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Yeah I booked mine yesterday for Pride in late December. Both had 10+ tickets remaining. They are however offering 2 tours, so its actually now 32 people. Here is how it looks at the moment, so if you are on Pride for NYE this year, here's your shot

I would argue that Fincantieri is at fault. 3 Vista ships, 3 recurring bouts of propulsion issues...

Didn't have it when I sailed last November

Wouldn't surprise me if it's due to the coast guard having to clear the ship since its coming from "overseas" even though its the Bahamas. I was on the first Pride sailing last year after its TA from Lisbon and we didn't end up sailing until around 9pm

Yeah kind of defeats the purpose of having to select an appointment at check in doesn't it? As Plat and Diamond you already get the best times, so whats the big deal? Its not like you are getting on before the ship has been cleared.....

New paint job - she desperately needs that General maintenance - See above, while Pride is in pretty decent shape, shes old enough to drink now 2 story nightclub being reduced to 1 level - Chefs table on Pride is already in the lower deck of the night club, so nothing of note... They are adding some cabins... - There are no cabins on deck 2 or 3 so i can't imagine they would add any in place of the club on deck 3 The most interesting change was another bank of elevators. Frankie wasn't sure where that was going - This is the most interesting one. Its common knowledge that Carnival sticks the Spirit ships in places with height restriction in the harbor, so I couldn't see a deck being added, but i *could* see them potentially chopping her in half and adding a section....Keeps the ship the same height and adds more rooms, plus more space for modern amenities on 2, 3, and Lido...Pride seems to get everything major first anyway, so it would be a good test, especially in Baltimore where there is pretty high demand

I wouldn't call 14% more gross tonnage similar.

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/carnival-sunshine-to-sail-year-round-from-norfolk-beginning-2025/ Good for Norfolk!

My first time on Pride was November 2013, and I don't recall access to the Sunset Garden area from outdoors, so it would have to go back into the early to mid 2000s if it was ever used. If I were them, I would remove the fire doors and set it up with the automatic doors similar to Mermaid grill

It's funny, because there are outside doors on deck 3 that lead into the interior promenade area, but I have never seen them open. There is also outdoor signage indicating that at some point, those doors were originally open for indoor/outdoor access, but now the entrance is "hidden" inside the theater entrance...I really wish we had some form of historical record on some of these ships to see how they were operated 20 years ago...

I thought I read somewhere a few months ago that Carnival was testing Starlink on a ship or two, could Celebration be one of those?

They brought on a ton of new crew when they got to Tampa after the TL, you could tell some were new, but never experienced an issue with any of them.

Just got off Pride on 11/19. We had one of the best cruises ever. Literally everything onboard was really great!

Pride is the only Spirit class that has it

Rumor has it they were not happy with the screen install on Pride, so none of the other Spirits are getting it.