Fun Ship Facts - From 17 Years Ago

While cleaning today I came across an album of my Fun Ship Southern
Caribbean Cruise on 6/27/92 aboard the Carnival Tropicale. Amazingly
it was 17 years tomorrow. Well here are some facts in the album.
Just for fun hope you enjoy.

* At the time of this cruise Carnival had the following ships in
service Carnival Celebration, Ecstasy, Fantasy, Festivale, Holiday,
Jubilee, Mardi Gras, Tropical

* Carnival Used paper tickets and we flew JFK to San Juan on TWA. The
Tropical set sail at 10PM and went to St. Thomas, Guadalupe, Grenada,
La Guaira, Aruba and back to San Juan. The entire trip Cruise,
Transfers, 2 days post cruise at the El San Juan Hotel and Casino and
airfare cost $4800 for 4 people. Airfare alone was $315.20 per
person. So about $1200 per person.

* Laundry Service Charges ranged in price from $.80 for ladies
panties, Brassiere $.75 for mens underware all the way to a whooping
$3.50 for a ladies dress (wash & press) or Mens Trousers or Dress
Shirt $2.00 (wash and press).

* Cruise Director was David Fee

* St. Thomas - Taxi to town cost $2.50 per person.

* Granada - For those who denied Carnival ever had Beer Drinking
Contests - On Tuesday June 30, 1992 at 1:45PM on the Lido Deck BEER
DRINKING CONTEST. At 2PM was trapshooting on Empress Deck Aft.

* Bridge Tour at 10AM on July 3rd.

* Ships tour to Barcardi Rum Factory was $25 per person. We did it on
our own for $1.75.

RICK:
We also sailed the TROPICAL 17 years ago,and remember the beer guzzling
contest on deck,also saw several very,very young children competing,and
passing out in the process,it really was a party boat. That is why we
stopped going on carnival until just lately. Went on the LIBERTY
and doubt if we will sail carnival again unless very,very,low fares.





cruise lover(~~~~~)






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On Jun 26, 3:38*pm, (Surfer E2468) wrote:
RICK:
We also sailed the TROPICAL 17 years ago,and remember the beer guzzling
contest on deck,also saw several very,very young children competing,and
passing out in the process,it really was a party boat. That is why we
stopped going on carnival until just lately. * * * Went on the LIBERTY
and doubt if we will sail carnival again unless very,very,low fares.

* * * * * cruise lover(~~~~~)

.

My two favorites line are Carnival and Royal Caribbean. I really
can't say I've seen any difference in passengers
on either line. I think it is just a roll of the dice as to what kind
or passenger mix is on any ship on any
given sailing. Just my opinion.

I just thought it was funny to have had the beer chugging contest just
before they started handing out loaded guns.

"Rick" wrote in message
...
While cleaning today I came across an album of my Fun Ship Southern
Caribbean Cruise on 6/27/92 aboard the Carnival Tropicale. Amazingly
it was 17 years tomorrow. Well here are some facts in the album.
Just for fun hope you enjoy.

* At the time of this cruise Carnival had the following ships in
service Carnival Celebration, Ecstasy, Fantasy, Festivale, Holiday,
Jubilee, Mardi Gras, Tropical

* Carnival Used paper tickets and we flew JFK to San Juan on TWA. The
Tropical set sail at 10PM and went to St. Thomas, Guadalupe, Grenada,
La Guaira, Aruba and back to San Juan. The entire trip Cruise,
Transfers, 2 days post cruise at the El San Juan Hotel and Casino and
airfare cost $4800 for 4 people. Airfare alone was $315.20 per
person. So about $1200 per person.

* Laundry Service Charges ranged in price from $.80 for ladies
panties, Brassiere $.75 for mens underware all the way to a whooping
$3.50 for a ladies dress (wash & press) or Mens Trousers or Dress
Shirt $2.00 (wash and press).

* Cruise Director was David Fee

* St. Thomas - Taxi to town cost $2.50 per person.

* Granada - For those who denied Carnival ever had Beer Drinking
Contests - On Tuesday June 30, 1992 at 1:45PM on the Lido Deck BEER
DRINKING CONTEST. At 2PM was trapshooting on Empress Deck Aft.

* Bridge Tour at 10AM on July 3rd.

* Ships tour to Barcardi Rum Factory was $25 per person. We did it on
our own for $1.75.


The Carnival Tropicale does bring back memories for us. We put my mom on her
way back when the Tropicale was new. Later on, we (Deborah and I) sailed on
her twice, both times in the Caribbean. We all have a great time. It's funny
how time and perspectives will change concepts; especially with newer and
bigger ship coming out, all with far more amenities and bells & whistles.

Likewise, at that time, we remember the Beer Drinking Contest. We didn't
participate, but did take pictures. A few years ago, when I mentioned this,
someone on this newsgroup got quite hot under the collar, claiming that
there was never any Beer Drinking Contests aboard any Carnival ship. Just
because Carnival had no-doubt phased this event out over time during,
especially during their time aboard, the fact of the matter is, it did
indeed exist at one time, even if this particular person was not aware of
this fact in history.

Likewise, this wasn't doing any good towards Carnival's drinking party crowd
image at that time, now pretty much leaving that image behind with today's
Carnival. However, if they also wanted to get aware from the glitz and
glitter Las Vegas images, they certainly missed the boat (no pun intended)
with the new Carnival Splendor. See our review posted on 6/20/2009 at 1:23
PM to see what we mean. It is just too 'Pink' for our tastes.

Smooth sailing to all...
John Sisker - SHIP-TO-SHORE CRUISE AGENCY®
(714) 536-3850 or toll-free at (800) 724-6644 & (Agency ID: 714.536.3850)
www.shiptoshorecruise.com

Rick wrote:
While cleaning today I came across an album of my Fun Ship Southern
Caribbean Cruise on 6/27/92 aboard the Carnival Tropicale. Amazingly
it was 17 years tomorrow. Well here are some facts in the album.
Just for fun hope you enjoy.

snip...


Rick, I am so glad you posted this message, it was a joy to read all of
the details about your cruise on the Tropicale. I am also glad I am not
the only one who keeps cruise albums. lol I put mine in a box in the
garage about two weeks ago, I counted them and there were 55.
Unfortunately I did not keep track of my first few cruises, but I wish I
had.


Becca

On 6/29/2009 1:50 PM Becca while holding "Agent 99", exclaimed:
Rick wrote:
While cleaning today I came across an album of my Fun Ship Southern
Caribbean Cruise on 6/27/92 aboard the Carnival Tropicale. Amazingly
it was 17 years tomorrow. Well here are some facts in the album.
Just for fun hope you enjoy.

snip...


Rick, I am so glad you posted this message, it was a joy to read all
of the details about your cruise on the Tropicale. I am also glad I
am not the only one who keeps cruise albums. lol I put mine in a box
in the garage about two weeks ago, I counted them and there were 55.
Unfortunately I did not keep track of my first few cruises, but I wish
I had.


Becca
Becca,

If you keep cars in your garage too, then it's unwise to keep your
cruise albums in their too. The exhaust fumes will hasten the voyage of
color photos to becoming purple bits of glossy paper. (Unless archivally
processed, all color photo prints degrade into opaque squares of purple
over time. Nothing lasts forever.) If your album pictures are mounted
on anything but acid free paper, this to will accelerate the degrading
of your photos. My mom discovered that what I am saying is true. Her WW
II photo albums have paper that is crumbling from the acid content. Many
of the B&W photos have turned completely white.

A stop gap is to scan your old photos into your computer. Then copy onto
optical media. You might ask why some photos from the 1890s are still
in excellent shape. That's because they were platinum processed (a lost
art amongst modern film processors). Platinum processing can be very
toxic if not done properly. But the process is the most archival of
film processes.

Didn't mean to go off on a tangent here. The bottom line is don't store
your cruise albums where you store your car.

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Brian K wrote:
On 6/29/2009 1:50 PM Becca while holding "Agent 99", exclaimed:
Rick wrote:
While cleaning today I came across an album of my Fun Ship Southern
Caribbean Cruise on 6/27/92 aboard the Carnival Tropicale. Amazingly
it was 17 years tomorrow. Well here are some facts in the album.
Just for fun hope you enjoy.

snip...


Rick, I am so glad you posted this message, it was a joy to read all
of the details about your cruise on the Tropicale. I am also glad I
am not the only one who keeps cruise albums. lol I put mine in a box
in the garage about two weeks ago, I counted them and there were 55.
Unfortunately I did not keep track of my first few cruises, but I
wish I had.


Becca
Becca,

If you keep cars in your garage too, then it's unwise to keep your
cruise albums in their too. The exhaust fumes will hasten the voyage
of color photos to becoming purple bits of glossy paper. (Unless
archivally processed, all color photo prints degrade into opaque
squares of purple over time. Nothing lasts forever.) If your album
pictures are mounted on anything but acid free paper, this to will
accelerate the degrading of your photos. My mom discovered that what
I am saying is true. Her WW II photo albums have paper that is
crumbling from the acid content. Many of the B&W photos have turned
completely white.

A stop gap is to scan your old photos into your computer. Then copy
onto optical media. You might ask why some photos from the 1890s are
still in excellent shape. That's because they were platinum processed
(a lost art amongst modern film processors). Platinum processing can
be very toxic if not done properly. But the process is the most
archival of film processes.

Didn't mean to go off on a tangent here. The bottom line is don't
store your cruise albums where you store your car.

Brian, you are offering some wise advice concerning photographs. It was
102 a couple of days ago, and who knows how hot it gets in the garage,
but it feels like it is 120 degrees. My photographs are in the house,
but my cruise scrapbooks are stored in the garage. Each album has the
cruise line's newsletters, the cruise tickets, a list of shore
excursions, luggage tags, cabin keys, the cruise invoice and some have
the cruise line brochure.

When I croak, my children will wonder what to do with it. lol


Becca