My husband and I, along with my grown daughter, her friend and 5 others set sail from the Port of Baltimore on the Carnival Pride. We arrived at the port at around 12:30, got checked in, ate lunch and relaxed on Lido deck until our room was ready. We set sail around 4:30. Had a wonderful dinner in the Normandie. A funny thing happened. I ordered the Flat Iron Grill Steak - medium well. I really like it well done, and usually when dining out if I ask for it medium-rare, I get it well done. Well this time I got what I asked for - medium rare. I really don't like any pink, so I asked Bea, our wonderful waitress, if she could have them cook it a little more for me. No problem. The service in the Normandie was friendly and professional. We all loved it.

We spent 2 beautiful days at sea, enjoying the shows and playing all the games on ship board. This was our second cruise on the Pride and I noticed that the games were a lot better this time. Very interactive and fun. We also got to meet a lot of wonderful poeple.

Our stateroom was right next to Camp Carnival, which concerned me because I thought it would be noisy. But even though they had activities for the children late into the night, we did not hear a thing! Read more