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Carnival Pride Cruise Review

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Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Carnival Pride

9 Night Mediterranean (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 29, 2023

Ship: Carnival Pride

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Nice small older ship but fine we were so busy and we loved the itinerary, don’t see it too often and the Captain said the only time in 2023 or 2024 they would visit these ports. Carnival gave us a very affordable way to see some great ports. Only problem little time for rest with many port days in a row but understand why, they are so close.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Arrived at 2:30 onboard in 10 minutes.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Omelets in the morning at buffet good, MDR most nights good.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
MDR staff efficient and friendly, saw room steward once but room clean, they have too many rooms now.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Bit dated but plenty of room for two and decent size balcony compared to some newer ships.

Ship tip

Get up early to get a spot on Serenity deck, we only had 2 sea days but spent our two sea mornings relaxing there.

Ports of call

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

4 out of 5
Went to Cinque Terre and Pisa private tour, great driver and beautiful but crazy busy and it can’t be helped from Livorno but over 3 1/2 hours total driving cuts into the day. Cinque Terre inter village ferry and trains packed even in October.

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

4 out of 5
Stayed a night after the cruise and had a full day, great city but soooo packed with people made getting around a challenge.

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5
Tour to Castelmola (tiny but nice views) and Taormina very nice.

Corfu, Greece

4 out of 5
Rented a car right at port from Royal cars, very nice people. Drove to Paleokastritsa to see monastery and the beach, Corfu town was nice but very built up.

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5
Our favorite, strolling town, then did Our Lady of the rocks and blue caves boat ride and swim, so nice in the fjord and sailing out after.

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
Went to Capri and Anacapri very nice day.

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5
Did not disappoint enjoyed walled city, walked the walls, then walked to beach after lunch for an hour.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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5 Comments

lincoln    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your experiences. Glad you enjoyed your cruise!

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

cruising2004    1 year ago

Great review! Thank you for sharing.

Sogmoore    1 year ago

Great tip and thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the detailed review

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