My personal message to KCMARTI82, Hi, you will be cruising on the Carnival Pride which is one of my favorite ships because they have great food, great entertainment, great service, great Trivia games and lots of other fun activities.
You have made a great choice of ships. I cruised on that ship three times.
The Carnival cabins are 185sq.feet which is enough space to enjoy your cabin. SOME OF THE OTHER CRUISELINES ONLY HAVE 145sq.feet cabins. Plus, they charge more for the same itinerary. Why should I waste my money on cruising on other cruise-lines that have small cabins and have to pay almost double for cruising?
I do like cruising on Princess but they charge too much for me to cruise solo. RCL just charges too much money even if I have a room-mate. I like cruising with those two cruise-lines but they should charge less money for single persons cruising solo like Carnival does.
I have cruised 35+ times on different cruise lines since the 1970's. I have witnessed some ships go downhill in their food and entertainment. When that happens I no-longer cruise on that ship anymore.
For example: I don't like the Golden Princess ship because it is too old and it recently was having some engine problems. The food is lousy and it just isn't any fun. BUT... I loved the STAR PRINCESS this past summer.
Carnival has one ship I can't stand because it has lousy decorations all over the place and the food was lousy. I think it was the Valor ship. It is the ship that has a bunch of eyes staring at you at the buffet.lol.
I didn't used to like Carnival either for different reasons but Carnvial has really changed for the better in the last few years.
Beware of the expensive SPA CHARGES on "all cruise lines" because the SPA services is part of an "outside vendor deal" and not part of the ship's responsibilites. They like to push expensive face creams that can cost as high as $400.
Their prices are outrages but a lot of people do enjoy the Spa services because they have money to blow.
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME!!! Lucy
