Carnival Pride Review

Wild Ride...on the PRIDE

Review for the Bahamas Cruise on Carnival Pride
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blondee504
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Aug 2010
Cabin: Balcony

This was my 5th cruise through Carnival. I traveled with my husband for our 5 year anniversary. Overall, we had a very relaxing cruise...here are the details: Day 1/Embarkation: We live about an hour south of Baltimore so my brother dropped us off at the port. A worker was waiting at the drop off area and immediately took all of our bags. Carried my purse and my husband had a backpack with all of our important documents. I also carried on a 12 pack of pepsi because I didn't want to purchase soda on board. Also we carried on a bottle of wine and champagne. Check in took quite awhile, the line was REALLY long when we got there, which was about 1:45 so I do suggest to get there earlier. I don't like the way they have the line set up, it is hard to tell when it is your time to go to the desk because there are so many people jammed in the front. Overall, check in took about 45 minutes and then we were allowed to get on board. We were on the ship around 2:30ish. We got some lunch on the Lido deck, we both had some Chinese food, which was good. I also got a drink which cost $7.25 and could get as many refills using the same cup throughout the cruise on the daily special with a dollar off. Seemed like a good idea at the time, but I didn't particularly care for the daily drink specials because they all tasted like rum punch. We had early dinner seating so we ate at 6 in the Normandie dining room. Good food, service was slow but that was expected since it was first night.

Day 2 & 3: Days at Sea. My husband and I are both pool and sun people. We got up by 9 on both days and Monday we went to the gym and ran on the treadmills. The ship was quite rocky on Monday morning so that made running a little difficult. Tuesday we ran on the 10th deck, which is where people run and walk in the morning. 3.5 laps equals one full mile, this was really nice. We also put some towels on 2 chairs by the adult pool in the back to make sure we had good seats, make sure to claim seats early because they fill up quickly and don't really open up. Ate lunch both days in Mermaid grill on Lido. Monday we had pizza and Tuesday we had sandwiches from the deli. Turkey on a country roll is really good (get it toasted). Breakfast also in Mermaid grill. A couple of the stations have made to order omelets...those were good. Dinner was in Normandie dining room. Again, good food and service. Went to a show on Day 2...not good. Day 3 was the ventriloquist, I thought he was good.

Day 4: Grand Turk. We messed up with our excursion time. We thought we were to meet our group at 9, but it was really 8:30 am to go snorkeling on a catamaran. So, they left us, which was our own faults. Someone was there from Carnival who was able to get a full refund and booked us on the Captain's Snorkel and Hike excursion instead. The excursion started at 11 so we went to some of the shops and then to the beach, which is right off of the pier. It was a nice little beach with nice blue water. The excursion was pretty fun, didn't see to many fish while snorkeling and the hike was a complete joke, but the boat ride was a lot of fun and it was nice to be in the water. The rum punch they gave us at the end was strong, which was a bonus. We got back on board and got some lunch up on Lido and then hit the hot tub and pools. Then we went to dinner at David's. It was ok, but not all that it is cracked up to be. I had prime rib and didn't really like the way that it was cooked. If I were to do it again I would have gotten the surf and turf combo. Really yummy cheesecake though! Went to karaoke at night, that was fun. Drank a lot!

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