Christmas on Pride 2014

[P&B Toronto]

This was my first cruise on Carnival. I have only cruised Norwegian before. I had read a lot of reviews about the Pride before the cruise, almost everything I read was not true on our cruise or is not my opinion of things. We choose what we focus on in life.Overall the cruise was great. I will post pictures as soon as I figure out how, can someone help me out.

[pirate4me2]

Glad you had a good cruise! There should be a little icon at the top of the area where you type that looks like a yellow background with a mountain, if you hover over it it says "insert image." Click on that and follow the instructions. Can't wait to see your cruise pics!

[My6Dogs]

Looking forward to your pictures!

 

We are leaving on Jan 11th!!! :)

 

Mike

[P&B Toronto]

It asks for a url?

[susie8862]

Very glad to hear this for all of the future Pride cruisers. Maybe they are finally getting it together after the refurb. We were on her the first week in December. Horrible...just horrible.

 

It would be great to read a good review for the Pride. Looking forward to it.

[falkcor]

It asks for a url?

 

you have to upload them to a site like photobucket.com or similar sites, and then insert the url.

 

glad to hear you had a good cruise on the pride - i did a few years back! :)

[labsnabys]

Glad you had a great cruise! We were on the Magic and crossed paths with you guys several times during the week. What an amazing week! As soon as I decompress a little more, I plan to write a review and post some photos too.

[P&B Toronto]

Thanks Falkcor. Yes we did cross paths a few times with your massive ship Lansby.

[P&B Toronto]

[P&B Toronto]

Edited December 29, 2014 by P&B Toronto

[jetexpress]

Glad you had a good cruise! Can't wait to be on her Jan 11th as well.

 

 

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[falkcor]

 

i typically use the 'direct' link of the 4 on the right, and then the button here and input the url directly. hope that works :)

[tandemcruzr]

Looking forward to your review and pics. We are 27 days away. :)

[P&B Toronto]

[P&B Toronto]

We arrived in Tampa and went to our hotel Best Western Tampa. It was packed with Green Bay Packer fans, the cheese heads had a a lot of fun. The pool area and beach volleyball area were great. the views of the sunset were amazing. The food at Hogans was not great. We are not used to eating really greasy food. The next morning I was working out in the gym and the guy next to me pointed out dolphins swimming in the Bay. We went outside and watched the dolphins swim around for about an hour.

[P&B Toronto]

People had said that they had received a letter saying embarking would be delayed due to tests. We decided to stay at the hotel till 11:30 and then head to the ship. We got on the ship about 15 minutes after we got to the cruise terminal. We put our carry on in the room and headed upstairs to eat. Guys Burger and the burritos were really good. Here is a view of Channelside and the other ships.

Edited December 30, 2014 by P&B Toronto

[DTC]

We'll be on her on Jan 11 also! Looking forward to your review. Sure wish we'd have been there with those awesome Packer fans!!

 

 

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[Kymnotkim]

Love the pictures. What camera did you take this on and did you use panoramic setting?

[P&B Toronto]

DTC, the Packer fans were a blast. Kymnotkim I use my iPhone and yes it was a panoramic picture. Here is the only other panoramic picture that I took. http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k132/2cornerstone2/IMG_4851_zps57562edb.jpg

Edited December 30, 2014 by P&B Toronto

[P&B Toronto]

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[P&B Toronto]

The food was ok to great. To be honest I was disappointed with the bitter and blanc. My brother in law and sister both make way better bread pudding. I guess the build up for the wcmc caused a bit of a let down. My favourite lunches were the 1. Caribbean lunch (not surprising seeing as I am from Jamaica) 2. Guys Burgers (I had two) 3. Burritos Breakfast was good with lots of options. My favourites were 1. Breakfast burrito 2. Oat meal with blueberries, almonds and 1/2 and 1/2 cream

 

This was one of my favourite suppers - jerk pork loin

[P&B Toronto]

We didn't book any excursions with Carnival. I like the flexibility and financial savings of doing it yourself. We took a cab to Chakanaab Park. Here is a picture of the lagoon.

[P&B Toronto]

The sea lion show was fun

There were lots of fish snorkelling but not much corral

The grouper was almost 4 feet long

I swam on the outside of the dolphin enclosure one of them came over a number of times to check me out. The first time was nose to nose but I didn't have my camera ready.

The pelicans sat on the rocks for over an hour.

[P&B Toronto]

As we sailed away from Cozumel here was the sun set from our balcony

I had read really bad reviews about the shows. We really enjoyed the show the first night. It was the 80's music show. The singers and dancers were all really talented. I think that lots of people had also read bad reviews because the Taj Mahal theatre was only ever about half full for the 8:15 shows.

[jacmo24]

We went on this cruise too. The Pride is a wonderful ship and the crew was great. WE did not care for the CD though and think the activity schedule on many days was so very underwhelming. I'd go on the Pride again in a heartbeat though.