joymor

All I can say about this is, I would expect this kind of feedback had it been your first cruise and you had no idea what was going on....but having been a few times before, several of these items fall in you.

 

Things like possible noise and ship location, asking for something if you want more, etc. These should have been learned by now.

 

The movie I can understand, but this is minor. Seems your biggest issue was the room noise. You should know to never pick a room below the galley, above the showroom, above a nightclub,etc. Room location is priority #1..not just where on the ship you are but more importantly what else is by you.

As I said in my prior post, this wasn't our 1st rodeo and we had reasonable expectations for noise. This was above and beyond that... not to mention that when I saw the room location I did ask the Carnival representative if noise was a problem considering the location (near steps and elevators) She assured me that there had never been any noise issues reported. RIGHT. Plus guest services said they'd look into it and never got back to me.

I hope someday you can be a little more understanding with others who have reasonable issues. I simply wanted others to know before booking this room.... thought that was what this forum was for.

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I must say that this my 8th cruise was the worst ever. Actually this was the first cruise I was ever disappointed in. Left Baltimore 1-10-10 arrived back from Port Canaveral and the Bahamas on 1-17-10. I wanted to share with readers my experience so as to spare other the same fate. I've never posted before but my concience would have bothered me if i didn't tell my story.

The first night on the Carnival Pride was where it all started. We had a extended balcony room #8237. We went to sleep at 12am only to be awakened at 1am,3am and 5am by extremely load noises on our ceiling. Each time we call guest services and they stated they would look in to it. After a similar second night and repeated calls to guest services they sent 2 people to the room at 2am and said they were going to check out the situation. By now we were having to take midday naps missing out on activities. By the third day i had learned we were underneath a galley on the 9th deck and that the Guest Service reps were asking them to be careful but there was really no way to stop the noise. I asked for another room ,even a inside small room just to get a good night sleep but was told the ship was full. After the 3rd night I became extremely verbal. I and my wife actually considered disebarking in Florida and driving home. Finally on the 4th day we were told there actually was a smaller balcony room and that if we wanted it we may switch. We did immediately. I went to guest services and demanded compensation. This was their compensation for 3 sleepless nights and shortened days. $128.40 total for me and my wife. Yes a whole $20 per person per day. I called them and stated i was not looking for money but compensation of maybe 20% off on a 7 or 10 day cruise to make up for the wasted time. They said sorry but there formula only allowed this amount as the maximum. Anyway this was the main issue but there were other issues that im going to list that contibuted to my worst experience on a ship ever.

1. No PPV movie worked on any day ever, When Guest Services were called they said the had a issue with audio video. They did not have an issue with billing for all the attempts to start one at $8.99 each.

2. The bed in both cabins were well worn out. they all had a sizable depression in the middle

3. The balcony roof on #8237 was literly rusting away with 12 inch pieces hanging down.

4. Something I've not noticed on other ships was that you were no longer able to take you own breakfact bacon or ham. you had to ask for it from the cook making eggs. I can only guess this is a cost saving measure.

 

This was my 3rd and final cruise with Carnival. I hope others head my warnings and don't get burned the way I was..

Wish I would have looked for reviews on this room BEFORE we cruised. I agree 100% with PAPA BEAR & MAMA BEAR on the noise issue in this cabin. We HAD ear plugs and they didn't help much at all. The issue with this room is that you are directly below the galley for the 24 hour pizza place! I went up to the Mermaid's Lounge to try to see where all the noise was coming from, and the galley door was ajar. I looked in and there are textured tiled floors that are deeply grouted... causing a LOT of noise when the empty pizza pans are taken in on the big metal carts. ( as I was looking in there, one of the workers asked if he could help me, I said I was looking for where all the noise was coming from because we were directly below there, he says 'no noise, just pizza.') It happens every 15 minutes... just as you might be falling asleep. This is NOT your normal cruise noise folks... I have been on 14 cruises including one directly below the lido deck where they drug chairs in every night, and this room was by far the noisiest. I do NOT recommend it. We got very little sleep... even during the day when we tried to nap because it goes on 24 hours! Pick another room.

We were scheduled in November of 2014... Just got the cancellation email. This is the 2nd cancellation this year. Bummed, It's about the fuel surcharge from the eastern seaboard, Carnival isn't making enough sailing out of there... so back to Miami where it's cheapest and most profitable for them. Looking at Royal Carribean cruises. :mad: