Panama Canal cruise

Item: Carnival Pride
Rating: 4.5
Author: FrankPaul

Carnival Pride Cruise Review

FrankPaul

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 4

Helpful Votes: 54

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

8 Night Panama Canal - Partial Transit (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2022

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6239

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Panama Canal cruise is so worth it just to see engineering wonder

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Lines were forming. Walked passed area we were supposed to get boarding passes checked and had to circle back to areas

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Steak house was awesome as usual. Buffet and main dining room were same as always. Nothing really special

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Standard onboard activities that one always sees. Still enjoyable

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Shows were good. Surprised to see show still on board from 2021

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Service was what we have come to expect.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Ship was clean and designed well. Just showing need of dry dock. Was most likely postponed due to the pause.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Carnival is good at what it does and is weak where they always have been. Panama Canal was amazing to see

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Ports of call

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Turtle excursion was amazing. Site was great

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Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Sloth excursion was great

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Got everyone off quicker then expected. Nice experience

8 Comments

NanMarie 1 year ago

Thank you for the review. We will be going thru the panama canal on the Pride in a few months. Never been to Tampa cruise terminal or the Panama canal. So looking forward to it.

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jeffreyschill 1 year ago

We will be seeing the canal for the first time in February. Really looking forward to it.

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lincoln 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your experience!

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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gazstaf 1 year ago

I have to agree, Panama Canal is a modern engineering marvel, we sailed through on Celebrity Infinity way back in 2011. The captain opened the heli deck for observation during the transit. Would highly recommend any cruise that passes through this man made marvel. Thanks for the reminder 🚢🚢🚢

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed your canal cruise. Appreciate your feedback.

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RetiredRay 1 year ago

Sounds about right, 28 more days until we do Panama (on the Emerald)

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate the feedback

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