Carnival Pride Review

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SKeighley
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Feb 2010
Cabin: Balcony

My DH and I are in our early 60"s but young at heart. This was our 8th cruise, fifth one on Carnival, and second on Pride. That said, we booked this cruise out of Baltimore because of the location not the literary. This is the first cruise my DH and I took alone, we always cruise with other couples. Even though the weather was on the cool side most of the days we still enjoyed every day of the cruise.

Embankment: Baltimore is an easy port for us to drive to from Mass. We left home on Sat afternoon after my DH got out of work and stayed overnight in Aberdeen Md, 30 miles from the Baltimore Terminal. We arrived to drop off our luggage and park at 11:00 with no problems what so ever. Terminal is right off the highway and you can see the Carnival Pride right from 95. No waiting in line at all to check in and was in Zone 5 and on the ship by 1 pm. Headed for the lido deck for DOD and lunch with folks we met waiting to check in. Rooms were ready by 3 pm and luggage arrived shortly afterwards. Re familiarized myself with the ship and checked my early dining table 332. Muster drill was a breeze and we set sail at 5:30 pm DH and I watch the sail away from out balcony,

Dining: We were a little nervous on who our table mates would be after reading a few forums on CC. We had a delightful couple from Virginia who we ended up having a lot in common with. This made dinner time great. We ate all or dinners in the MDR which we had a great meal each night. I just love the Warm Melting Cake. Also since you can order more than one entre this makes it easy to try new and different things. Our servers. Haydee and Jose were the best. Haydee and a wonderful sense of humor and kept us laughing each night. We also had Tejas, the magician stop by our table a few nights with some amazing magic tricks. We alternated breakfast between the MDR and the Lido Buffet. The nice thing about eating breakfast in the MDR is that each day we met with new people. The Lido buffet is set up in different sections. Rotisserie, Hamburg grill, Asian, Deli, International, Pizza, Salad Bar and dessert section. After the first day I kind of knew where each was. I thought the food on the Pride was great. There is just so much to choice from. We had room service deliver coffee each morning to our cabin. The coffee is much better with room service than at the buffet which is too strong for me. I actually had to mix hot water to weaken it .

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Balcony

Cabin 8B

I found nothing wrong with the cabin. It was just what I expected. The only thing was that they were scraping paint outside below us and the balcony and chairs out there were full of paint spects.

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