I really miss the cruises from 1988 through about 2010. I miss the dress up nights and the festive midnight buffets with decorations, live music and cherry jubilee desserts. There were no all you can drink packages but drinks were not expensive. Now all I see is crowded bars.
Princess cruises was big in those days. We achieved platinum status on princess. Now I prefer Royal Caribbean ships with ice skating shows, such as Oasis of the Seas.
“I really miss the cruises from 1988 through about 2010. I miss the dress up nights and the festive midnight buffets with decorations, live music and cherry jubilee desserts.”
YES!!! All of that. We started with Sitmar before Princess took it over. It was the best. Besides formal nights, they had costume nights, and that was fun. (A royal pain dragging costumes from Alaska to Florida, though. That was when there was no limit to luggage on flights.)
We’re Platinum on Princess now. It doesn’t have the perks that it used to, sadly.