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Item: Carnival Pride
Rating: 4.6
Author: princesspeaches

Carnival Pride Cruise Review

princesspeaches

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 12, 2024

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6309

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 month ago

Review summary

This was our 3rd cruise and we love the Pride and was excited to see it after dry dock refurbish last year. Biggest issue was they removed the bar from the casino area, meaning if you earn casino points for free drinks which are only available from the casino, your only option is to be playing at a machine and wait for a server to come around taking drink orders. Previously you could go right up to the casino bar and order a drink, and also i met my husband on my first cruise at that bar -- so it was sentimenal! Anyway, it often took nearly an hour for them to come around and then another half hour to come back with your drink -- def needed more waitstaff if they are going to operate this way.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Although we planned to depart from Baltimore, the departure from Norfolk due to the Key Bridge was fairly painless. Carnival credited us $100 l/stateroom for the change which pretty much covered the change is gas it took us to drive the farther distance.