Panama Canal

Item: Carnival Pride
Rating: 3.9
Author: makosmax

Carnival Pride Cruise Review

makosmax

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 11

Helpful Votes: 92

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

8 Night Panama Canal - Partial Transit (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 01, 2023

Ship: Carnival Pride

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

The staff on Carnival is always very friendly, the ship was clean as they usually are and the drinks were delicious.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Ship staff is very informative and they remembered me from a cruise 4 months earlier.

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Ports of call

Panama Canal (Cruise Into Canal)

4 out of 5

The 1st lock is very interesting/exciting, the second lock has a much diminished interest, the 3rd lock borders on boring. Then after a bit of a wait in the lake you get to experience all 3 locks again. The first time I went to the Panama Canal on a cruise, it was on Princess and after we went through the 3 locks, they lowered some of the lifeboats and used them to ferry those of us with excursions booked with the ship to shore and we were delivered to the ship after it had exited the Canal. It was much more enjoyable.

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George Town, Grand Cayman

2 out of 5

I’ve been there too many times for it to be memorable. I dislike having to be ferried to shore. The one seaside bar we normally go to was closed. Not a very good visit.

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Puerto Limon, Costa Rica

2 out of 5

It was raining so we didn’t get to experience it.

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