DaliCat

My third cruise was in 1974 on the Sea Venture out of NYC. It sailed to Bermuda. Does anyone know what the cruise line was then?

I understand it became a Princess ship. If you watched the Love Boat, you saw it or its sister ship. What happened to her?

My first cruise was on Home Lines' Oceanic. It was August, 1971. We sailed round-trip NYC to Nassua. It was the time of huge Bon Voyage parties in your cabin (lots of friends came & brought liquor that you could keep in your cabin), dressing up every night (you didn't cruise, if you didn't want to dress formally), and nightly Midnight Buffets (don't really miss those). While on that cruise I never saw a sunset (it was nap time), dancing & talking until sunrise, however, was great fun. I cruised 2 times in the following 3 years before married life took me in another direction, but now that we're retired -- the addiction has returned in all its glory!!! :D

My first (& second) cruise was on the Oceanic. A girl friend & I were 19 years old working for AT&T and this was our first vacation as mature sophisticated women (???). The Oceanic was a beautiful ship. We loved dressing up every night (2 formal nights, 3 semi-formal, and the first & last nights were dressy). We dozed on the lounge chairs poolside by day, went to the horse races and high tea at 4pm, napped in the cabin until time to get ready for late seating dinner, and then danced and talked with friends we met until we watched the sun come up. It was the time of huge Bon Voyage parties in your cabin and Midnight Buffet every night. I thought after that first cruise that it was the best way to travel and still do 40 years later. Thank you, Oceanic, for beginning many happy memories.