stellarose Posted July 2, 2018 #1 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Greetings. I will doing this in installments. we just got off on Sunday. If you have questions while i post the review- ask away!!!!!!! Carnival pride 2018 About us: Myself and DH in our mid 40’s. Teen son 17 and teen daughter14. In laws early 70s. Looked for a ship that would leave from Baltimore. MIL doesnot fly. Needed a ship that would entertain teens, DH and I and inlaws.- Pride checked all the boxes. Booked over a year in advance. In laws had an extended balcony. DH and I / teens- abalcony that connected to an interior room. Perfect for us. Teens in one room;DH and I in the other (highly suggest). Booked FTTF for just my family of 4. Ports of call- Grand Turk. Half moon cay. Freeport Embarkation: Ok. We had FTTF. We decided to get to the port at 11ish.Good call. They did mess up telling us where to drop off the luggage and thenpay to park. Ok. Parked and carrying book bags and a suitcase with oursodas. Then we got stopped- sorry yoursuitcase is too big. You need to check it (the one with the sodas in it). Well,they sent us to the regular line and when I said we had FTTF, they let us in,with the suitcase through security. Ahwe made it. Then the wait. They had a small snafu. We did not get on until 12:15 ish. Straight to the room. Now the doors leadingto the cabins will say don’t enter, but with FTTF we walked right in. roomready. They unlocked the connecting room door. Off for lunch!!!!! I had a veggie burger from guys. My other family hit thebuffet on the lido deck. Then room- pool time!!! Dinner- ATD- (would not do it again.. will explain later)-6:00 table of 6. They did a good job with my son’s food allergies for thismeal (an issue later on) Baggage- all came except one bag came really late. Goodfirst night/ day. More later…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kids1stcruise Posted July 2, 2018 #2 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Thanks for posting... I’m cruising in about 2 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarose Posted July 2, 2018 Author #3 Share Posted July 2, 2018 Thanks for posting...I’m cruising in about 2 weeks if you got questions... ask :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kids1stcruise Posted July 2, 2018 #4 Share Posted July 2, 2018 I don’t have FTTF since I just booked 2 weeks ago DID YOUR INLAWS ARRIVE AT THEIR DESIGNATED TIME? My sons and me and my husband both have 4K cabins on deck 4 We’ve been on the Pride 2 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarose Posted July 2, 2018 Author #5 Share Posted July 2, 2018 my inlaws did go to their set time. they had 12:00 for their time. they got on about 40 minutes after us. we were all delayed due to new crew on ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kids1stcruise Posted July 2, 2018 #6 Share Posted July 2, 2018 How was Dr E? Was Ken the maitre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarose Posted July 2, 2018 Author #7 Share Posted July 2, 2018 How was Dr E? Was Ken the maitre dont recall the maitre. never came by Dr. E............a m a z i n g!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kids1stcruise Posted July 3, 2018 #8 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Thanks...looking forward to your review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karla_sue Posted July 3, 2018 #9 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Our family will be on the Pride July 22nd! Looking forward to it. Interested in your take on this ship and the itinerary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMAE Posted July 3, 2018 #10 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Was any info provided about the 2019 dry dock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riclop Posted July 3, 2018 #11 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Thanks for the review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarose Posted July 3, 2018 Author #12 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Was any info provided about the 2019 dry dock? no word on dry dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcvtmom Posted July 3, 2018 #13 Share Posted July 3, 2018 How was Dr E? Was Ken the maitre Ken was not the maitre d this time. I think he is currently on one of the new ships. Dr. E is awesome! (I think there must be more than one of him. No way he can have that much energy and be EVERYWHERE, all the time!):D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniceB Posted July 3, 2018 #14 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Great start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie'sMom Posted July 3, 2018 #15 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Look forward to hearing about the rest of your trip. Me and my boys (18) and (15), are leaving on this same trip next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarose Posted July 3, 2018 Author #16 Share Posted July 3, 2018 Day 1 continued. Did not see the comics the first night. Did the welcome aboard show- NOT good. Now Dr. E….. amazing. So worth watching just the pre show. Went to the Rock the promenade in Red frog pub- eh, not toobad. Set inlaws up with the HUB (worth the 5 dollars per personto chat. Will explain ins and outslater) Bedtime. (now I likesilence and the fan blew all night. Ear plugs… magic) Day 2 Sea Day #1 We got up early. Now the teens – each day they got up around11:00-11:30 each day. (again, Hub came in handy with them) Hit the gym on the first day. good gym. Nice treadmills,bikes, etc Got breakfast- verysimple buffett in lido deck/ mermaid grill (standard- pancakes/ waffles, madeto order omlettes. ME… Blue Iguana-breakfast burrito!!! (every day). Now- serenity pool- no chairs at 8am. Yes, 8am. So I found aspot Apollo pool forward. You don’t get the sound from the main pool. Met nice people to watch my stuff for lunch buffett- eachday a new theme- Caribbean, oriental, etc. You can also have tacos/ burritos/ or guys burgers. Pizza- takes a long long time. (20 minutes) (only got onelast sea day) Formal night. ATD is crazy. Lines long. Took almost 35minutes to get a table. (one day it took over an hour). I did get the vegetarian dish (not the featured one). Rootveggies pie crust. Good. Since dinner took so long we only saw one comedy show.AWESEOME. Vargus Mason. The comics do one PG and one R show a night. (they had twocomics in the beginning and two different ones at the end). Went to bed around 11:30 pm End of Sea Day #1 coming up… Sea Day #2. ………. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradUT Posted July 4, 2018 #17 Share Posted July 4, 2018 I’m sorry you had problems with the ATD, but it doesn’t surprise me. I had a similar experience with my daughter on the Imagination (she wanted ATD). That’s why my spouse and I will be doing a set dining time when we cruise on the Pride in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruisin 4 Ever Posted July 4, 2018 #18 Share Posted July 4, 2018 What time did you go for dinner? I always do ATD and have never waited more than 5 minutes but we go early. Hoping you were going at a busy time and it's not an issue with the Pride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kids1stcruise Posted July 4, 2018 #19 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Keep in mind.... it’s summertime Full ship.. ALOT of cruisers It’s very crowded so remember that❗️❗️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kids1stcruise Posted July 5, 2018 #20 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Keep it coming 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jota62 Posted July 5, 2018 #21 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Sailing on the Pride in December. Looking forward to the rest of your review! Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kids1stcruise Posted July 5, 2018 #22 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Can you give us more of your experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yogibear Posted July 5, 2018 #23 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Looking to hear more. sailing on the Pride in November when she does her Journey Cruise as far south as Aruba. Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stellarose Posted July 5, 2018 Author #24 Share Posted July 5, 2018 Sea day #2. today was an early morning. hubby up earlier to get coffee to sit on the balcony. instead of hitting the gym i decided to walk the deck. not the jogging track but the deck 10 (i think...). you can go the entire way around the ship- outside. great view. another breakfast of burrito from blue iguana. I wanted to try the yellow slide today- closed due to water pump issue. (sad face). so back to the apollo pool forward for another tanning session. lunch buffet today- good. line way way too long for sandwiches (did not get any during the week- lines aways crazy) did take a break for trivia (very very popular)- we did "slogans" proud to say we scored 19/20 (did not win the plastic ship on stick). used hub to connect with in laws and teens. (loving the teen club by the way). ATD= not too bad today. 30 minute wait. Main show- Getaway Island- stayed for 10 minutes and had to leave . not good. plan b- comedy shows. so we did the PG show with vargus and the R show with thea. Mega Deck party!!! awesome. the DJ was great. Grand Turk coming up. (I do hope yall are enjoying the review. if you have questions... let me know) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgttami Posted July 6, 2018 #25 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Like to hear other people's opinions. I was on Pride 3X this year so far and 2X more before the end of the year Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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