Feb. 2015 Post 2.0 Pride Picture Review-including the Chef's Table

[pirate4me2]

Love your review so far!

[jg51]

Topping, in case O.P. lost track of thread ...

[alrichards4003]

Topping, in case O.P. lost track of thread ...

 

Thanks, I am going to try to finish today, I have been working late and not able to get to it.

[alrichards4003]

Thank you for your great review - not going on Pride for quite awhile, but reading your review is helping me to get through this cold winter. Do you know or remember if they allowed kids into the serenity area to get their parents? Just wondering if my 10 and 13 year old will be able to reach my wife and I if we are in the area.

 

 

 

Do you remember which day they did the towel animal display and how long they left it up? My kids are late sleepers, but I know this is something they are going to want to see.

 

I did not see any kids, but I can't imagine they would not be allowed to reach you. Sitting in the hot tub may be a different story.

 

The towel animal day was the sixth day. They have a Lido channel on the tv and you could look at that each morning in case they do it a different day.

[alrichards4003]

Just found your review and read it all at once! We will be on a B2B on the Pride in May. Only spirit class ship we have not been on and we are super excited, and especially more now after seeing your pictures and reading your review. We usually sail from our home port in NY, but we have sailed Splendor 3x and want to try something new,so we will drive to Baltimore. My buddy Jamman will be on Pride in April, I'll be on her in May and an "old friend" Kat/Kath in June! Hey, guys, someday we should sail together! :cool:Thanks for sharing your cruise with us. The towel animals are a HOOT. What a great job they did! :):):)

 

Thanks. Sounds like you will have a great time. I have seen the towel animals on other cruises, but never this many and never the really large ones that were dressed up.

[alrichards4003]

Love your review so far!

 

Thanks.

[Crusin Karen]

Thanks. Sounds like you will have a great time. I have seen the towel animals on other cruises, but never this many and never the really large ones that were dressed up.

Have heard of the towel animal invasion and even seen some pictures in reviews, but we have never had it on any of our cruises except our last one on Liberty and believe it or not, we were on a B2B and they didn't have it on the lst cruise, but did on the 2nd! :confused::confused: But nothing like the ones on your cruise!!

[alrichards4003]

Have heard of the towel animal invasion and even seen some pictures in reviews, but we have never had it on any of our cruises except our last one on Liberty and believe it or not, we were on a B2B and they didn't have it on the lst cruise, but did on the 2nd! :confused::confused: But nothing like the ones on your cruise!!

 

We have had on our last 3: Sunshine, Breeze and Pride. Surprised the one on Pride was the biggest, considering the size of the Breeze and it being considered to be the flagship of the line.

[alrichards4003]

I had previously scheduled a pedicure as one of the port day specials. I moved it to 1:30, so decided to eat lunch.

 

I got in the line for burritos, and had the shrimp burrito, I did not realize the other side was for tacos. This is the first time I had lunch at Blue Iguana, the hours are short and I always seemed to miss on the other cruises.

 

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During my treatment the tech. told me about her friend on the Liberty and that they were able to dock, but that the Liberty was a much larger than Pride.

 

We docked at Puerta Maya again. We had not been to Carlos and Charlies for several years. We took a cab to the other pier. Carlos and Charlie's was closed and had been incorporated into Señor Frogs.

 

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[alrichards4003]

Bahama Mama

 

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They gave us popcorn in what we saw as being a dog bowl. DH said he tasted lime in the popcorn, but he also had a beer with a lime in it.

 

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We ordered the fried cheese and chicken sampler. There was so much food.

 

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[alrichards4003]

We returned to the ship and went to the casino bar and then the sports bar. I had the MVP, it was $1 off.

 

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Later we went to the piano bar. The bartender said she was not playing since she needed a break, she had played the night before when she was supposed to be off. She told us she would be playing the next night, but ended up not playing. We went to the comedy club, but by the time we got there it was standing room only, neither of us were up to standing around for 45 minutes so we left and went to the lido deck.

 

I wanted a slice of pizza, there was a line and he was making pizzas made to order. He asked how many slices each person wanted and most said entire pizza. I asked for 4 cheese and mushroom, he asked how many slices and I said 2. He had them ready. The picture is blurry, but the only one I have. I am someone who likes both thin and thick crust. These pizzas have a very thin crust.

 

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That was it for the day. I was going to bed, the last day of the cruise was coming up and there was a lot I wanted to do.

 

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[alrichards4003]

Oh no, vacation is almost over.

 

Breakfast

 

Pork Chop and Cheese Grits

 

 

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[alrichards4003]

The seas were rough and we had some decent waves.

 

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End of towel folding demonstration

 

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Then 4 games of bingo.

[alrichards4003]

Lunch at Seaday brunch

 

Ceaser Salad with Bacon

 

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Macaroni and Cheese with Fried chicken

 

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[alrichards4003]

We went to the final art auction. Then it was time for coverall bingo.

 

Miami Vice

 

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I was only 2 numbers away, but someone else one.

 

I had the Taste Bar. La Cucina, meatball and buschetta

 

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[alrichards4003]

We had a 7 p.m. reservation at the steakhouse.

 

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[alrichards4003]

DH's crab cake appetizer

 

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Escargot

 

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DH's ceaser salad

 

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My spinach and mushroom salad

 

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[alrichards4003]

Surf and Turf and creamed spinach

 

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Baked Potato

 

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DH had the cowboy steak, he is not much of a steak person, but said this steak could change his mind

 

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We did not eat dessert.

[alrichards4003]

We went to the comedy show, which we thought was even better than the other one we saw. It was then music and casino and drinks and we finally made it back to the room.

 

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Since we hadn't had room service the entire cruise , DH decided we needed to order it, I had a grilled cheese sandwich and he had a blt.

 

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[jg51]

Thanks for all the information and great photos. If you could put up pictures of the Saturday "Fun Times" (that is the one delivered Friday night) -- at least the detailed list of activities at each hour of the day -- that would be much appreciated.

[fuzz508pd]

Great review thank you!

 

Where was the room in the pictures? At least what level.

 

How did you feel the smaller ship handled? I did a cruise on Celebrity out of Baltimore and it tended to be a little rough at times.

[heatherpl]

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are the gym classes free? I see the note about body sculpting but not sure of the classes

[heatherpl]

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are the gym classes free? I see the note about body sculpting but not sure of the classes

[shoppingfever]

Thanks for the review!!