Good Service/Staff

Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

DJP4567

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 12, 2016

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7203

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The Baltimore port was organized upon arrival with a very easy embarkation process. As for the cruise itself, the staff was pleasant and helpful. The food was okay in the Lido restaurant, but not great. I highly suggest dining at the Steakhouse, it was excellent. Guy's Burgers were great too!

The ship was kept clean but does show a bit of wear/age. It was not a large ship but there were plenty of areas to get away and it never really seemed crowded until disembarkation, which was poorly handled. It took nearly 2 hours to get off the ship after docking which is unacceptable.

The ports of call were nice but time on the islands was too short. I have been on several cruises and know they can stay a bit longer at a port and make up some time to the next one thru the night. All the ports were very close together and a ship going 15-19 knots at night is slow, too slow. Leaving from the last port at 1:30 was ridiculous.

Overall we had a great time and I do recommend it to others.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

But the steakhouse is excellent!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Very clean and the cabin stewards were very pleasant/helpful.

Ship tip

Don't be in a hurry to disembark the ship.

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Ports of call

Baltimore, Maryland

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5

6 Comments

bfugett 8 years ago

If talking about the cruise that ended 6/19 we were delayed by high headwinds on Saturday by about an hour. Overall we had no complaints. Thought about the steak house but $35/head seemed pretty high considering we already paid for the food once.

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psychrn1 8 years ago

Disembarking is always a long process. They have to get customs clearance to start the process and they call by number so that everyone is not standing in line forever waiting to get off ship. They can't flood everyone out at once because it would be a zoo trying to find your luggage, no room for all the people to stand in line waiting for customs... it would just be chaos. Although no one enjoys the down time of waiting, there are things you can do to make it more enjoyable. I think they do a good job of organizing Disembarking and communicate the process quite well to guests.

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dkysor 8 years ago

Don't forget 2200 people getting off and going through customs, 2hrs is getting that done pretty well

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tinkerbella10 8 years ago

Jayaddington yes the steakhouse goes on your sail and sign card. When you make your reservation for dinner there or walk in they ask for your room number.

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desjardins 8 years ago

Djp did you have faster to the fun? We are going and do not have it this time so just curious how to go about embarkation with the least amount of trouble. Early late???? Love fttf but booked this cruise last min and it's not available

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jayaddington 8 years ago

Eating at the steakhouse just go on your sail & sign card?

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