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Our Carnival Pride Repo Journeys Cruise (with pics) - 2/26/17
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<blockquote data-quote="Jamman" data-source="post: 1703115" data-attributes="member: 201"><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000">We went back to the front desk at 1:30 and asked the guy manning the desk if our room was ready yet. He rudely said “check-in time is 3:00pm!” When I explained to him that we had requested early check-in, and that we were told to come back at 1:30, he became even ruder. “Check-in time is 3:00pm Sir”. Okay, so we took a seat in the lobby to wait. There were quite a few people there in the same situation as us.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000">What made it even more frustrating was watching people getting off the shuttle, walking up to the desk, and getting their rooms. I even saw a guy with no reservation walk up to the desk and get a room. KrusinKris and Ken had gotten their room. What’s going on?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000">Then I noticed that those people that were waiting with us still had their luggage on luggage carts. We were told we had to take our luggage off our cart and store them in a room behind the front desk when we went to lunch. So now, when we finally do get a room, there will be no luggage carts available!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000">Magically at 3:00pm all rooms were ready. Of course there was now a huge line of people waiting to check-in, but fortunately we were up front. Their check-in process was extremely slow, taking a good 10 to 15 minutes for each room. Finally with room keys in hand, it took another 10 minutes for someone to get our luggage out of the back room.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000">Since there were no luggage carts available, we had to drag our luggage around the corner to the elevators. We got on an empty elevator and pushed the button for the 6th floor. These elevators were real slow. It seemed to take forever for us to reach our destination. We reached the 6th floor, the doors “dinged”, but did not open. Patti pushed the “open door” button several times, nothing. She pushed the “6” button several times, nothing. It seems like we are stuck in the elevator! Patti thought we should try to go back down, so she pushed the “5” button. The doors opened. Needless to say, this elevator would be out of service for the next day and a half. Not good, since now there was only one elevator to service the entire hotel!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000">We were in Room 607 on the City Side. The room was functional, but outdated. I understand that they are currently updating rooms, but ours was not…..</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-zJjPdw6/0/XL/IMG_0386-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-FczkPBG/0/XL/IMG_0387-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-TzNGSkb/0/XL/IMG_0388-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-f74GSwK/0/XL/IMG_0390-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000">The drain in our bathroom sink would back up if you ran the water for more than 5 seconds. Several calls to the Front Desk resulted in nothing being done for the three days that we stayed there. Hey, send up a bottle of Drano and I’ll pour it in myself!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-DzVjDmq/0/XL/IMG_0391-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000">We were very tired since we were up at 2:30 this morning, so we napped until it was time to go to dinner. We decided to just go to the Beach Bar & Grill again. We went outside just in time to catch this beautiful sunset over the Bay…..</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-BqS3c5F/0/XL/IMG_0260-M.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #660000">To be continued……</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jamman, post: 1703115, member: 201"] [SIZE=5][COLOR=#660000]We went back to the front desk at 1:30 and asked the guy manning the desk if our room was ready yet. He rudely said “check-in time is 3:00pm!” When I explained to him that we had requested early check-in, and that we were told to come back at 1:30, he became even ruder. “Check-in time is 3:00pm Sir”. Okay, so we took a seat in the lobby to wait. There were quite a few people there in the same situation as us. What made it even more frustrating was watching people getting off the shuttle, walking up to the desk, and getting their rooms. I even saw a guy with no reservation walk up to the desk and get a room. KrusinKris and Ken had gotten their room. What’s going on? Then I noticed that those people that were waiting with us still had their luggage on luggage carts. We were told we had to take our luggage off our cart and store them in a room behind the front desk when we went to lunch. So now, when we finally do get a room, there will be no luggage carts available! Magically at 3:00pm all rooms were ready. Of course there was now a huge line of people waiting to check-in, but fortunately we were up front. Their check-in process was extremely slow, taking a good 10 to 15 minutes for each room. Finally with room keys in hand, it took another 10 minutes for someone to get our luggage out of the back room. Since there were no luggage carts available, we had to drag our luggage around the corner to the elevators. We got on an empty elevator and pushed the button for the 6th floor. These elevators were real slow. It seemed to take forever for us to reach our destination. We reached the 6th floor, the doors “dinged”, but did not open. Patti pushed the “open door” button several times, nothing. She pushed the “6” button several times, nothing. It seems like we are stuck in the elevator! Patti thought we should try to go back down, so she pushed the “5” button. The doors opened. Needless to say, this elevator would be out of service for the next day and a half. Not good, since now there was only one elevator to service the entire hotel! We were in Room 607 on the City Side. The room was functional, but outdated. I understand that they are currently updating rooms, but ours was not….. [IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-zJjPdw6/0/XL/IMG_0386-M.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-FczkPBG/0/XL/IMG_0387-M.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-TzNGSkb/0/XL/IMG_0388-M.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-f74GSwK/0/XL/IMG_0390-M.jpg[/IMG] The drain in our bathroom sink would back up if you ran the water for more than 5 seconds. Several calls to the Front Desk resulted in nothing being done for the three days that we stayed there. Hey, send up a bottle of Drano and I’ll pour it in myself! [IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-DzVjDmq/0/XL/IMG_0391-M.jpg[/IMG] We were very tired since we were up at 2:30 this morning, so we napped until it was time to go to dinner. We decided to just go to the Beach Bar & Grill again. We went outside just in time to catch this beautiful sunset over the Bay….. [IMG]https://photos.smugmug.com/Carnival-Pride-Repo-Cruise-22617/i-BqS3c5F/0/XL/IMG_0260-M.jpg[/IMG] To be continued……[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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