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Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

maraarte

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 02, 2018

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Overall, we had a great time. Really enjoyed the food for the most part. Loved the gourmet hot chocolate, the soft serve ice cream, and lots of the food in the dining room. (Didn’t eat scrambled eggs after first try, because they’re not made from fresh eggs.) However, there were some things we really disliked: 1) Too many smoking areas on ship, it was uncomfortable in casino and bothersome on outdoor decks. 2) Did not like high pressure sales approach used by sales people in certain shops. 3) Did not like it when a chemical smell pervaded the air at one point and lasted a while. Don’t like having to breathe in possibly toxic chemicals while captive on board ship. 4) Really did not like seeing the greyish/brownish liquid being expelled from the ship at end of cruise and polluting the Chesapeake Bay. There must be a better, cleaner way to dispose of whatever that was without polluting the ecosystem in that area.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Our steward was great, except for the fact that he didn’t make himself known to us when we first arrived. We happened to bump into him in the hallway, and didn’t know he was our steward until I asked him. Other than that, no complaints. Our waiter Stevens was above average and took great care of us. A couple times we were unable to be seated in his area, and we really noticed the difference in service - had to ask for bread, and the servers were not as attentive.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Baltimore, Maryland

3 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5

Loved going in the water at the beach - it was beautiful. The food at the beach beach barbecue, however, was subpar - disappointing.

Thumbs Up 1

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

3 out of 5

We took a very enjoyable glass bottom boat cruise. The highlight was seeing sharks in their natural habitat. Disappointed in the quality of goods for sale in shops near the port, and did not like how the shop keepers pounced on us and gave us their hard sell tactics.

Thumbs Up 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

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