent
who forgot to send in our final payment before she went on vacation.
Someone there managed to fix it, with some prodding from us.
We never booked with them again, but have other friends who book with
AAA exclusively.

You shoulda' bcome a T/A like Tom, Erm!!
Final payment ..wow! How close to sailing was that?


--Jean

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"Tom K" wrote in message
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Nordic Empress

From Miami...
Nassau
CocoCay
Back to Miami...

Is this ship now the Empress of the Seas, Tom?


Yes.