Mar 30 2015
Carnival Pride Back in Baltimore with Fun Ship 2.0
By CruiseRadio
<p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Over the weekend Carnival Pride returned to Baltimore’s Cruise Maryland Terminal after a short hiatus in Florida. Not only did she return, but she returned as a slicker and sexier ship after undergoing Carnival’s Fun Ship 2.0 enhancement.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>What is Fun Ship 2.0?</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Launched in Fall 2011, this is Carnival’s $500m initiative that will upgrade 14 ships with new bars, dining and entertainment options. Carnival teamed up with celebrities like Food Network’s Chef Guy Fieri and comedian George Lopez to help curate and design concepts.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><img data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/carnival-pride-baltimore.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/carnival-pride-baltimore.jpg" alt="photo: Carnival" style="height: 370px; width: 450px;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Carnival Pride sails into Baltimore. photo: Carnival</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>Upgrades include:</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Guy’s Burger Joint</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Bonsai Sushi</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">RedFrog Pub</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Alchemy Bar</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Sports Bar</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">RedFrog Rum Bar</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">BlueIguana Cantina</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">BlueIguana Tequila Bar</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Hasbro, the Game Show</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">WaterWorks water park</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Dr. Seuss at Sea program</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><img data-cke-saved-src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/22726_10206088775041057_1419941296676475378_n1.jpg" src="http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/22726_10206088775041057_1419941296676475378_n1.jpg" alt="WaterWorks on Carnival Pride. photo: Nancy Schretter " style="height: 253px; width: 450px;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">WaterWorks on Carnival Pride. photo: Nancy Schretter</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>Quote</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">“We are thrilled to be returning to the Port of Baltimore which is such a fantastic cruise departure point for people in the mid-Atlantic states, the Northeast and beyond,” said Christine Duffy, Carnival president.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>Itineraries</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">>Five-day Bermuda sailings feature two days and one night at King’s Wharf with two fun days at sea.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">>Six-day Bahamas cruises call at the popular ports of Nassau and Freeport, while the seven-day Bahamas itinerary also includes a call at Port Canaveral, Fla., with easy access to Orlando’s attractions.</span></span><br></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">>Seven- and eight-day eastern Caribbean cruises feature Grand Turk, the private Bahamian island of Half Moon Cay, and Freeport. Eight-day Bahamas sailings visit Charleston, S.C.; Port Canaveral and Nassau.</span></span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">>11-day Carnival Journeys voyage departs Baltimore Jan. 17, 2016, calling at Grand Turk, Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire, and St. Croix, ending in San Juan Jan. 28, 2016.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">>14-day Carnival Journeys voyage, operating roundtrip from Baltimore March 13-27, 2016, and featuring Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Thomas, Dominica, St. Lucia, Martinique, Antigua and St. Maarten.</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Carnival Pride carried 2,124 guests and is 88,500 tons. </span></span></p>