This was our fourth cruise, our third on the Pride. We took with us our best friends for their first cruise. My husband Danny and my friend Sandy both needed mobility scooters and wheelchair help. We also had purchased Faster to the Fun. We like sailing on the Pride as we live in Ohio and can drive to Baltimore in roughly 12 hours. Generally drive 2 days before to allow for breakdowns and a day to rest from the drive. We stayed at the Hampton Inn in Glen Burnie as it is close to the port and affordable. The hotel has recently been renovated and we had no complaints. We had a two room suite and it was very nice.

We arrived at the terminal around 12, went right to the baggage handling area, then to the parking lot. Got a wonderful handicapped parking spot almost next to the parking booths. A porter would have been nice, but we dealt with all our carry on (6 people total traveling). At first we got in the line then remembered our Faster to the Fun and discovered a door for us and went through it. Wheelchairs were summoned and came shortly. Waited only maybe 5 minutes for a check in agent and then were pushed to the side area near the doors and the wheelchairs taken away. There we sat until the whole waiting area had boarded and they brought wheelchairs again for our crew.. Faster to the Fun did not matter for this leg of the journey! We were all taken to the Atrium.

A trip to shore excursions to confirm our cabana on Half Moon Cay, then to Guest Services to find out about where we would muster due to the mobility scooters then it was off to the Lido for some lunch. Read more