Carnival Pride Review

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As relaxing as life with a toddler gets!

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Pride
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Copper_beeches
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Feb 2013
Cabin: Extended Balcony
Traveled with children

We're recently back from the Carnival Pride's 2/24/13 run to the Bahamas from Baltimore. Overall we had a great time with plenty of relaxing and only minor complaints. We're in our late 30's/early 40's and were traveling with our 16 month old son, so our experiences and expectations may not be the norm. We were looking to get away and relax, while doing some fun things along the way. We got what we were looking for, and consider this to have been a very successful vacation!

We were scheduled to fly in to Baltimore from Maine on Sunday morning at 6, getting there at 7:30AM which we assumed would be perfect. A snowstorm was due Saturday night, so the airline called a weather advisory and allowed us to change our flight to Saturday morning at 10:30. The flight was uneventful, and we landed at 12, we rented a car and found a restaurant, Mama Lucias Cantina which was pretty good Italian. After lunch we made our way to the Sheraton which I had booked through priceline for a total of $75. The Sheraton was more than expected for the price (though no free breakfast), very clean and we dropped our bags there and made our way to Walmart to start in on the list of things we had made to get in Baltimore (diapers, soda, water to bring aboard etc)after that we just went back to the room and relaxed. The next morning we went to Bob Evans down the street for breakfast, went to Target for other last minute things, brought the car back to the airport (which is a total pain in Baltimore because the car rental agencies are several miles from the airport and you have to take shuttles... PITA with a little one in a stroller.)

Embarkation: After dropping off the car we took the shuttle back to the airport, and took a cab to the pier ($30 fixed price), arriving right at 1:30, the one time I DIDN'T want to get there as it in theory would have been the most crowded. There was a significant line to get through security, but it moved quickly and we were through in 1/2 an hour, then right through check in, and we were on board in less than 45 minutes total. WAY better than anticipated!

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Extended Balcony

Cabin 8J

Extended balcony right before wall, feels very private but your view is closed off from looking forward and you have the life boats below you so can't look straight down. Still a nice balcony.

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