First Glimpse of the Ship

You know the moment: pulling into the port and seeing your ship for the first time: this is it - your cruise time has finally arrived! For me it was instinctive to snap a photo of this exciting moment. Let's all share the first glimpse photos I know a lot of you probably have. I'll start, it will be interesting to list the ship, date, port & cruise #.

Dream

December 11, 2010

Port Canaveral, FL

1st Cruise

Here's our pic from this past November from our hotel room balcony at the Hotel Maya the morning of the cruise. You can make out the ship behind the Queen Mary and the dome.

Carnival Splendor

November 6, 2011

Long Beach, CA

2nd Cruise

You know the moment: pulling into the port and seeing your ship for the first time: this is it - your cruise time has finally arrived! For me it was instinctive to snap a photo of this exciting moment. Let's all share the first glimpse photos I know a lot of you probably have. I'll start, it will be interesting to list the ship, date, port & cruise #.

 

 

Dream

December 11, 2010

Port Canaveral, FL

1st Cruise

 

Love that pic! :D I hope to get one like that in a day and some hours!!

Here's mine...

Fantasy

January 1, 2011

Charleston, SC

1st Cruise

What a wonderful thread to start! I love the first glimpse!

Here is ours:

Carnival Fantasy

June 5, 2010

Charleston,SC

3rd cruise

With a van load of first time cruisers, my husband was wishing for earplugs. It got loud with all the, "oh my's", "There's the ship!" and "Whooo Hooo!" There was 2 kinds of excitement for us, the excitement of planning a cruise which changed to excitement that we made it to the ship and vacation has started. Can't wait to get to the ship again!

Triumph

Oct 6th 2011

Galveston

8th Cruise

Here are a few of mine!! I'll be taking 1 of the Dream in a few weeks and I'll post that 1 when I get back!! After 17 cruises, I still get super excited and start jumping around and squealing like a little kid at Christmas when I 1st see the ship!!!!

Carnival Conquest

February 10th, 2008

Galveston

Cruise # 10

Carnival Victory

August 23rd, 2008

Manhatten Cruise Port, New York

Cruise # 11

Carnival Valor (taken from my hotel room window)

October 19th, 2008

Port of Miami

Cruise # 12

ms Eurodam

December 27th, 2008

Port Everglades

Cruise # 13

Carnival Freedom

May 9th, 2009

Port Everglades

Cruise # 14

Oasis of the Seas (Maiden Voyage)

December 5th, 2009

Port Everglades

Cruise # 16

Great pics guys - love them!! :) Keep 'em comin'! :D

After 17 cruises, I still get super excited and start jumping around and squealing like a little kid at Christmas when I 1st see the ship!!!!

That's awesome the magic is still there! :)

That's awesome the magic is still there! :)

Stupid I know. Definatly embarrasing to admit. :o But yes, you're right, the magic is definatly still there!! :D It's even more fun (if that's possible) when I have a 1st time cruiser with me!!!! :D

22 DAYS until I start jumping around and squealing all over again, I can hardly wait!!!! :D

Here's mine :)

Believe it or not, in the 3 cruises I have taken, I have never snapped a pic of the "first glimpse." I guess I was just not really "expecting to see" the ship so I wasnt prepared. Either that or I didnt know which ship in the port was "mine" so I was too busy trying to figure it out! You'd think I'd have learned by now... lol. :o

This is a pic from my friends album, when we finally figured out which ship was ours.

Carnival Fantasy

August 16, 2009

New Orleans

#2 for me, #1 for the rest of my party

Here is mine. I scared the heck out of my mom and grandma when I started shrieking "THAT'S IT THAT'S IT THAT'S IT"

And then snapped this while driving.

Port Canaveral 11/17/11

I can proudly say that I have never taken a first glimpse photo.

Carnival Celebration

March 2008

Jacksonville, FL

First cruise

Love the pix guys! I can feel the excitement here in my living room!

You know the moment: pulling into the port and seeing your ship for the first time: this is it - your cruise time has finally arrived! For me it was instinctive to snap a photo of this exciting moment. Let's all share the first glimpse photos I know a lot of you probably have. I'll start, it will be interesting to list the ship, date, port & cruise #.

 

 

Dream

December 11, 2010

Port Canaveral, FL

1st Cruise

 

We still play the game to see who sees the ship first when driving to the port.

I can proudly say that I have never taken a first glimpse photo.

Because???

I can proudly say that I have never taken a first glimpse photo.

What is wrong with it????

I can proudly say that I have never taken a first glimpse photo.

I was wondering the same thing. :confused: what on earth (or anywhere else) is wrong with taking a "First Glimpse Pic"? It's one of the most exciting moments of any cruise (in my opinion anyway) and the pic is often my very favorite from the entire cruise!!!! :D

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Maybe it's because I've only been on 5 cruises

Maybe it's because we only take one vacation a year (if we're lucky)

or Maybe it's because I'm still a kid at heart, but

I get butterflies each time I first see 'our ship' when we cruise!

Carnival Miracle

November 2011

Fort Lauderdale

5th Cruise

I always get really emotional and tear up when I catch my first glimpse, but I'm almost always the driver, so I have never snapped a photo. :(

My family and I always play the game "who will see the tail first?" For my sixth cruise, I went with friends (all first timers) and I think I scared the crap out of all of them when I yelled at the top of my lungs: "THERE IT IS!!!!"

I have won all six times...even though I had no competition the 6th cruise.

I would post pics except I am on campus and all my pics are at home :(

Maybe it's because I've only been on 5 cruises

Maybe it's because we only take one vacation a year (if we're lucky)

or Maybe it's because I'm still a kid at heart, but

I get butterflies each time I first see 'our ship' when we cruise!

That is fantastic! :)

View from taxicab, going over the bridge to Port of Miami.

The Whale Tails are: Destiny in the center, Liberty to the right.

Jan 15, 2011:

I can proudly say that I have never taken a first glimpse photo.

Jaded? Cynical? Or just a curmudgeon?