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Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Carnival Pride

7 Night Bahamas & Grand Turk (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 04, 2016

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5140

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

I very much enjoyed my cruise. The staff was fabulous!!!! Our room steward, Rosario, was great! My daughter loved the towel animals and was so excited to come back to the room to see which animal was waiting.

 

We spent most of our time at the wonderful Blue Iguana. The staff there was great and really made sure we enjoyed our vacation. The one bartender was so sweet to my daughter, keeping her full of Shirley Temples.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
this was one of my biggest concerns going in...that there would be long waits or poor food. Was wrong on both accounts. Very short lines and the food was very good.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Nice variety. There was always something to do. Only issue is that some things happened only once and conflicted with other "one time only" activities and you had to pick.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Nice, not great, but really liked the variety.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
our daughter asked to go there when we had free time and several times when we went to get her, she asked to stay longer.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I know the Pride is the smallest of the ships but I really liked it....didn't feel lost at any point and everything was really clean. Because of the time of year, never made it to the slides on the ship which was something my daughter was really looking forward to. The few times it was warm enough, I think the upper decks were roped off because of the wind.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
very nice!!!!

Ports of call

Baltimore, Maryland

5 out of 5
love the stay and park...it's so convenient. The city was decorated for Christmas which was extra nice.

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5
okay...had a hard time figuring out the bus to locations at the beach...and missed out on some things...not realizing that the trip we picked was so far away. Husband loved the Kennedy Space tour.

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5
The driver got us into Atlantis, but I was so worried about getting back out in time and that I'd remember WHICH of the many tour buses was the correct one. A way to let us know which bus was "ours" would have been helpful. Also, I thought the buses were leaving every 20-30 min. and we ended up waiting on the bus for 40 min. Again, could have been more time on the beach, or back to boat more quickly. Not enough time in Atlantis.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

3 out of 5
Because the time felt so short, we stayed in the port and shopped. Was okay, but a bit of a let down for a last day.
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