Carnival Pride restart date

[IntrepidFromDC]

Does anyone have a good idea of whether Pride will begin sailing Sept. 5 or Sept. 12?  We're booked on Sept. 12 and if it's the restart cruise out of Baltimore I'm wondering if we'll get some of the extra giveaway goodies recent cruisers posted about on other "re-inauguration" cruises.

[Bases5]

Older smaller ship might not restart until Nov 14 out of Tampa. 
who knows 

[IntrepidFromDC]

26 minutes ago, Bases5 said:

Older smaller ship might not restart until Nov 14 out of Tampa. 
who knows 

You're killin' me, Buccaneer!

 

Cruises outta Baltimore have a lot of green and black chips on the table games, don't you think Carnival wants that casino revenue?

Edited June 18, 2021 by IntrepidFromDC

[Bases5]

I hope it’s starts up north.  It just seems they are starting back up with there newer bigger ships first except for Alaska. 
 I just want to get back to cruising. Any ship any time.

[Grandma Gail]

I hope our September 12th cruise will sail.  Have had 6 cruises canceled.  So now I'm booked until 2023.  I just want to sail!!

[BroadwayGirl]

10 hours ago, Bases5 said:

Older smaller ship might not restart until Nov 14 out of Tampa. 
who knows 

I see them swapping Legend for Pride early, moving all of us on Sept/Oct Pride over to Legend cabins, and canceling her reposition cruise before they do that! 

[Travel Bear]

We are booked with 2 cabins for the Sept. 5th sailing.  We extended our final payment date and are hoping it will sail. Booking still active but sailing isn't showing up as available. Tried calling but long hold time. Have back up booking for Dec. as well.

[wemjam]

We were on her for the Sept 5th sailing too - 3 rooms family trip moved over from last year.

 

We just "jumped ship!"  With Carnival posting she is shut down for sure until end of August (just like 5 weeks before our sailing), and my gut telling me that I can't see them starting up that whole terminal just to get her sailing - we moved!  Seems to me the wise business decision would be to stick with a port where they have multiple ships coming and going like Miami. 

 

On Horizon the following week now.  Rooms were actually cheaper and got chunk of OBC for it.

[IntrepidFromDC]

Some Maryland county schools begin August 30, others September 8... given the drama about the 5% and kid sailing, I'm thinking Carnival might be starting up to coincide with when kids are back in school, anticipating that parents don't want kids to miss the first week of school.  I have no idea how much Carnival would be looking at school schedules really, I'm just grasping for reasons to believe our September 12 cruise will sail!

[sammee]

I have Sept 19 booked. Originally I had Mardi Gras for Oct 2022 and Tampa Feb 2022 booked, feeling safe. My casino offers showed that too good to pass up for Pride.  It's only 2.5 hrs away for me, so worth a shot. If it goes, fun times. If it doesn't it's all good, move that money over to Mardi Gras.

[jeepchick444]

I was trying to stay optimistic for our Sept 5th sailing until I went on cruise timetables to see if any other ships will be in port at 2 of our stops and our arrival dates aren't even listed,  Stops for the following three sailings in Sept show up.  So yea not looking promising!! Still crossing my fingers!!😏

[pogoism9]

Just now, jeepchick444 said:

I was trying to stay optimistic for our Sept 5th sailing until I went on cruise timetables to see if any other ships will be in port at 2 of our stops and our arrival dates aren't even listed,  Stops for the following three sailings in Sept show up.  So yea not looking promising!! Still crossing my fingers!!😏

 

I posted this in a FB group i'm in, but it still applies here 😛

 

Pride has been busy lately. After 2 or so days in Miami, she left and anchored at Half Moon Cay for a day or so, and now is anchored at Princess Cays. I'm so used to seeing her anchored with the other ships at GSC that it's weird to see her moving around again! Here's to hoping!

 

I also wouldn't read too much into *anything* unless its straight from Carnival. I got a feeling that Pride will sail on 9/5, but that's just based on circumstantial evidence and hearsay at this point, I'm super optimistic, but until I see it in writing from Carnival, everything else is just static. I know for my 9/26 sailing, my final payment date has not changed, so i would imagine yours has not either. 

[cellfree]

We are booked on the Pride when she comes to Tampa In November. Our latest cancellation was a September 4th seven night on MSC Mera out of Miami. So that makes the Pride our next cruise out of a Florida Port. Surely it will be a “go.” Have not heard when ships from any Cruise Line will start up in Tampa. 

[pogoism9]

1 minute ago, cellfree said:

We are booked on the Pride when she comes to Tampa In November. Our latest cancellation was a September 4th seven night on MSC Mera out of Miami. So that makes the Pride our next cruise out of a Florida Port. Surely it will be a “go.” Have not heard when ships from any Cruise Line will start up in Tampa. 

 

Would not surprise me one bit for it to be November when the Pride comes to town

[cellfree]

1 minute ago, pogoism9 said:

 

Would not surprise me one bit for it to be November when the Pride comes to town

So you are suggesting that Port of Tampa will be open by then? If not before?

[pogoism9]

Just now, cellfree said:

So you are suggesting that Port of Tampa will be open by then? If not before?

 

The port? I would say yes. As far as Carnival? I'm not so sure. Just would not make sense to staff up a ship for 2 months in advance of the Pride coming to Tampa (i'm still sad that she's leaving Baltimore)

[pogoism9]

Another potential issue for Tampa is, at some point, Carnival is going to have to seriously move away from Florida and restart other ports. The east coast has a severe deficit right now with all sailings leaving Florida. Need to get Baltimore and Charleston back. Not everyone has a travel budget that allows for airfare to Florida + the cruise

 

EDIT: Just need to state that I have no inside info on this, just my own thoughts and opinion

Edited June 20, 2021 by pogoism9

[vacruisin]

Yesterday we were able to book the Pride sailing on 9/26.  Looks like that one will be a go.  We live in Northern VA, about an hour drive from Baltimore but we have never cruised out of there; always out of Florida (except for when we cruised on RCI out of California back in 2004).

 

We are excited about finally being able to just drive to the port.  Time to take a break from cruising out of Florida.  We’ll try Galveston and New Orleans sometime soon also.

 

Happy cruising everyone!

[Bases5]

On 6/17/2021 at 11:00 PM, IntrepidFromDC said:

Does anyone have a good idea of whether Pride will begin sailing Sept. 5 or Sept. 12?  We're booked on Sept. 12 and if it's the restart cruise out of Baltimore I'm wondering if we'll get some of the extra giveaway goodies recent cruisers posted about on other "re-inauguration" cruises.

I read this on another cruise web site.  Looks good   I hope it’s correct

[IntrepidFromDC]

54 minutes ago, vacruisin said:

Yesterday we were able to book the Pride sailing on 9/26.  Looks like that one will be a go.  We live in Northern VA, about an hour drive from Baltimore but we have never cruised out of there; always out of Florida (except for when we cruised on RCI out of California back in 2004).

 

We are excited about finally being able to just drive to the port.  Time to take a break from cruising out of Florida.  We’ll try Galveston and New Orleans sometime soon also.

 

Happy cruising everyone!

Also, the sailaway is one of the nicer ones after you get out of the port of baltimore, cruising under the Bay Bridge, etc.  We take uber to the port, from memory uber is ~ $43 each way, not much more than parking and the uber dropoff is a one minute walk to the check-in.

[cellfree]

1 hour ago, pogoism9 said:

Another potential issue for Tampa is, at some point, Carnival is going to have to seriously move away from Florida and restart other ports. The east coast has a severe deficit right now with all sailings leaving Florida. Need to get Baltimore and Charleston back. Not everyone has a travel budget that allows for airfare to Florida + the cruise

 

EDIT: Just need to state that I have no inside info on this, just my own thoughts and opinion

Understand, air fare/hotel/shuttles add considerably to the final price of a vacation, been there and experienced that during our “working” days. Recently retired and living in Florida now we have the opportunity to cruise more frequently and mostly out of Florida Ports, not choosey about Ports of Call, just thoroughly enjoy being on a ship. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

3 hours ago, pogoism9 said:

 

The port? I would say yes. As far as Carnival? I'm not so sure. Just would not make sense to staff up a ship for 2 months in advance of the Pride coming to Tampa (i'm still sad that she's leaving Baltimore)

Just based on everything I've read I think Pride will start from Baltimore in September (hopefully beginning of September), but like with everything else covid-related, the situation is fluid.

 

I imagine you already know this, but the ship that's taking her place in Baltimore is just like her.

Edited June 20, 2021 by IntrepidFromDC

[vacruisin]

2 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

Also, the sailaway is one of the nicer ones after you get out of the port of baltimore, cruising under the Bay Bridge, etc.  We take uber to the port, from memory uber is ~ $43 each way, not much more than parking and the uber dropoff is a one minute walk to the check-in.

Great to hear!  We usually are at the Alchemy bar during sail away but I convinced wifey that we need to be on the Lido this time since we have never cruised out of Baltimore.   We’ll party on the lido for a bit before making our way down to the Alchemy bar to meet our Alchemist for the week!  We will be getting our money’s worth for our Cheers package, as we always do!!

[iamsteph]

22 minutes ago, vacruisin said:

Great to hear!  We usually are at the Alchemy bar during sail away but I convinced wifey that we need to be on the Lido this time since we have never cruised out of Baltimore.   We’ll party on the lido for a bit before making our way down to the Alchemy bar to meet our Alchemist for the week!  We will be getting our money’s worth for our Cheers package, as we always do!!

Sailing out of Baltimore is great! First you sail past Fort McHenry, then you go under the Key Bridge - watch out! It looks like you'll hit it but you won't 😉 A short time later, you sail under the Bay Bridge.  Fall/winter sailings out of Baltimore can get a little "rough" meaning you'll feel the ship moving more than you would sailing from Florida.  If you're sensitive to it, take your dramamine. 🙂 

[telebax51]

17 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

Just based on everything I've read I think Pride will start from Baltimore in September (hopefully beginning of September), but like with everything else covid-related, the situation is fluid.

 

I imagine you already know this, but the ship that's taking her place in Baltimore is just like her.

The Legend is taking her place in Baltimore and the Pride will be sent to Europe we are booked on her Oct. 202