This was my 7th cruise overall and 6th with Carnival. I kind of took of break from cruising, with my last cruise being in 2010. I received a postcard from Carnival in January inviting me to "sail free" and my best friend and I decided to take them up on their offer! We each paid $108 in port fees to reserve our room. We were in room 4198 aft which was an inside obstructed view room. It was good enough for me as we had French doors that let the sun in and it was extremely roomy for two.

Two other girlfriends decided to join us on the cruise and we were chauffered to the port by one of the husbands. I have sailed out of Miami, New York, and Port Canaveral and must say that Baltimore has the best embarkation process of these. We pulled up to the drop off line and the porters immediately took our luggage and we were off to board the ship. This was a pretty painless effort as we were on the ship within an hour of arriving at 11:45 am.

Of all the Carnival ships I have sailed on (Triumph, Legend, Valor, Dream), the Pride's decor is by far the worst of all. I can seen where people could be offended by the naked pictures everywhere, however, didn't bother us one bit but we did find the decor to be "boring" compared to other Carnival ships. Read more