First Royal Caribbean Ship You Went On

[LovetoCruise87]

Ours was Sovereign of the Seas in 2003, but our first overall cruise was on The Big Red Boat (Premiere Cruise Lines) in 1990 on The Majestic

[barjpoe]

Ours was Enchantment (over my birthday & and won at Bingo a free cruise). the year before we did a 4 nighter out of Tampa on the whale tale (ship has now been scraped).  Am doing Enchantment again in November, reaching the 350 night mark and was on planning to get a crystal block. Now I'm hoping to get a crystal block! 

[cruisellama]

Oasis of the Seas - hooked on Royal after that.

[MAS63]

Rhapsody of The Seas in 2003.

[parkyy2k]

Allure of the seas, loved it 

[CrznTxn]

Liberty of the Seas after some Disney, Princess and NCL cruises. Have not looked back since, except for a couple of free ones we were given. Were not going to turn those down.

[WAAAYTOOO]

Grandeur out of Tampa.

[AlmondFarmer]

Vision of the seas, the first time she went through the Panama Canal. 

[castle25]

Rhapsody - out of Rome.  Marvellous

[Pooch]

Nordic Empress 2002. New York to Bermuda!  2 nights Kings Wharf, 2 nights Hamilton.

[HeWhoWaits]

Song of America - August 1998

New York to Bermuda (one night in St. Georges, 2 nights in Hamilton)

[KristiZ]

Majesty, Western Caribbean, in 19...err a minute ago

[barbeyg]

Sovereign of the Seas in 1993, and we thought it was the BIGGEST ship we had ever seen!  

Of course, we were just 'babies' back then.  

[sk8erguy1978]

Explorer of the Seas, September 2007, Cape Liberty to Bermuda. It was our second cruise, first being a 3-day themed cruise on Carnival Liberty. I was hooked after that first cruise and randomly picked Explorer because it was close, going to Bermuda for 2 days, and only 5 days (wasn't sure I'd want a 7-day trip - WRONG THERE lol). 

[columbus_cruiser]

Enchantment - pre-stretch and then i took my parents on their first cruise which was Enchantment post stretch. 

[whitsmom]

Majesty back in 1995

[Pooch]

Our first cruise and our next

[JLMoran]

Freedom of the Seas, April 2018. Also our first cruise ever, after years of trying to convince my wife it wasn’t the experience she’d been raised to think it was. (nonstop eating, nothing to do on board, broom closet cabins, etc)

[Lynne S]

Majesty of the Seas - Western Caribbean February 1997.

[Vancity Cruiser]

Mariner of the seas 2010. Since then every cruise except 1 has been on Royal!

 

[Ampurp85]

Mariner of the seas Jan 2019. Prior to that it was CCL, MSC and NCL.

[Lovetocruise2002]

Adventure of the Seas 2002; honeymoon cruise, first for both of us.  Hooked ever since.

[Matt]

Explorer of the Seas from Cape Liberty

[Srp431]

Majesty of the Seas 1996 our Honeymoon cruise, at the time it was the largest cruise ship, I believe. We also did Carnival, Princess, and Celebrity, but settled on RCCL as our go to line.

[Andy & Sheryl Unwin]

Brilliance - out of Tampa. 5 nights western caribbean in 2016  as a surprise for Sheryls birthday.

 

The only "oops" here is giving her 2 days notice. Apparently girls need more time than that to pack

[griffinjam22]

Freedom of the Seas in 2010 for our honeymoon. To this day, it’s still our favorite vacation ever taken. 

[14Terry]

Explorer of the Seas 2007 out of Miami .

[JRT]

Voyager of the Sea back in Jan. 2002

[Jill]

Song of America 1991. Western Caribbean. Corporate trip my hubby won. Have never looked back although we took a LONG break (1999-2011) when our kids were little. I’m not a fan of cruising with small children. Too much work! We waited to come back until our youngest was 11. 

[ChrisK2793]

Liberty of the Seas in January 2010.

 

[CFL]

Majesty of the Seas 

[JohnK6404]

Majesty of the Seas back in 2010. Charted for a corporate recognition cruise by my employer. The only cruise my wife and I have been on that went to Coco Cay (pre- Perfect Day)... can't wait to see it now!

First cruise ever was Disney Wonder back in 2004 (honeymoon).

Hooked on Royal ever since! 

 

[Mark_A]

Harmony of the Seas 2017

[JimnKathy]

Nordic Empress for me.

5-nighter out of Miami that I won in a sales contest.

 

[cruisinghawg]

Standing on the deck of the SS Norway and looking back at the gleaming new SOS in 1989. New then it was next year and we did. 1990

[CaptainPanda]

Explorer, early 2020, just before her refit. I'm looking forward to see her new look at some point!

[Zurc]

Adventure OTS, 2003, southern Caribbean out of San Juan.   What a wonderful first cruise! 

[Pooch]

3 hours ago, JLMoran said:

Freedom of the Seas, April 2018. Also our first cruise ever, after years of trying to convince my wife it wasn’t the experience she’d been raised to think it was. (nonstop eating, nothing to do on board, broom closet cabins, etc)

My husband had to convince me too.  I tried every trick in the book to talk him out of it.  So glad he made me go anyway just sorry it took another 16 years to cruise again.

[dr martini]

Voyager of the seas in March 2002, western Caribbean as a high schooler.  it was spring break while she was the largest ship in the world at the time and we stayed in promenade view interiors, just loved absolutely everything about it.  what a rush.  my grandparents had a thing for taking the aunts and uncles on the 'largest ship in the world' at the time, we heard stories as kids about a few trips they took on Sovereign of the seas and the great times had.  the grandkids were 'finally' included on the Grand Princess a couple years prior (first time us kids got included) and the same group did Explorer of the Seas a couple years after when she debuted and slightly edged voyager.  I still remember being absolutely blown away by the Royal Promenade, skating rink, sheer number of public spaces and dining/bar options and things to do.  it was a teenager's perspective of course, but i remember vividly all of the differences from the fancy, traditional Princess vibe and the fun bombastic Royal experience.  now i certainly can appreciate both and would try princess again in the right circumstances.

I'm no psychologist but the experiences and memories aboard have to be wayyyyy up there in terms of why the Voyager class is still my favorite, the best balance of service, amenities and options with a solid connection to the ocean without the huge crowds and feeling like being stuck inside the mall of america that can happen on other ships.  Royal built themselves into what they are today with the Voyager/Freedom class. (in today's terms would we be calling the freedom class Voyager ultra?)

[stevendom57]

Mariner of the Seas right after the amplification.