Carnival Pride out of Baltimore

Item: Carnival Pride
Rating: 3
Author: billrob712

Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

billrob712

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 23, 2016

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6142

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Boarding was a disaster, and unless some improvement is met in that area, we probably would not go out of Baltimore again. We were given the time of boarding at 1:30 - 2:30 and had to wait in line for one and half hours! We felt like we were in line at Disney World. The ship needs a good refurbishing but the staff was great. The food was good but could have been better (have had better on other cruise lines). We had very rough seas and, therefore, our itinerary was changed but we understand that couldn't have been helped. All in all had a fairly good time.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Could use some refurbishing

Ship tip

Nice but needs refurbishing

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6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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kmkerr8 8 years ago

We didn't have any issues boarding back in Oct last year, but we also had the FTTF

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sunshine220 8 years ago

The check in time is not necessarily when you will board the ship it is just the designated time to check in waiting in line to get on the ship is the same anywhere and the most stressful of the whole cruising experience it's no different than at an airport they aren't going to let you just walk right on.

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stevethepa 8 years ago

Hint. If it says the ship boards at 1, get there at 11:30. They'll let you on. Buffet is open. Plus you have to consider that day as day #1. Because the last day you eat and they throw you off!!

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Eagleeyepcs 8 years ago

If you mean you were given a time to be there of 1:30 to 2:30...that means it is your check in time, time to arrive to the port. This isnt your boarding time. Your boarding time isn't guaranteed. You get to board after weddings, diamond and platinum, FTTF, and special groups. Then they start boarding zones after all those people.

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thechamplins 8 years ago

Pride usually boards into the atrium by way of a gang way that was damaged some months back. I had heard it did not cause any issues, but I questioned that. Don't judge Carnival or Pride over this experience.

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Had fun

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