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Carnival Pride Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 53

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Carnival Pride

6 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 26, 2023

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7107

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Fantastic relaxing vacation, which is what we were looking for. We weren't looking for a lot of activity and this cruise was awesome.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Arrived at the port at 9:30 am and was on the ship at 10:30 am.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food in the MDR was outstanding. The buffet not so much, but it was still good. Guy's burgers were very good as usual.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Went to the comedy show once, meh. Enjoyed playing craps in the casino. Watched the Love & Marraige show. It was very entertaining.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Service staff was outstanding! The MDR wait staff were awesome and our cabin steward was as well.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Ship is showing some wear and tear but it's very clean. It's going into drydock soon so that should help.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin 7107 is the fowardmost balcony cabin on deck 7, starboard side. It's a standard balcony cabin with an interior cabin on the left side and another balcony cabin on the right side. The interior cabin can be adjoining as there is a door connecting the two.

Ship tip

Don't go in expecting all the bells and whistles of the megaships. I'm not a fan of the huge cruise ships so the Pride and other ships this size are best for me and those who prefer not to have too many people to deal with.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5
Easy to get to. Less than an hour from my home. Makes it so easy to sail from Tampa.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5
As with Belize, unless you are doing an excursion here, there's nothing here other than overly expensive shops with ridiculously aggressive sales people pushing samples of some face cream onto everyone that passes by. There is a pool that's free to use, but if you want to use one of the loungers by the pool, you've got to buy a drink or food. Drinks start at $18 and you can only use the lounger as long as you continue to buy drinks or food. Costa Maya is one of the worst ports.

Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5
Unless you're going on an excursion, there's nothing much here. Don't leave the port area on your own, crime is a constant problem in Belize.

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
We went snorkeling with the Fury Catamaran crew. It was a fun time. I don't care for having to walk through the duty free store in order to leave the dock.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Priority disembarkation is awesome! Met in the MDR at 7:15 and was off the ship and in my car by 7:30. Home by 8:30. Doesn't get any better than that.
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