Great experience seeing canal

Item: Carnival Pride
Rating: 4
Author: NCcruiser58

Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Panama Canal, Central America

NCcruiser58

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 7

Helpful Votes: 128

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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8 Night Panama Canal - Partial Transit (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 05, 2022

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6131

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Took this cruise for Panama Canal, and get away from cold, it was a good overall trip.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Security was a bit over done compared to other ports.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Except for apple pie, which Carnival can't seem to get right, food was ok.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Mostly trivia or bingo, not a lot of variety.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Finally, Carnival has new shows.

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff was great!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Rust here and there butnothing bad.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Wish there was an outlet in bathroom for wife's curling iron, except for that it was very comfortable.

Ship tip

Everything is app, but if you ask you can get paper copy of anything that you need.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida Did not visit port

Embarkation slow

Thumbs Up 0

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

3 out of 5

Run down, not much of a port.

Thumbs Up 0

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5

Have to do it once.

Thumbs Up 0

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Shopping and not a whole lot of much else.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

First time platinum and was very smooth, of and in car in 30 minutes.

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