For a variety of reasons that had nothing to do with Rochester, our maiden cruise was mediocre at best. Then again, what did we know? We were neophytes on a cruise ship and in those days smoking was permitted pretty well everywhere on ships and that, with three children, contributed to the experience's mediocrity.<\/p>\n
Cruise lines have changed, and so have we. So has the Jubilee<\/em>.<\/p>\n She was a fairly new ship then, which means today she is a fairly old ship. A ship's sea life is usually about 35 years, and the "Jubilee" is now 26, sailing up on her retirement years. Carnival sold — or transferred her — to P&O Australia<\/a> eight years ago and the Jubilee<\/em> immediately became known as the Pacific Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n Yesterday, our friend and colleague Phil Reimer at portsandbows.com<\/a> reported that the Pacific Sun<\/em> ended her cruise career on Monday, in Australia. She has been sold — and this time it is not a company transfer — to interests in China, where she will end her sea days as a cruise ship under another name. That's the most fertile part of the world for cruising, because of the numbers of people who have and haven't ever been on a ship.<\/p>\n For them, the "Jubilee" will also be their first time.<\/p>\n You know what they say about the first time, right? Whether it's your first boyfriend or girlfriend, your first job, your first holiday, or your first…well, you get the idea. It's special and, whether the experience is good or bad, it's unforgettable. Let us tell you about our first cruise ship. It was 1991,… Continue reading The Cruise Ship That's Always First<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,25,19,15],"tags":[154,970,772,912,72,35,528,971,972,973,974,975,765],"class_list":["post-13600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-people","category-ships","category-stories","tag-carnival","tag-carnival-jubilee","tag-carnival-spirit","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruises","tag-hawaii","tag-honolulu","tag-old-cruise-ships","tag-po-australia","tag-pacific-sun","tag-transpacific-cruises","tag-vancouver","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" "\\"DailyDeal-2\\"")
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\n\tCarnival Spirit<\/a>
\n\t12 nights
\n\tSeptember 18, 2012
\n\tVancouver<\/a>, Kona, Kauai<\/a>, Hilo<\/a>, Kahului, Honolulu<\/a>
\n\tInside: $1,199
\n\tCost per day: $99<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.carnival.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"