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

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Ryan gave it his best shot, but came up short. He’ll get another shot on Saturday…..

 

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After all the qualifying rounds were completed, I wound up as the third highest qualifier…..

 

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The Final Round is about to start. Gonzalo, one of the casino hosts, explains the rules…..

 

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To be continued…..

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The blackjack tournament finals……

 

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I busted out after 3 rounds. I have no chips left in front of me. The gentleman to my left wound up winning the $500 cash prize, and a seat in the Grand Final...

 

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The Dr. Seuss parade is forming in the Renaissance Atrium Lobby. They will be marching to the Taj Mahal Show Lounge for story time……

 

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To be continued tomorrow…..

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The Dr. Seuss parade continues to form in the Atrium Lobby…..

 

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Here comes Thing 1 and Thing 2…..

 

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CD Jase getting the parade started…..

 

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Things 1 & 2 lead the way…..

 

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Once they arrived at the Taj Mahal, Jase had all the kids sit up on the stage. Here Jase is getting ready to read…..

 

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The Cat in the Hat makes an appearance…..

 

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To be continued…..

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The Cat in the Hat and CD Jase are looking for volunteers to help out with the story…..

 

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Some of the volunteers…..

 

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Jase is reading the story, which is then acted out by the volunteers…..

 

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Patti told me that children of all ages enjoyed this event.

Afterwards, Patti and Ryan hung around to play that afternoon’s Bingo session. They didn’t have any luck this time. I hung around the casino and played blackjack for a few hours, and wound up winning $150. I stopped and had a couple of Thirsty Frog Red’s at the Ref Frog Pub, and soon it was time to head to dinner.

Patti started out with the French onion soup, followed by an order of chicken quesadeas…..

 

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I started out with an order of shrimp cocktail, followed by an order of spring rolls. Patti and I both tried the much maligned meat loaf. It was ok, but not as good as Mom used to make…..

 

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To be continued……

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I also ordered the seafood pasta, which was a bit dry, but not too bad…..

 

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Ryan of course is a chicken lover, so the fried chicken was right up his alley…..

 

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For dessert, Patti had the lemon cake…..

 

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While I had the strawberry cheesecake…..

 

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This was not my best meal of the cruise, but I wouldn’t go hungry. I reminded our waiters that we would be dining at David’s Steakhouse tomorrow, so they wouldn’t be “worried” about us. Lol. Tonight, Ken sang another Sinatra tune "Fly me to the moon"…..

 

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To be continued…..

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Tonight, the waiters and guests danced to “Low, low, low”……

 

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After dinner, Patti wanted to do a little shopping, then check emails, before calling it a night. Ryan and I made our way to the casino for another session on blackjack. I won about $50 dollars, but Ryan took it on the chin for $200. He plays well, but if you don’t get the cards it doesn’t matter. He’s still way ahead of the game.

We made our way over to Punchliner’s (Butterflies Lounge), for the 11:00 pm show starring Jim Young. He was pretty good, and we enjoyed the show.

Back to the cabin where we found tonight’s towel creature, along with our invites to the VIFP party. Good Night!!!

 

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Coming up next: One of our favorite ports of call, Grand Turk!!

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Don't you just love it when you can stay even or better yet make a little money that first night in the casino.

 

Unfortunately it doesn't seem to happen all that often.

 

It's great to play with "house" money after the first night, but you are right, it doesn't happen too often. :eek:

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Thanks for reading. The Pride is an awesome ship!

 

 

After takin a long hiatus after our last cruise together in Aug 2013 on the Splendor we are back!!! Finally booked on the Magic out of Galveston in May! I loved your review of the Pride! This was the first ship I sailed on and how I measure all my cruises! Sorry I can make it back with you and Barb on the cruise in June but we will meet up again someday my friend!!

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Loving your review. Looking forward to hearing about Grand Turk, one of our favorite also. Thanks for the great pictures! I'll be on The Pride in Feb. our first time. We loved the Miracle so much we sailed her twice. I do love The Breeze! Looking forward to being on The Pride.

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After takin a long hiatus after our last cruise together in Aug 2013 on the Splendor we are back!!! Finally booked on the Magic out of Galveston in May! I loved your review of the Pride! This was the first ship I sailed on and how I measure all my cruises! Sorry I can make it back with you and Barb on the cruise in June but we will meet up again someday my friend!!

 

Hey Angie!! I was hoping Barb could talk you guys into joining us on the Splendor, but I'm sure we'll cruise together again some day. Have a great cruise on the Magic. Our best to Konrad! :)

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Loving your review. Looking forward to hearing about Grand Turk, one of our favorite also. Thanks for the great pictures! I'll be on The Pride in Feb. our first time. We loved the Miracle so much we sailed her twice. I do love The Breeze! Looking forward to being on The Pride.

 

Thanks for reading! Our day in Grand Turk will be going up shortly....

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