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Item: Carnival Pride
Rating: 3.6
Author: karex

Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

karex

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

Verified Review

6 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 26, 2023

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7179

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

We have cruised with Carnival around 12 times. We booked this cruise because of price and length. Ship was OK. Great cruise director, Frankie. Carnival seems to have cut back on service, food, and quality of entertainment since we first started cruising with them 25 years ago. We think it is time for us to move on to a bit more upscale cruiselines.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Embarkation was not too bad other than waiting in line for 40 minutes past our scheduled embarkation time.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Quality of main dining room food has slipped from previous years. Choices were not very exciting. Steak house was excellent. Supurb food and service. Brunches in main dining room were somewhat of a disappointment. Choices were limited compared to previous years. Fresh fruit plates weren't even an option on half the days! Buffets were crazy. Crowded full of food zombies who acted like they had never seen food before. Stay away!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

We did not participated in Ship activities. Preferred quiet time in sun. The Serenity Deck needs to be larger. Deck chair hogs tied up all the loungers by 10 a.m. We were not able to use Serenity.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Stage shows were ok. Comedians at Punchliners were good.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Room steward was attentive. Unfortunately Carnival only has cabin attended once a day. Our steward said he had 32 cabins to attend! Waiter at main dining room was professional and attentive although not very friendly.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Ship showing some age. A little ragged in some places but overall in good shape. Once we learned our way around it was easy to get to various places around ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin was comfortable. HUGE balcony! At least twice as big as previous Carnival ship balconies we have had.