Hubby and I went on our 2nd cruise.. 51 & 53.. Live in NY ..We left from Baltimore.. heading to the Bahamas No problems.. Arrived early at the port, parking at the ship was a breeze. On line for about 1/2 hour at 11ish and once we were let in the gates we ,moved right along and boarded the ship. You can see the car from the ship. The ship is on the smaller side but still has everything that you would expect. Food was ok.. Ate in the dinning room a few times.. Ate at the steak house once. It is extra money.. 35 PP but it was good. Arrival at all ports were on time. We went to Universal.. That was fun. Arrived early and it was a wednesday..There were NO lines. We waited about 15 min to see Harry Potter.. all other lines we just walked almost right through with no wait times. 2nd stop we went to Atlantis. Many people felt it was a waste of money. yes it is costly.. 180 pp. But the cost to stay there is $$$ so now I can say I was there. The grounds are very pretty. My favorite parts were the Rapid lazy river.. lots of fun.. water warm..the beach was clean.. warm water and you really can see your feet in the water. Casino was nice.. fun machines even though I lost. The dig was lots of fun.. great looking bunch of fish.. our next stop was Freeport ..Decided to do the all inclusive Beach.. we had a blast.. 20 min bus ride.. was fun.. our driver told us a bit about the area. We felt like family when we arrived. staff was friendly.. they had a buffet.. beach.. beach toys.. oh and FREE drinks.. for 80pp.. although we only had a few hours here it was so much fun.. Our time off the ship was good.. now for some bad parts.. I paid for the premium internet service. It was ok..not fast.. took pages long to load.. while in the Bahamas I could not get connected.. was annoyed at that.. the biggest problem on the ship was that they closed the main pool for 2 days.. nothing was broken.. they were painting and doing minor repairs. That was not good at all.. to many kids and not enough pool area.. also late night snacks..not great..pizza..ice cream.. deli.. which is ok.. but no late adult desserts.. also it would be nice if the pools stood open at night for the adults.. The shows were fantastic.. these guys and gals work their butts off and it shows.. great.. the comedy acts will leave your face hurting.. u will laugh that much.. very good.. The band was fantastic.. again so much work goes into their performance and it shows.. The karaoke guys was great.. lots of fun.. Our room was well taken care of by the staff.. clean.. we were on deck 8 towards the back of the boat.. be warned.. there is a vibration on the back of the boat that may drive u nuts.. I said that it kept all the older ladies happy.. haha.. as far as buying cigs or bottles of liquor.. there are big signs that say duty tax free.. and they encourage buying many cartons and bottles.. can't go wrong with a carton of cigs for 20 bucks.. so I picked some up for my niece.. i don't smoke.. I knew you were only aloud 1000 of tax free stuff.. but what they don't tell you is. you can only have 1 bottle and 1 carton per person. yet they sell packages of cartons bunched together.. so you would have to pay tax on anything over the 1 carton.. not cool.. they did accept the return i made on the cartons.. disembarkment was easy and quick.. The entire staff at carnival were truly fantastic and they should be proud of themselves.. they work very very hard to enure that we have a great vacation.. Thank you Carnival staff on the Pride Ship