Carnival Pride 02/05/2006 This is my personal experience for the cruise I took with my Husband, our son (13) and my Sister.

We live in Washington State. I didn't want to stress out about embarkation time so we arrived by air a couple of days before so that we can visit family. I rented a mini van from Enterprise. What a convenience! More about that later.

We drove to the Coast Hotel in Long Beach. It's Saturday. We walked up to the front desk and were greeted with smiles by all the employees. At 11 AM we were able to go right up to our room. It was available already. Great! We unloaded the luggage, walked around the hotel. Nice and clean. The rooms are roomy enough for the 4 of us and 6 large pieces of luggage with out feeling cramped. Very nice. The bay view was very nice. Looking out to the Queen Mary and the marina on the bay. Read more