Carnival Pride photo review July 10, 2016

Hi Everyone- We sailed on the Carnival Pride 7-10-16 - 7-17-16 out of Baltimore , stopping in Grand Turk , Half Moon Cay & Freeport. This is my first review & photo review at that, so I'm hoping the pics show up. I'll try my best to include as much detail as I can , and feel free to ask questions. It won't be a total play by play review but I'll try to keep it in sections, with the highlights / low lights (very few) of each.

Embarkation

We drove down to Baltimore the morning of the cruise making the trek from Central NJ. The ride was about 2:45 with a rest stop for the kids, big & little. Got to Baltimore about 11:30 am, waited a bit to park, and made our way into the terminal.

The process was fairly smooth. I'd say we were on the ship at about 12:30 , never really waiting too long at any station. The only negative I can report here was that a few of the cruise terminal staff were a little testy to put it nicely. They made me discard the bag that I used to carry on our wine & allotted beverages because they considered it a "cooler" due to it's size & minimal padding. But it was a bag..you could fold it and crumple it and... Mind you I have used this same bag before at the same port, and I saw many similar bags that made it through the check in process. Oh well, pretty soon it was on to the first FSS, a delicious and mandatory tradition.

The muster drill was pretty typical, nothing stood out as over the top annoying. I'd guess it was 35 minutes or so? Pretty soon we were off and sailing down the Chesapeake ...is that what it's called??, and under some of those infrastructure thingies

To be continued....

Looking forward to the rest of the review!

Where was the muster drill held? Outside or in a lounge?

I can't wait to see the rest of your review!

Where was the muster drill held? Outside or in a lounge?

 

I can't wait to see the rest of your review!

Great start! Looking forward for more. Thank you.

Looking forward to seeing more pictures of MY ship. 6 more days and it is my turn. So excited to see the rest of your review

Looking forward to the rest, I'm sailing on the Pride NYE week!

Thanks for the review.

Following.:)

Following :-)

Enjoying this.

Keith

Our Cabin

I booked this cruise over a year in advance. This time around I splurged a wee bit on a premium balcony , 7301. Since it was such a long ways out, I got a pretty good deal on it, and I used Carnival GC's to pay off the balance, making the deal a little sweeter. Room was in great shape, though there was an area on the wall behind the toilet where it looks like they did a hack job repair on something by using a reciprocating saw to cut out a square of the wall, then screwing it back on and trying to caulk the seams.

Great start! Looking forward to the rest of your review.

Great start, looks like a nice size cabin.

Subscribing. I was on the cruise with you -- can't wait to see your thoughts on our trip.

Subscribing. I was on the cruise with you -- can't wait to see your thoughts on our trip.

Hope you had a great time! I'm already thinking of the next one :)

Thanks for taking the time for a review.

Great start, great pics as well.

Thanks for doing this review. :)

Thanks for the review, following along. Sailing in November and like you I booked over a year out and saw a great deal on a 9B (6279) for my family of 4 so I took it. Can't wait.

You were sailing down the Chesapeake Bay and that double span you went under was the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

GREAT start to your review! The Pride is our favorite ship by far! Thanks for taking t6he time to share. :)

Looking forward to the rest of your review!!

Great start. Looking forward to the rest of your review.

GREAT start to your review! The Pride is our favorite ship by far! Thanks for taking t6he time to share. :)

Thanks Jamman! I take my inspiration from you, it does help to ease the post cruise pain of not being on a cruise to relive it just a bit :)