Carnival Pride Review
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Port of Baltimore/Check In
We took a cab from our Park/Stay/Cruise participating hotel. The driver was new & got lost twice! Once he took us to some secured area of the port and the security guard didn't do much to hide her irritation with all of us. It was slightly amusing because my husband ended up telling the driver how to get to port and we're not from the area - the taxi driver was pretty dense. When we finally made it to the drop off area, we ended up dragging our own bags to the baggage trolley. We thanked the baggage loader three times for helping us - he either didn't speak English or was mad because the cab guy dropped us off in the wrong area.
Once at the entrance we were greeted by some nice port employees that helped direct us to the line we needed to stand in. The line was slow but moved steadily. The announcer repeatedly came across the loud speakers telling people to open their passports to their pictures for quicker service. When we got to the security area where they looked over the passports, they checked ours out and then lightly teased our daughter about whether she was excited to be going to Alaska (our daughter was 8 years old and the look on her price was priceless), she corrected him and said we were going to the Bahamas. He smiled and told her that was the right answer and waved us on through the next checkpoint. We were impressed with the number of employees wearing bunny ears - a nice touch for all the kids since it was Easter Day.
Cabin Review
Balcony
4160 Specifics:
Our stateroom was in great shape when we opened the door. The view from our balcony was fantastic! If you were standing on the balcony and looked directly down, there were some pulley-type mechanics that might be a slight eyesore for some, but it didn't bother us. This particular stateroom was set up with the twin beds pushed together for myself and my husband. A couch that did not convert into a bed, and 1 upper located directly over the couch. We loved the couch & upper set up for two reasons - 1) The couch provided us with more area space for us to put our random stuff, and 2) our daughter was over the moon excited about the upper and not once did she have a problem sleeping in it all week.
My only complaint about this stateroom (& apparently others) was that I loathed having the old tube television set - the picture was cruddy at best and I think the remote had seen better days. I think it's time that the Pride update their television sets to the flat screens and some new remotes, but other than this - I had no other complaints about our room. In hindsight if it bothered me enough, I'm certain the staff could have found me a better working remote.
I was concerned about our location being so close to the elevators and any noise that would bring. During the day and early evening hours we could hear kids carrying on here and there, but overall we had no trouble with noise (with the exception of the 2nd to last night - details later) - and I'm a fairly light sleeper.
The other party traveling with us had room 4178. Their room layout was the same as ours except they had the convertible sofa and an upper. One other very small difference was that their balcony didn't have any pulley-type mechanics in their balcony view.
We were all very pleased to have selected staterooms on the 4th floor/middle. We had minimal rocking or swaying unlike areas forward or aft.