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Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Europe - Western Mediterranean

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Carnival Pride

9 Night Western Europe To The Med (Dover To Rome)

Sail date: September 10, 2023

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6239

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Thank you very much for a life-changing adventure. I met many "cruisers" who have lived their entire life participating in Carnivals amazing opportunities to tour the world. I will recommend your cruise line to everyone we meet, and one day again will be experiencing this wonderful way to travel. Thanks again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Well, it was good, but we walked from Dover to the Cruise Ship not realizing the distance. We made it work, taking lots of breaks.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We had 3 excellent servers - Avalon from India was a Team Server, Saw from Myamar was the Team Lead Server, and Agung from Indonesia was the Assistant Team Server. These gentlemen were top of the line, and we were served very well. The rest of the dining experience in the buffets were excellent, as well. We had omelets to our specifications and many more dishes to satisfy our tummies.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We went to the fitness center, had a very decent massage session with Isabella, and went in the hottubs, played miniature golf, and my family went down the water slides. I even enjoyed watching a movie during the lighting and thunder storm!!!!

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We went to all the comedy club PG sessions, and the stage shows (all the amazing themes), and thoroughly enjoyed them. Frankie is an excellent entertainment director - we were always kept abreast of everything going on, and the daily FUNTIMES really helped assist us with times and activities. Especially love the Fun Ashore Guide, and still am looking through it to learn about all the wonderful adventures available in each port.

Children's Programs

No children were with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Waiters mentioned above were great, the room stewards did a fantastic job prepping our room each day, especially mentioning Nyoman the Stateroom Attendant for our room. Thank you very much.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I love the ship. It is beautiful and I felt like a princess the entire time I was there. I avoided the casino, unfortunately, because I cannot be near cigarette smoke, but otherwise everything else was gorgeous.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The Balcony was my favorite place to be when the ship was arriving in a port or leaving. It was amazing, and we got to see a beautiful sunset a few times right from our room. I enjoyed relaxing there watching tv shows produced for travel by Carnival. It is a fabulous experience to relax and enjoy, and I will always choose a stateroom with a balcony.

Ship tip

Enjoy everything, and relax! And love that ice cream anytime of day.

Ports of call

Dover (London), England

4 out of 5

La Coruna, Spain

5 out of 5

Leixoes (Oporto), Portugal

5 out of 5

Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5

Cadiz (Seville), Spain

5 out of 5

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Spain

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
It was quick and easy, and I love that we were shuttled to our coach connection to visit Rome.
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8 Comments

Sogmoore    1 year ago

Great review and thanks for sharing

lincoln    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your experience!

Dumfy75    1 year ago

Love this review, sounds like you made sure you enjoyed every minute of your first cruise.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

joyandjerry    1 year ago

Always touching to see how impressed a first time cruiser feels. Many of us have done so many you get jaded. We were on the Legend last month to Greenland and it was wonderful. CCL gets a bad rap at times, but it depends on the cruise type and pax. Service is always great.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Wonderful itinerary! Glad you had an amazing time on your cruise. Thank you for sharing.

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the comments

DACruiser57    1 year ago

So glad you enjoyed. Planning on being on her in September 2024 for the Greenland sailing. So looking forward to the cruise. I was not thrilled when family wanted to go on a Carnival for a special occasion, but have enjoyed it every time we sailed.

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