Our Carnival Prise Spring Break cruise - 4/5/15 (with pics)

[Jamman54]

Ahoy again everyone!! My name is Jeff “Jamman” Maskall, and I’m a Cruise Addict!! The holidays being over, it was time to review our cruising plans for the upcoming year. As of then, the only cruise we had booked was the Carnival Breeze, and that wasn’t until August. What to do, what to do? Hey!! How about booking something for Spring Break? The Pride will be back in Baltimore just before then. Perfect!! Book it Dano!!

 

The Spirit Class is our favorite class of Carnival ship. This will be our 9th cruise on one. We love the flow of these ships, No up and downs, in and outs, or go a rounds on these ships. They never seem crowded, and they have the best, most quiet Serenity areas in the fleet. On top of that, the Pride just received the 2.0 upgrades during her dry dock in November. We’re in Heaven!!

 

I was able to get a fairly good casino rate for Patti and I, and by utilizing one of my one time Diamond perks, Ryan was able to cruise with us for free. This was a really good deal for us, because cruises during Spring Break tend to be pricey.

 

So without further ado, let’s get this party started!!.....

 

 

New York and Baltimore are drive to the port, on the day of the cruise, ports for us. It is great not having to book any flights or hotels. From central New Jersey where we live, it is a little over two and a half hours drive to the port in Baltimore. Wanting to arrive around 10am, knowing that we need to stop at Dunkin Doughnuts first, and figure a pit stop at the Maryland House on I-95, we leave the house at 7am. The van is all packed and ready to go…..

 

 

Patti & Ryan are ready to cruise again…..

 

 

We are leaving New Jersey by crossing the Delaware Memorial Bridge…..

 

 

 

A short time later, we are in Maryland…..

 

 

To be continued…..

Edited April 13, 2015 by Jamman54

[Jamman54]

The sign says that we are getting close…..

 

 

We are preparing to enter the Harbor Tunnel. For those who are driving to the port from the north on I-95, be sure to use the far right tunnel and lane (Bore 1), as the exit for the port is right after you exit the tunnel…..

 

 

Welcome to Baltimore……

 

 

Our first glimpses of the Carnival Pride as we exit the Harbor Tunnel…..

 

 

 

The Carnival Pride docked in Baltimore…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Crap!! I messed up the title!! Patti is going to kill me. Can any of the mods fix it?

 

Anyway, moving on. The Cruise Terminal building…..

 

 

We pulled in at exactly at 10am, and were directed to join a line of cars directly ahead. We were the 9th vehicle in line. The nice lady explained that once cars parked from the previous cruise began leaving, thus opening spaces, we would be directed in to drop off our luggage, pay for parking, and then park. Sounds like a plan to me. In the meantime, I got out of the van to stretch my legs, and take some pictures. Patti and Ryan were happy to just sit in the van and read…..

 

 

A couple of views of our home for the next 7 days…..

 

 

 

I spy, a Whale Tail……

 

 

The new Water Works and slides on the Carnival Pride…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[2xsin12mths]

Ok this is awesome! Keep it coming.....we are on her in 20 days:)

[nokidz]

On her in 13 days.......your making me drool here...lol

[RenoNanaOz]

Love your reviews, can't wait for more. The Pride was the 2nd ship we sailed when we began cruising in 2005, loved it!

[KPfromCT]

:D:D:D

So excited you were able to get this started today.

Hahaha.....I saw the title and was like, uh-oh.........Good Luck with Patti:D:D

 

Keep up the awesome work, as always.

 

Thanks!!!!

[Jenny in TX]

We have never cruised a spirit class ship but after reading your review I am definitely interested in doing so. I'm off to find out which ships are spirit class.

[Ramrac]

Can't wait to read the rest of your review.

 

What time did they let you all start parking?

[KPfromCT]

We have never cruised a spirit class ship but after reading your review I am definitely interested in doing so. I'm off to find out which ships are spirit class.

 

Pride (Baltimore)

Miracle (West Coast)

Spirit (Australia)

Legend (Alaska)

[Jamman54]

OK gang, I can't live with the title being screwed up. Please don't post on this thread any more and let it fade in to oblivion. I will start a new thread with the CORRECT ship name in the title. Just a little cutting and pasting. Thanks for your understanding. :D

[mknipp42]

I need to know about who as gotten married or is getting married on a cruise cause I need to know information about getting married on the ship cause I am thinking about getting married here soon