Some photos from my parents cruise to the Bahamas in 1970 aboard the Costa Flavia. These pictures are a nostalgic look back at the early days of the pleasure cruise. Highlights include a streamer filled sail away party, Costa’s Italian night, and great beach days in Nassau.
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- Friends with the traditional streamers at the sail away
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- Covered in streamers
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- Mom and Dad and a whole lot of streamers
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- Streamers
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- Buffet on Flavia
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- Dinner on the Flavia
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- Mom and Mr. Costa Rica
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- Mom and the captain
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- Dinner on the Flavia
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- Costa Flavia
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- On the beach in Nassau
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- Costa Flavia
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- Straw market
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- Two nuts trying to get a coconut
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- Beauty on the beach
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- Beach waves in Nassau
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- Gang on the beach in Nassau
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- A cool cave on the beach
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- Italian night on the Flavia
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- Gangway of the Costa Flavia
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- Mom and Dad board the Costa Flavia
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- Oysters on the Beach
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- Off for a day in Nassau
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- Touring Nassau
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- Beach in the Bahamas
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- Ladies in one of the cabin
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- Now that looks like they are having fun
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Your Flavia pictures brought back memories. I cruised on the Flavia in 1972!
Hi, I was on this ship in 1970 with my then best friend and our boyfriends. It was amazing!!! We went on it twice for summer break. Being from Florida it was fun to get off our beaches and go somewhere exotic. Loved the lavishness of cruseing in those days. And the Italian men on the ship!!! 🙂
I cruised from Florida to the Bahamas with my girlfriend on a three day cruise around 1978.
Fun memories, but faded memories and no photos.
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MY FIRST CRUISE WHEN I WAS ABOUT 5 OR 6, MY DAD WORKED FOR MIAMI RUG COMPANY AND WAS HIRED TO RE-CARPET A PORTION OF THE SHIP IN THE MID 1970’S… STILL HAVE THOSE PICTURES
I have photos of my husband of 42 yrs who was a junior officer on the Flavia from 1971-1973 but can’t figure out how to post them. We met in 1972, were married in 1973 and we’ve been together ever since. I lived in Nassau as my Dad was the general manager of the Sheraton British Colonial hotel at the time and we were visiting the ship since my parents were friends of the first officer. My husband asked me to dance in the lounge that evening and the rest is history..,
T.Mellis,that is a darling story! Myuncle ran a resort in Tortola,so between that and the Flavia we sure did have fun!
To all the Flavia lovers, we are on Facebook.
www.facebook.com/FlaviaCrew/
I went on that ship 11-14-1973 I remember how different cruising was then and now. Those pictures brought back many memories.