Carnival Pride

Carnival Pride tendered in Cabo San Lucas.
Career
Name: Carnival Pride
Owner: Carnival Corporation & plc
Operator: Carnival Cruise Lines
Port of registry: Panama[1]
Route: Florida, Bahamas, Eastern Caribbean
Builder: Kvaerner Masa-Yards (Helsinki, Finland)[1]
Cost: US $375 million[1]
Christened: December 30, 2001 by Tamara Jernigan[2]
Completed: 2001
Maiden voyage: January 12, 2002[3]
In service: January 2002[1]-present
Identification: IMO number: 9223954[4]
Call Sign H3VU[4]
MMSI 354215000[5]
Status: In service
General characteristics
Class and type:Spirit-class cruise ship
Tonnage:88,500 GT
Length:963 ft (294 m)
Beam:106 ft (32 m)
Draft:25.5 ft (7.8 m)
Decks:12 decks
Installed power:6 × Wärtsilä 9L46D
62,370 kW (combined)[6]
Propulsion:Two ABB Azipods (2 × 17.6 MW)[1]
Speed:22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)[1]
Capacity:2,124 passengers
Crew:930

Carnival Pride is a Spirit-class cruise ship that was built by Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki, Finland in 2001. She is owned by Carnival Corporation & plc and operated by Carnival Cruise Lines. She has 1,062 staterooms; eighty percent of the staterooms have ocean views and eighty percent of those have private balconies.[7] The Carnival Pride is currently home ported in Baltimore, Maryland.

Current and former voyages

Former Voyages

From 2002 to March 2009, the Carnival Pride sailed year-round cruises from Long Beach, California to the Mexican Riviera. The Carnival Miracle has since replaced her on those voyages.

On March 22, 2009, she sailed a Panama Canal voyage ending in Miami, Florida, and sailed Caribbean cruises out of that port until April 2009.

Since April 2009, Carnival Pride was the first ship to sail year-round Bahamas/Caribbean cruises out of Baltimore, Maryland. As of 2013, she is based out of that port.

From Baltimore, she also sailed a two day cruise to nowhere without making any port of call. This cruise was from November 2 to 4, 2012, as a result of canceling an October departure due to closed port traffic after Hurricane Sandy.

Proceeding the 2.0 upgrades received by Carnival Pride in October of 2014, it sailed out of Tampa until it returned to Baltimore in March 2015.[8]

Current Voyages

After the new 2.0 upgrades Carnival has changed the voyages of Carnival Pride, all of which embark in Baltimore. The ship's five-day sailings now go to Bermuda, such include 2 days at King's Wharf and 2 days at sea. Six-day Bahamas sailings include stops at Nassau and Freeport with 3 days at sea, the seven day version of which in addition includes a stop at Port Canaveral, Florida. The ship also will have a 7 day cruise which includes stops at Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay (Carnival's private island in the Bahamas), and Freeport. Carnival is also including a new 8 day sailing to the Bahamas which includes stops in Charleston, SC, Port Canaveral, and Nassau.

As part of a new strategy by Carnival to include longer cruise, new extended cruises will be included in the Carnival Pride 's schedule which are branded as Carnival Journeys, two of which have been announced so far. One of which is an 11-day voyage departing from Baltimore on Jan. 17, 2016, calling at Grand Turk, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, and St. Croix, ending in San Juan on Jan. 28, 2016. The second is a 14-day voyage going roundtrip from Baltimore March 13-27, 2016, and featuring Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Thomas, Dominica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Antigua and St. Marten as ports of call.[9]

Entertainment and activities

The ship features a dance club (Beauties), an adult-only pool (Serenity), a retracting roof pool, a 72-foot-long waterslide, three play areas for kids, and two performance venues - the Taj Mahal Theater (decks 2, 3, and 4 forward) and the Butterflies Lounge housing the Punchliner Comedy Club (deck 1 forward), as well as shops, an art gallery, live music, a video arcade, and a casino.

In October 2014 Carnival Pride entered dry dock for scrubber installation and Fun Ship 2.0 upgrades.[10] These upgrades included Guy’s Burger Joint; BlueIguana Cantina and BlueIguana Tequila Bar; Bonsai Sushi; EA Sports Bar; Hasbro The Game Show, and WaterWorks, a water slide and spray park. On October 9, 2014, It was announced that the Carnival Pride will be the only Spirit class cruise ship that will include Carnival's Seaside Theater. It was installed behind the main stage on the lido deck. [11]

Dining

Dining options include signature dining in David's Steakhouse for an additional charge of $35/per person (located on Deck 10 of the ship), restaurant dining in the Normandie restaurant (located on Deck 2 and 3 of the ship), a coffee bar, a chef's table, and casual dining in the Mermaid's Grill located on the Lido Deck (Deck 9 ). Room service is available 24-hours/day.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Ward, Douglas (2005). Berlitz Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships. Singapore: Berlitz. ISBN 981-246-510-3.
  2. ↑ "Carnival Pride". Geocities. 2002-08-21. Archived from the original on 2009-07-27. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
  3. ↑ "CARNIVAL PRIDE overview". SmartCruiser.com. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Carnival Pride (39915)". Port State Information Exchange. United States Coast Guard.
  5. ↑ "Carnival Pride (IMO: 9223954)". vesseltracker.com. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
  6. ↑ "KMY Delivers Carnival Pride". MarineLink.com. 2001-12-12. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
  7. ↑ "Carnival Pride". Cruise Match. Zeppelin Travel. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
  8. ↑ HANNAH SAMPSON (2014-01-30). "Carnival Pride to resume year-round Baltimore sailing — with upgrades". Miami Herald. Retrieved 02/03/14. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  9. ↑ http://carnival-news.com/2015/03/30/carnival-pride-returns-to-port-of-baltimore-for-year-round-cruising/
  10. ↑ http://cruiseradio.net/carnival-pride-back-in-baltimore/
  11. ↑ http://carnival-news.com/2015/03/30/carnival-pride-returns-to-port-of-baltimore-for-year-round-cruising/

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