Carnival Pride Review
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We sailed on the Pride out of Baltimore for our Honeymoon in September 2009 and it was a wonderful, relaxing vacation! It was the ideal situation for us as there was so much to do but nothing we had to do! We loved having so many options. We also really enjoyed the two "sea days" before we got to Port Canaveral, Florida. It was great to have two days to relax and unwind before we started visiting ports!
We had an ocean view room (category 6A) on Riviera Deck (#1). We were wondering if we should have booked a balcony but ended up being VERY pleased with our ocean view room. The room had plenty of space - although it was not a large room, everything was laid out so well that we were able to put everything away quite well. It was great that the bed is raised high enough to store all of your luggage. It had excellent closet units with the perfect combination of hanging and folded storage space. There were plenty of shelves in the bathroom to unpack all of our toilitries without feeling cluttered. We ended up being happy not having a balcony. There was plenty of chairs and areas on deck to enjoy the view without having lots of people around.
In our opinion, the food was excellent! We ate breakfast and lunch on the Lido deck each day because we enjoyed the casual dress, flexibility of time and the ability to eat outside in the great weather! I would agree with the other reviews that state that the Mermaid Grill is laid out in an awkward/confusing manner. However, despite that, we found the food to be good and liked being able to have so many choices to choose from. We ate dinner in the dining room. We were blown away by the level of service. We had a very friendly wait staff who went out of their way to serve us. The food in the dining room was great and we had a hard time choosing what we wanted from the many options. We chose to go to the Supper Club (David's Steakhouse) on one of the sea days. At first my husband wasn't sure that he wanted to because dinner was already included in the dining room but he definitely didn't regret it afterwards. The service and food at David's is worth MUCH more than the $30/person fee to dine there. They gave us an amazing window view table for two and we had a very romantic evening watching the sun set and enjoying an excellent four course meal!