Leading up to our cruise on the Pride October 11th, I read everything I could find about this ship on the Cruise Critic boards. I thought I would post a short review in hopes that I can help future passengers. This was our 13th cruise (wife and myself), on various cruise lines. We sailed on the Carnival Miracle three years ago, which is the sister ship to the Pride and basically the same ship.

We stayed in cabin 4237 which is a Vista Suite deck four aft, starboard. I have to say that this is the best cabin we have ever stayed in without question. I read a few other reviews on this exact cabin and some loved it and others were disappointed because of the vibration. Having sailed twelve times previously and a few in cabins near the aft, I was prepared for the vibrations that naturally come from the engine. I honestly didn’t think it was that bad for most of the trip. Going south, the ship never went over 16 knots, so the vibration was at a minimum. Coming back North, we were at 24 knots most of the ride and the vibrations became more noticeable, but nothing that bothered us. We had to move some glasses around and put something up against the safe to keep them from rattling, but that was all. If you are susceptible to motion sickness maybe the vibrations will impact you more, but for us it was just not an issue.

I will say that there is a problem with the water in that cabin. Every time we turned on a faucet in the sink or in the shower, the water had an obvious brown discoloration to it. It was so bad that we wouldn’t brush our teeth with that water, we used bottled water instead. Some days if you let the water run for five minutes it would clear up, but other days it would be much longer. Taking a shower is interesting when you see the water gathering at your feet is brown. The cabin steward had no answer to the issue other than to “let it run” and customer service gave me some reason about the fresh water tanks being in the back of the ship. I didn’t believe either of them. The water in the toilet was always clear. Read more