| Have you ever considered taking a vacation with no | | | | meals", and combined with impeccable service to |
| driving, no hassle and no worries for 7, 10, 14 days or | | | | insure that the onboard dining experience is truly |
| more? How about a cruise? If you've never been to | | | | memorable. It is all included in the price of your cruise. |
| one and not sure whether it would be right for you, | | | | The Pride take into account the modern casual |
| read on. With all the cruise lines, cruise destinations | | | | lifestyle and provide a variety of restaurants and |
| and various range of price available, there is a cruise | | | | snack bars on board. There is a varied and plentiful |
| for just about everyone. | | | | breakfast and lunch buffet similar to what you would |
| We were a group of 4 from Canada. We booked a | | | | find in Las Vegas. Or you can eat breakfast or lunch |
| 7-day Mexican Riviera cruise with Carnival Pride | | | | in one of the ship's restaurants, order exactly what |
| departing from LA, USA. We made arrangements to | | | | you want from the menu. Restaurants are usually |
| stay a few days in LA where we visited Hollywood | | | | open for meals for extended hours and buffets are |
| and the famous Venus Beach. It was the perfect | | | | generally open all day and into the night. Not the |
| start of our vacation. | | | | mention their 24-hour pizza parlour! |
| On the day of our cruise departure, we head over to | | | | Cruises typically stop at a different port of call each |
| the pier and upon our arrival, we were immediately | | | | day or every other day, depending upon distances |
| struck by the awesome sight of the Queen Mary, | | | | and sailing time between points of interest. You may |
| and our cruise ship was absolutely enormous as it sat | | | | stay aboard the ship all day or disembark at any |
| there waiting for us. | | | | stop. You are free to explore each destination on |
| It took about 45 minutes to check our luggage in and | | | | your own as long as you return to the ship by the |
| board the ship. Once on the Pride, we found our | | | | designated time. Our ports of calls were Puerto |
| beautiful stateroom with private balcony, met our | | | | Vallarta, Mazatlan and Los Cabos. |
| room steward, and our luggage magically appeared in | | | | Puerto Vallarta: |
| our cabin. It's true that Carnival ships remind many | | | | We made arrangements to take the city tour. Riding |
| people of newer Las Vegas resorts. We unpacked at | | | | in the comfort of a big, air-conditioned tour bus, |
| once and made ourselves feel at home for the | | | | Puerto Vallarta was a beautiful sight. Our highlight of |
| duration of the cruise. After watching the ship set sail | | | | the day was swimming with the dolphins. We literally |
| from our balcony, we went for walks to get our | | | | got inside the dolphin pool, touched and kissed the |
| bearings. We discovered a spa, overlooking a fitness | | | | dolphins. It was an experience of our lifetime. |
| centre filled with exercise equipments, and a hot tub | | | | Mazatlan: |
| in the middle of the work-out area separated by a | | | | We booked the city tour with tour-guide Frank. He |
| glass wall from the rest of the room. | | | | gave us a private tour, took us to many places. We |
| The first two days were sea days. We ate | | | | shopped, explored, ate, relaxed, and we had a |
| everything in sight, and just acted like people on | | | | fabulous time. |
| vacation. The crew members are some of the | | | | Cabo San Lucas: |
| friendliest and most entertaining folks I've ever met. | | | | There are the standard cruise shops, a marketplace |
| The second day was nice and warm, we lounged | | | | of crafts and clothing, and some random street |
| around on the deck. They have plenty of deck chairs | | | | vendors doing the "braid your hair", "take a ride on |
| at the centre lido pool, we never have problem | | | | my water taxi" thing. The trip on the water taxi was |
| finding seats. | | | | really nice and redeemed the Cabo experience for |
| The cruise vessel has activities for the whole family | | | | me. We rode around the Land's End, went up to the |
| 24 hours a day. A state-of-the-art theatre for quality | | | | pelican colony, not nearly the number the pelicans |
| shows and entertainment, which are all included in the | | | | living at the fishing pier in Mazatlan, went to look at |
| cruise price. Different entertainment are featured in | | | | the sea lions, and checked out the Pacific side of the |
| the theatre every evening of the cruise. They also | | | | peninsula. |
| have a number of theme bars, lounges and a disco | | | | Our last day on the cruise was a sad day. We had |
| with live music that are open into the early morning | | | | early disembarkation due to early flights (12:30). The |
| hours. | | | | ship was very organized and we were able to get |
| If nightlife isn't your style, you can enjoy the onboard | | | | off the ship very quickly. |
| pool, spa, library, fitness centre, shopping and other | | | | All in all it was an excellent vacation. I'm very pleased |
| amenities. If you have children on the cruise, they | | | | with Carnival cruise. |
| have play areas and programs geared to different | | | | With all these great services available at a reasonable |
| age groups. | | | | cost, why not take a cruise vacation? |
| All meals are "world class cuisine" and "gourmet | | | | |