I will start off with a little background info about my cruise history. I went on my first cruise in 06', it was a college graduation gift from my mother with Royal Caribbean. I had a room with the circle window and the destinations where the same as the Pride's. That cruise was decent. My next cruise adventure was with Celebrity that I paid for myself and was a vacation for my boo and I. I absolutely love Celebrity and wished I had gotten a balcony room for that trip. So you can say that I know a little bit about what to expect when going on a cruise.

I had already heard about the Pride from co-workers who had already been on the ship as well as reading the reviews on cruise critic, which were very helpful, but were also very off on what to expect from Carnival. There were a few negative posts about the Pride and it's decor, service, and overall comfort of the ship that are very untrue and I believe that if those people had taken the ship during a different month they would not have ran into the issues with weather and how the ship handles in rough sea's. I feel as though I rambling....so on with my review.

The embarkation process was one of the best I have ever had to deal with. My girlfriend and I were dropped off as we already live in the Maryland area....dropped our bags off with the friendly attendants and moved right on to the line to security. While waiting we were asked to be involved in a survey of how long it would take for us to get to registration, I agreed as I was interested in knowing how long this process would take as well. It actually only took 20 minutes for us to get to registration...oh I forgot to add that we arrived at about 2:45pm, check in is from 2pm-4pm. I also don't know if many people read the do's and don'ts of the ship, but if you do, it states that you can bring on-board in your carry on luggage; one bottle of wine or champagne that is 750ml. I bought with me a bottle of Remy Martin Cognac, and they did not check the bottle at security or at the registration. Also I packed 4 bottles of alcohol in my checked luggage, all got thru but I still bought drinks from the bars on the ship too though. Embarkation was excellent. Read more