Great Mediterranean Curise

Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

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Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
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Carnival Pride

10 Night Italy & The Greek Isles (Rome Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 08, 2023

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin number: GUAR

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

We chose this cruise because of the destinations. All of the port visits were wonderful. I don’t think I will cruise with Carnival again.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Super easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Food was lacking in quality and not what we expected. The choices were much more limited than previous cruises.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
There were very few on board activities. Your choices were gambling, drinking or swimming.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
The entertainment was bad! The comedian wasn’t funny - especially when he made jokes about spousal and animal abuse.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward and the servers at dinner were great. They were really the most positive things about the cruise.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
This ship seemed to be in need of some serious updates and repairs.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The cabin was always clean. The size was as expected. There was a problem with the heating and cooling. The first few days we were freezing and then it was much to hot.

Ship tip

I don’t think I could recommend this ship.

Ports of call

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

3 out of 5
This is a good port. There was not much going on there except boarding the ship.

Mykonos, Greece

4 out of 5
Mykonos is a lovely island. We did not do an excursion. We did a self guided walking tour.

Kusadasi (Ephesus), Turkey

5 out of 5
We had a great excursion to Ephesus. The guide was excellent!

Piraeus (Athens), Greece

5 out of 5
We did the hop on hop off bus tour. This was a good way to see a lot in a short period of time.

Santorini, Greece

4 out of 5
While I love Santorini and have been there many times this time I was overwhelmed by the crowds. The lines for the tram took up most of our time on the island.

Katakolon (Olympia), Greece

5 out of 5
We did an excursion to the old city of Olympia. It was very interesting and the guide gave us a nice amount of free time.

Messina, Sicily

5 out of 5
We did an excursion to Mount Etna and then to a jewelry factory. This was a lot of fun and the guide was well informed and fun to be with.

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5
We did an excursion to Pompei. While Pompei was really interesting the guide was difficult to understand. At the end of our tour of Pompei we were rushed back to the bus with no opportunity to visit the tourist shops. This was disappointing.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Getting off the ship was always easy once you figured out where to go.
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8 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

cruising2004    1 year ago

Glad you had a wonderful time in the ports of call. Sorry your ship experience wasn’t great. Thank you for your review.

dkantouth    1 year ago

We were on the cruise right before yours and had a fantastic time. Thanks for sharing.

DessertSteaks    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

lincoln    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your experience.

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