Fantastic cruise for my first cruise ever

Item: Carnival Pride
Rating: 4.9
Author: pbinder1988

Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

pbinder1988

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 20, 2018

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin number: 6263

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

On the last day of cruise there was a 90.00 charge put on the account per person. This was gurtilry for service to rooms. Dining room and cleaning people. This was very surprising to me. This should be a charge that is included in the price of the cruise. I had all finances in order and did not like the surprise charges.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

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

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

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

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

12 Comments

bigval109 6 years ago

As for me, I use my onboard credits to cover some of it. Since the crew are poorly paid I gladly pay gratuities. I also tip some of the crew I come into contact with.

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bigval109 6 years ago

I’m surprised 😮 no one told you. It was in the paperwork that you had to print out.

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perrywalden3 6 years ago

And, unless things have changed the gratuities are added like the 2nd day, not the last.

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cnysteph 6 years ago

When I booked my cruise I was asked if I wanted to pay my gratuities up front.

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Panda3 6 years ago

You didn’t pay in advance...

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albaneseca 6 years ago

You have the choice to prepay -- your TA or PVP should have asked you at booking.

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kbiedlingmaier 6 years ago

It’s easy to miss stuff when you book, I suppose. We always pay it when we book. One less thing to think about. Next time, just ask if you’re using an agent, or scan the webpage and pay it there. I hope the rest of the cruise was fun.

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maryred 6 years ago

If you profile is up to date this was your first cruise. All except boutique lines sailing from homeports outside of the USA (Crystal, Seabourn, Azamara,etc.) all have daily automated hotels /restaurant service gratuities. These range from $13/person per day on Carnival to $23/person per day in Suites on Oceania. It was disclosed to you at the very least in your cruise contract that you esignatured when doing your online check-in if self booked direct w/ Carnival. Otherwise it all on the travel professional or website that sold you the cruise.

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gregbourgault 6 years ago

There's no surprises or you didn't do your homework, try reading your cruise contract also next time you cruise expect a gratuity charge.

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onlysail 6 years ago

These charges are explained in T&C. Did you read them. You could of pre paid them

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wl1962 6 years ago

very clearly stated that gratuitues are addex. although i dont think a mandatory gratuity is a gratuity it is clearly stated

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Vapa71 6 years ago

I like to pre pay my gratuities online before the cruise. I just keep a stack of ones for room service & other extra tipping.

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