Narcussist

On 9/8/2020 at 9:49 AM, CruisinCrow said:

We cruised out of Baltimore last year but didn't spend any time there pre- or post-cruise.  Now I wish we had!  Last weekend we were there again briefly for a wedding and walked around the Inner Harbor.  What a neat area, a great place for walking.  If we cruise out of Baltimore again, we will definitely plan at least one extra day to explore.  Besides the Inner Harbor, it would be nice to see Fells Point, Little Italy, and Fort McHenry.

 

I hope it's OK to post a link to my review of the Inner Harbor.

http://susancrow.blogspot.com/2020/09/baltimores-inner-harbor.html

 

 

Thank you for the review of the Baltimore Inner Harbor. We were supposed to sail out of Baltimore this past May, but you know why we didnt. We rebooked for May 2021, and hoping that we will be able to sail this time around. With this being said, I may have to take the family into Baltimore a day early, and check out some the areas you mentioned.

Thank you again for your review.

32 minutes ago, skrufy said:

When was your cruise due to sail? We have one booked for Sept., no cancellation notice yet.

Their Cruise was probably one of the Alaskan Cruises I bet.

8 minutes ago, john91498 said:

Why is it reckless? People on this forum make crazy speculations all the time.

Most other people believe what they are saying/posting is true. I know with my post, it is just a possibility and does not prove anything.

Cruise Director Schedules

Based on the Cruise director scheduling, looks like Carnival is going to postpone all sailing until the end of May. I was looking at this today, and noticed a lot of missing months for ships. Take it as it is, and like the title states Reckless Speculations, but this is what I take from it. 

Just read this this morning,

https://tcweeklynews.com/mega-one-triton-shipwreck-finally-removed-p10440-127.htm

Although you may be assigned a PVP, you can still talk and have any other PVP help you as needed.  

On 1/3/2020 at 5:39 PM, Penn Mom said:

We usually use Best Western on Dorsey Road in Elkridge MD for both flying from BWI and/or cruising from Baltimore.  We have used them a number of times and have been happy with their service.  There is a restaurant, Stained Glass Pub, adjacent to the hotel that we have used. Google Trinity Reservations for an inclusive price that is usually less than other sites.

 

What time does the transport normally run from hotel to cruise port from the Dorsey RD. BW? 

Good question Fred, I am glad you asked this. I was also thinking of booking the breeze, or another in this class of a ship for my next cruise. I am following tooo

1 minute ago, Tapi said:

If it’s Marty Andrew, he was our Cruise Director on the Fantasy last February. I normally don’t give a rat’s behind who the cruise director is (90% of the time I couldn’t even tell you their name), but Marty left a very positive impression.  He truly earned my respect when the ship was delayed 10 hours returning to Mobile due to fog. Quickly he turned debarkation day into another day at sea. Everything was coordinated perfectly and seamlessly. And when it was finally time for debarkation at 5pm, he was very hands on, energetic, and visible during that delayed process, even after what was probably a pretty exhausting day. We were watching him from one of the upper decks in the atrium and he looked like the Energizer Bunny. 
 

If you get him on the Pride, you’ll be thankful. 

Thank You for this insight. I found a youtube video on him, and was impressed, but I can not find anything else on him. He is the Cruise Director for my cruise. When we booked, we were excited that we had Dr. E. then to find out they switched him to Breeze? then noticed it was Marty. 
 

Hopefully he is as good for us as he was for you. Either way we will still like our cruise. 

13 hours ago, BlueHawaii said:

We're just back from the Pride.  I think that Dr. E said the next cruise director was named Marty something, but unfortunately I can't remember the last name.  

The next Cruise Director is Marty Andrews, looks like he was on the Legend for an Alaskan cruise, and that was his tryout for being a cruise director. I think he went by Marty Pitts then.

2 hours ago, Galatz said:

Will they be changing the itineraries for the Legend or will it just take over what the Pride has been doing?

So far it is the same itineraries. Hopefully they will bring Canada back to Baltimore for fall cruises. I would be happy with 2 ports instead of 3 if it would allow for different itineraries.

11 hours ago, jfe724 said:

I wonder why bother changing from Pride to Legend ?  Same age, same class, same size ......  In other words, no improvement - a change with no difference.  In fact, possibly a downgrade.  It has always been my question about Baltimore  -  given the bridges, etc  will the continually aging ships always be relegated to Baltimore ?  what happens when the smaller ships are too old to sail and Carnival sells them off ?

I am just wondering if it is because of the Decor. The Pride is a Roman era with non sexual nudity, that may offend some (since people get their feelings hurt too easy now a days) and Baltimore only has one ship and mostly a Family cruise port, and Tampa, has multiple ships and families can choose the Paradise instead. But the Legend has a more conservative decor and with Baltimore being a family cruise port with one ship, to just  move legend here.

This is just my speculations and my own opinion. 

3 minutes ago, RandomUser123 said:

HMC is nice. Plenty of shade to be had if you can find the right spots. I wish they would build a dock so they could stop tendering. 

Half Moon Cay will be getting a dock. Carnival has already stated this. https://cruiseradio.net/major-change-coming-to-carnival-cruise-lines-half-moon-cay/

14 hours ago, Tony O said:

Yes they do just let them know when you arrive and they will direct you to where to go.

 

So if we are in a shuttle service, we would technically be driving past the line of cars waiting to park at the terminal, and they would drive right up and drop us off?

Does Baltimore have a shuttle lane for drop offs of passengers or Shuttle services?? 

On 9/8/2019 at 2:00 AM, drmom459 said:

It seems the only area in the Pride's MDR that the vibration is noticed is towards the rear of the room - this was on the left side aft of the MDR.  It was entertaining chasing your food around...

The video that drmom posted is from 2014. Is it still that bad, or it has been fixed since this video was originally taken?

They are updating their site and the HUB App.  I am not sure if the Hub App has any contribution to the site, Cruise Hive Article, but even this cruise hive site is running in a bit of choppy waters. As for the site I know they are updating something within the members area.

8 hours ago, Bobrunner said:

What is a good website to the track cruise ship?  We are staying half-hour away and will drive to port.  Sure don't want to get there and find no ship has arrived. 

Use this link and you can view the web cams too (make sure to book mark this Carnival official site)    http://ships.carnivalentertainment.com/#ship/carnival-pride/cameras

For my May 3, 2020 sailings, ours was available at 405 days until sailing. It could depend on ship, and itinerary for when it will post. It still is available for our cruise, and hasn't sold out yet.

1 minute ago, emory2001 said:

I knew a woman who (on land) threw a public temper tantrum when she realized the (very excellent) restaurant she walked into was order-at-the-counter and not a server coming to take your order at the table.

McDonalds gets me every time too. I sit down and will sit there waiting and waiting for the server who never shows up.  =P

But remember you are limited to just the usage of the app.

Examples

1. Show Schedules 
2. Port Info 
3. Food Menus

You can not use it to browse the web, and if you want to use the chat feature, as another has said, it is $5 per device, and only usable to chat with another person on the ship, not on land.

Im my cruise manager, I see this in my excursion lists. Can someone explain to me what this is? I have tried to do a search, and nothing has come up. Thank you in advance.

Guten Tag Malley, 

I grew up in Canton, and married the wife, and moved to Akron since that is where she is form, plus to be closer to work, as I work for Summit Racing. The 45 minute drive was getting old, and at the time, having a F-150, gas and mileage was not mixing too well. 

I see you are going on the pride basically a year before my cruise. Did you choose Pride for baltimore and it being driving distance? That's the reason we choose Pride, not sure if we will leave early sailing morning or just head in the day before and get a room.

12 hours ago, yogibear said:

Narcussist: When are you sailing on the Pride? DH and I are on her September 15-22nd, going to Bermuda!

 

Karen

We are going May 3, 2020

11 hours ago, Garth2 said:

It depends on how fast YOU walk.  Not everyone walks at the same pace.  Also, different decks have different lengths.

That's why I said rough estimate.

13 hours ago, evandbob said:

Good way to walk off the desserts.  Maybe 10 minutes for a deck that has just cabins?  The Pride isn't a big ship, but there are variables like how crowded with folks or stewards and their carts that will affect the time.

Thank you for your answer

Hello All, 

The question I have and yes I know it may be dumb for some, but roughly how long would it take to walk a deck on the Carnival Pride. When we go on our cruise, one of the things I would like to do, so I can say I was at every spot of the ship allowable for a pedestrian, is walk each deck. Mainly I would be doing it for Sh#& and Giggles.

I am not wanting the total time to walk the whole ship, as I do not want to do it all at one time. but space it out and enjoy my walks, maybe walk decks 1-2 one day, 3-4-5 the next, etc. so I am just looking for rough estimate of a typical floor with staterooms.