Great cruise to Panama Canal.

Carnival Pride Cruise Review

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Reviews: 20
Helpful Votes: 534

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Carnival Pride

8 Night Panama Canal - Partial Transit (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 04, 2023

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8235

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This was my 7th cruise with Carnaval. Everything went well. Sailing, activities, entertainment, food and drinks, my stateroom and staff relation just right. When I travel to Caribbeans, I use only Carnaval. It's affordable, well organized and very relaxing cruises. I will continue do this for many years in the future.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and easy embarkation. Took only 20min.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was good and plenty of it.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Activities on board were very good, thanks to cruise director.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Very nice production shows. Comedian also very good.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Little understaffed, but did great job to keep every one happy.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Ship is little old but good. Everything is designed to accommodate all guests.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Premium Balcony Cabin is larger. Lots of storage space. Nice balcony with 2 beach lounges and chair too. How ever I had problem with using WiFi inside the cabin only. Internet worked on balcony and outside the cabin, but not inside. Made several complaints about this, but no results.

Ship tip

I like to sail smaller ships, where not as many guests, line are shorter and cruise staff treats you more personaly.

Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Went on Allura catamaran. First time encounter with wild stingrays. Weather was 85 plus. Water little choppy but warm. Sandbar experience great.

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

5 out of 5
Very green island. Did Tortuguero Canal and Rain Forest walk excursion. Saw sloth, eguanas, some birds and monkeys. Eaten bananas from plantation . Overall very relaxing excursion.

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

5 out of 5
Been there before, but wanted to see it again. Did not regret it. Very good experience. 👍

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very organized and easy. Faster than originally anticipated.

Traveler Photos

Tampa Florida in the early morning hours. A view from the balcony. Getting ready for Elegance Night. New outfit, New Captain for Elegance Night. Cruising to Grand Cayman Islands. Great weather 87f. Hot and Sunny Walking rain forest of Costa Rica. Under the sea! Rays feeding time. Sting Ray sand bar. Kissing the beast! Sting Ray sand Bar. Catamaran sailing to Sting Ray sand bar. Sting Ray sand bar. TURQUOISE and very cleat water. Nice view of the Carnival. Ready for shore excursion. Arriving to Costa  Rica. Stop at banana 🍌 plantation. Passing true Guttin chamber lock
 Opening of the double gates.
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6 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

prnluez    1 year ago

AWESOME to see all these great reviews..we are taking this exact cruise next March..same ship too. Glad to hear you had a great experience!

javawoody    1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

envy1219    1 year ago

Great review. Thanks for sharing

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed and informative review. Glad you thoroughly enjoyed your cruise.

lincoln    1 year ago

Thanks for the review!

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