This was the second cruise for my wife and I. We took our three children, ages 7, 8, and 10 along this time. Our first cruise was an eight day cruise to the Mexican Riviera on the Carnival Spirit. The experience was such a good one we decided on going on the Spirits sister ship, the Pride, to visit the other ports in Mexico we had not visited on our first cruise.
We live within an hours drive of the port so I was not in a hurry to arrive. We arrived about 1 PM to be greeted with a large line to board and were surprised there were still people disembarking from the Pride. It took approximately one hour to get aboard. Since the ship is a near twin of the Spirit I was able to find my way around without any difficulties and found the ship was decorated very elegantly.
We had a veranda cabin next to my parents cabin and had the balcony door between our cabins opened for easy access to each other. Our cabin steward Ida was fantastic and he kept our rooms immaculate. He went the extra mile to keep us very happy.