Carnival Pride Review

4.0 / 5.0
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Pride did not fail to impress - overall a GREAT Cruise!

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cincin102110
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Jun 2013
Cabin: Balcony

We just returned from the 7 night Port Canaveral-Nassau-Freeport Sailing. My husband and I (in our 30s) had a balcony room on deck 4 aft. While I heard a lot of wonderful things about the Pride, of course you read those not-so-wonderful things and get a little nervous. However, our cruise was amazing and I was very impressed with my first sailing on Carnival. Here are some highlights:

Embarkation: I couldn't believe how quickly this went. We arrived at the port around 11:20 AM, thinking we were in for a wait. However, we were on the ship no longer than 30 minutes! This was my third time leaving from Baltimore and one of the easiest boardings yet!

Activities: I have read many reviews stating there were not enough activities on the ship. I can't wrap my brain around those reviews because I feel like there was so many that I couldn't do them all lol. Bingo is a little pricey at 20.00 for three cards, but they offered a lot of 1/2 off games and it was still cheaper than RCCL. They had a lot of trivia games and pool games as well. The casino was a little smokey, but that's to be expected of any cruise ship - at least the ones I have been on. We didn't use the pools on mid Lido deck, but did go to Serenity a few times during the sea days. I have two complaints about this... the first, what you read about seat saving is spot on. We would go out right from breakfast and every seat had a towel on it. In fact, one lady bragged to a friend of ours that she put her towels down and went back to her cabin to go back to sleep. If you are planning to go to Serenity.. either get there by sunrise or wait until later in the afternoon. My other complaint isn't so much Carnival's fault, as it was some inconsiderate passengers who chose to make a day of having way too many in the pool. At one point they were acting downright disgusting, but nothing was done about them. That left a bad taste in our mouth.

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Balcony

Cabin 8A

The room was great! Location was convenient to the dining room, serenity, etc.

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