This is our 9th cruise. 3rd on Carnival. 4th on RCC. We took a 12 day cruise out of Baltimore in March of 2012 on RCC. We just completed a 7 night cruise on the Carnival Pride. We wanted to decide which ship to go on from now on out of Baltimore since it is only a 4 hour drive for us to the port.

Staff is friendly and helpful on both ships. If I were to pick which one seemed to have a happier crew, then it would be RCC's.

Both of them have privately owned islands which are very beautiful. If I had to pick which island was nicer and had more things to do? Than it would be Carnival's Half Moon Cay. STUNNING. However, I didn't like the fact how they charged .50 more for drinks than what is charged on the ship. Read more