First time for family and they would do it again.

Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 28

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
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Carnival Pride

7 Night Bahamas & Grand Turk (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 01, 2018

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1117

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

My 4th cruise (first wit Carnival), Family's first. We live near Baltimore so travel was easy. Very good food and entertainment. Crew was very polite and friendly. I would sail carnival again.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Took 2 hours to park once inside gate. Boarding ship was a pleasant experience.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining room food was very good, buffets were good and plentiful. Drinks were expensive but I anticipated that.

Normandie Restaurant

4 out of 5

We were unable to reserve early dining however guest services was able to accommodate once we arrived. Food and service was very good.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Camp Ocean did not hold my 10 year old's interest much. It would have been nice to have more appealing activities.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Very entertaining. Cruise Director - Leigh was very good. Loved the Lip Sync finals on the last day.

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
See above comments.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Clean but an older ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
We were satisfied. Mackenzie took care of us well.

Ship tip

Hit the pool deck ea.rly. Lounges go fast

Ports of call

Baltimore, Maryland

3 out of 5
Took too long to park

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5
Best one. Great for snorkeling.

Princess Cays (Cruise Line Private Island)

3 out of 5
Water not as clear, provided lunch was nice except for the flies.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

2 out of 5
Only local activity was shopping.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Decided to bring luggage with us. Saved a couple of hours.
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