Review of Pride 2/6/05 - 2/13/05

Background: This was a vacation for my DH (30) and I (26) to relax and enjoy ourselves before we start a family and no longer have the money to vacation. This is our second cruise, the first a 5 day on the Imagination in May of 2003.

Pre-Cruise: We flew out of Kansas City on the day of the cruise at 7:40 a.m. CST and landed in LA at 9:05 PT. Upon landing at LAX we grabbed our luggage and went outside. We had decided not to use Carnival transfers this time since they did not start until 11:00 a.m. and also we did not want to have to wait for the bus to fill up and the driver to load and unload all the luggage. Upon the suggestion I read here we decided to use SuperShuttle to get to the pier. Once you are outside the terminal go to the center island and look for the sign and the person in the blue SuperShuttle jacket. We told him where we wanted to go and he said a van would be there shortly. Within 5 minutes a van showed up and loaded us up. Since we flew Southwest which is in terminal 1 we did have to drive through the other 6 terminals to pick up other passengers going to Long Beach. In total we had my DH and I going to the Carnival Pride a family of 3 going to the RCI ship and 1 person going to a hotel. We dropped off the RCI passengers first and about 35 minutes after leaving the terminal we were at the Long Beach pier. The total for the 2 of us was $37 plus tip. The cost of the Carnival transfers would have been $38 plus tip and a lot of hassle/waiting around. We gave our luggage and tip to the porter and headed to the Queen Mary for early check-in. Read more