tdiller wrote:
DutchmenSport wrote:
No attraction for me. No desire to see those types 9f events.
When my daughter was in the Navy stationed at Norfork, VA we were offered a Tiger Cruise, immediate family members of the sailor, a board the USS Eisenhower, air craft carrier. Tiger cruise took us to the edge of US territory. We toured the ship, saw where they slept and worked, served us a fantastic meal twice, breakfast and lunch, had activities in the hangar bays, and did an air show for us. Quite impressive, one plane was out 5 miles, did the sonic boom for us.
Total cost, free.
That sounds more like a dependents cruise. A one day experience. A tiger cruise is usually multiple days. I have had the experience of being on a dependents cruise on the GW Bush aircraft carrier with my daughter and was scheduled for the tiger cruise from Florida back to Norfolk when my father passed and we had our daughter flown home for the funeral. She got to experience being launched off the aircraft carrier. I also was a crew member when the ship I was on had a dependents cruise where my brother and best friend got to go out to sea for the day. They arrived the day before and we were all so hungover that my brother and friend almost could not handle the mild sea swells we were in.
Back in 2007 we got to do a Tiger Cruise - our son was on the John C Stennis (CVN74) and on their way home from the Gulf. We flew to Hawaii and boarded the ship at Pearl Harbor, then cruised back to San Diego. Six nights at sea with something going on every day, from firepower demonstrations, tours of the ship, etc. Having jets break the sound barrier less than 1/2 mile from the ship is pretty cool! I really tried, but I was unable to get a ride in the back seat of any of the Hornets! As for the food: the day be boarded at Pearl we had a full-blown pig roast, with all the trimmings. Other nights we had baked salmon, steak and lobster, pork chops, and other offerings - the crew enjoyed it as much as we did!
