Carnival Pride Review
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Let me start by saying, four months ago when my wife and I booked this cruise, my children protested beyond belief. It was so rigorous, my wife and I really thought we may have made a mistake.
We arrived in Baltimore the night before and stayed at my sisters for the night. The next day she brought us to the port and dropped us off. Traffic on the way into the port was a little busy, but not bad. We dropped off our bags at the curb. Tag your bags with the printable tags from your online check in as early and as often as possible. Really speeds things up. They took our bags to be loaded on to the ship. We had priority check in from our OS suite stateroom. This allowed us to get VIP passes through the lines. Even though the kids didn't have priority, they allowed them to go with us. First of many awesomes. The boys were particularly impressed with the fact that we were bypassing about 1000 people in lines.(THOSE LINES SEEMED TO BE MOVING FAST) From the time we dropped our bags and walk the ramps and made our first step on the ship was about 30 minutes.The first thing you hear as soon as you get on is the awesome music playing in the atrium. It really sets the pace for the rest of the cruise. Awesome!
We took the kids to their room to get them settled in. Then we went up to our room, so they knew where we were going to be. The bags got to our room about an hour or so later. So after we went up to the Mermaid grill we went out and sat by one of the pools where the DJ was mixing some great and very fun tunes. That's when it happened. It was almost the last time I saw my boys on this cruise. If it wasn't for my wife insisting we get together for dinner every night, we may never have seen them again. A group of teen boys and girls walk by. "THEY GONE!" Off they went. Hanging out mostly with this crew for the rest of the cruise. They spent a lot of time in and out of club O2, I guess they only went there if the group was in. They did like the dances and deck parties. I saw them several times on the TV in the morning as the ship replayed high lights of the day before. Now for my daughter, she was moping. My wife took here up to the Circle C club and showed her around. It wasn't until about 8-9 o'clock that night when we were walking through the Atrium when a group of teens walked up and asked how old she was. "SHE GONE". Apparently Circle C was doing a scavenger hunt of teens. There were several groups going around and gathering kids up and bringing them back to the Circle C for some fun and games. Awesome!
Cabin Review
Ocean Suite
We were mid ship empress deck in room 6197 Ocean Suite. It was nothing short of fantastic. Our room steward was great, the room was very clean, slightly out dated but very clean. The balcony had some of the best views. We chose a balcony room because my wife and I are early risers and like to sit and drink coffee and chat about goings on. We would order our coffee from room service for two and they would deliver in 15 minutes. Food for snack any time during the day took about 30 to 35 minutes. I suspect the galley was more busy at these times and we prepared ourselves for the time. If you ask my daughter she will tell you it took hours. The kids were roomed on a lower deck than ours, so my daughter would come up to our room and order. I promise you right now, it did not arrive any faster. They really do a great job. I would recommend a mid ship room to any one, whether you get a balcony or not. These rooms are very easy access to the two main sets of elevators. This gives you easy access to the entire ship.