when was the first cruise you actually paid for , yourself?

[blodwyn]

1979 on the good old Oriana. I was 23 and booked the cruise after 2 wet weeks in Ireland.

[Happydays]

1999 Costa Romantica 14 nights in the Caribbean thought I was in heaven:))

[screwy]

2000, cruise and stay on Thomson Topaz....!

[allatc]

2000 on Aurora to Dubrovnik and Venice. Prior to that I had been on a couple of "City I.T." sales events on Oriana and I thought to myself I think I could take to this cruising lark without the constant sales meetings getting in the way; and so it proved.

[JillD66]

Must be aging - its taken me a month to remember the year of my first cruise! 1965 I went on P & O Iberia for 12 nights to Med. I shared a 6 berth cabin with 2 other friends and saved up the £200 to cover cost and spending money.

It was a 2 class ship and there were no go areas cordoned off for the lower classes.