This was my best cruise ever! I’m being bias because it was the cruise where I had a bunch of family members go and my husband went as well. My past cruises were with girlfriends and the kids only.

(A little background) I am a 44 years old mother of 5 and if you want to include my husband then I have 6. We live in Upper Marlboro, MD and we love to cruise. This is my 5th cruise with Carnival and 2nd time on the Pride. Yes, I was unfaithful at one time and sailed Royal but I quickly came to my senses and booked a 3rd with the Pride for September 28, 2014 (I’ll explained later).

Baltimore is 30 minutes from my house and the ease of driving or having someone drop us off is great. Airfare is expensive and with a family of five, there’s no way to afford both flight and cruise so B-more it is. Pride is the only ship that sails out of Baltimore with a 7 day itinerary so 7 days here we come. Read more