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Overall, the cruise is okay. We ran into some stormy weather which is par for the course this time of the year I suppose, so if you don't like rain and rocky waves with your golden beaches it would be best to steer clear of the Bahamas this time of year. Also if you prefer to travel a bit further and not cruise to another US state from Baltimore (I.E. FLORIDA) pick another cruise. It was a bit annoying to cruise to a place we could just drive to, but what can you do when this is the only cruise with the right timing for our vacation. Personal preference - I like a quieter, less rowdy cruise, so Carnival is not the place to go for that. That said, there are lots of activities for kids and for the most part they don't mix with adults (unless you go to the pools, where it is always chock full of kids.) The Pride is one of their mid-sized ships with about 2400 passengers, so there can be lots of competition for facilities and lots of people about. Overall the rooms were clean - cleaned twice a day, though not vacuumed. Maybe not the best if you like things pristinely cleaned but it was clean enough for my standards. We had asked for separate beds but they put our beds together and didn't fix it until the second day. The cleaning crew came by to apologize, which we appreciated. Food was not great, as I mentioned earlier. The Lido buffet was ALWAYS crowded when I went. Overall the staff were very nice and friendly, except for one instance where I went to the gym and signed up for one of their sessions - a "free foot consultation". I was there early and waited for 15 minutes past the start time, and the organizer did not bother to even spare me a glance or make eye contact or apologise for making me wait as he attended to another person, it was like I didn't exist. I don't know if it was because I was of East Asian descent or maybe I just didn't look like I wanted his attention (didn't want to say anything to interrupt the session he was having with his first person) but still I felt really stupid standing there waiting for that long without acknowledgment.