Sept 21-18, 2014. This was our third time on the Pride. We really enjoyed the cruise, we love the Pride and it feels like home. We cruised with several friends we met on the Pride a few years ago so most of the cruise was a positive, fun experience. There were a few notable differences this time on the Pride. Embarkation was painful but was the first poor embarkation for us in Baltimore so hopefully a one-off.

-Balcony cabin 6283 was as expected and overall we were satisfied with it. Our Cabin Steward was 'ok', but he was the first we did not give an extra gratuity to (normally tip an extra $25-$40). He never did introduce himself to me (he did introduce himself to my Wife), I called him the first night and asked for ice and asked him if he could make sure we had ice every day when he did the room (we had no additional special requests). He had room service send us a beer bucket full of ice which melted all over the place. Daily we would ask either for ice or glasses as he wouldn't replace the drinking glasses in our room after taking dirty ones. In our opinion he did the bare minimum.

-Food: Room service was pretty quick but as expected, cold sandwiches nothing fancy. Pizza bar was a good quick fix but the guys working the pizza bar are the most miserable we have ever encountered on a ship's crew. These guys should be moved to laundry duty or someplace out of the way if they don't like interacting with passengers. Read more