I went on my first cruise on the Mardi Gras in 1978! I cruised with my brother and figured that since we were both living at my parents home and sharing a bathroom we'd have no problem sharing a cabin. Well we must have gotten that same inside cabin directly below the Disco dance floor!!
Couldn't go to sleep as the disco music seemed to get louder as the night went on....so I spent loads of time in the disco!! Unfortunately, my vocal chords haven't been the same (even now, 26 years later!)....talking over the music strained them.
The story that I always tell is about the bathroom as I figured it would be a problem showering and getting dressed but that wasn't the way it was....everything gets wet....you could sit on the toilet and shower at the same time. The other thing I remember is that the sink was in the cabin. It was strange.
We bought a conch shell while in Nassau ( off the rowboats by the pier) for only 50 cents brought it back to the ship and rinsed it off but the smell lasted all week and we couldn't get rid of the smell!!!
Mardi Gras...oh what a first cruise story!
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I went on my first cruise on the Mardi Gras in 1978! I cruised with my brother and figured that since we were both living at my parents home and sharing a bathroom we'd have no problem sharing a cabin. Well we must have gotten that same inside cabin directly below the Disco dance floor!!
Couldn't go to sleep as the disco music seemed to get louder as the night went on....so I spent loads of time in the disco!! Unfortunately, my vocal chords haven't been the same (even now, 26 years later!)....talking over the music strained them.
The story that I always tell is about the bathroom as I figured it would be a problem showering and getting dressed but that wasn't the way it was....everything gets wet....you could sit on the toilet and shower at the same time. The other thing I remember is that the sink was in the cabin. It was strange.
We bought a conch shell while in Nassau ( off the rowboats by the pier) for only 50 cents brought it back to the ship and rinsed it off but the smell lasted all week and we couldn't get rid of the smell!!!