Smelly ship, lousy food.

Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Carnival Pride

6 Night Bahamas (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 20, 2015

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7267

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

We went on this cruise over Christmas so we thought the experience would be wonderful. Instead, we were greeted with AWFUL food, bad mannered employees and nothing to do. I was especially mad that the pools closed at 10. I've never been on a cruise where I couldn't take a midnight swim. Another thing that bothered me was the food. The formal dining room was fabulous( once you got pastthe rude hostesses) but the lido deck food was vomit worthy. How do you mess up beets? If I wanted to keep my stomach happy I would either starve, or make it in time for brunch downstairs. I understand that the staff worked over Christmas but a smile would be nice. If i would have known the majority of the staff would be miserable because it was Christmas I would have cancelled. We also had children with us which added stress and the staff did not make us feel anymore comfortable. Royal Caribbean offers kids programs from "Royal tots" age, WHY CAN"T YOU. We were left with a two month shy two year old having to watch his brother have fun but not him. Thanks :) Overall, I would not pick this ship again for the sake of my health and overall happiness. If it wasn't for the piano bar we would have stayed in our cabins all day. 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Danuel our dining room waiter was awesome. But the lido deck ruined it for me.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The cleaning guy was wonderful.

Ship tip

Pick another ship. It's not worth it.

Ports of call

Baltimore, Maryland

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

1 out of 5
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9 Comments

martinsgh    8 years ago

pride is my favorite ship. been on it 12 times. glad you enjoyed it like I do.thanks

judyhrodriguez    8 years ago

the crew were great

judyhrodriguez    8 years ago

I loved every minute of my cruise

martinsgh    8 years ago

Judy what are you speaking of . good or bad

judyhrodriguez    8 years ago

got off the Pride today and found everything the opposite of your comment

Eagleeyepcs    8 years ago

wonderful kids programs for all ages! some people are so overly dramatic! there was no one to watch our kids for us but we managed to stay in the piano bar all day????

martinsgh    8 years ago

been on pride 13 times and always been pleased with staff and food.

kmkerr8    8 years ago

Yes they do have these programs and babysitting. And trust me, I COULD mess up beets.

Izzybee    8 years ago

I'm pretty sure Carnival has programs for little ones and even offer a babysitting service for an extra fee.

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