Carnival Pride Cruise Vlog 2019 - Part 1: Baltimore, Journeys Cruise, Embarkation Day - ParoDeeJay

In this episode, it's embarkation day for the Carnival Pride out of Baltimore! Join us as we catch the hotel shuttle to the port, board the ship, eat some food, check out some special gifts, eat some more food, then head to the Welcome Aboard show with cruise director Eversen "Dr. E" Bevelle...
We're back on the Carnival Pride for a 14-day Journeys cruise to the Southern Caribbean with stops in St. Croix, St. Kitts, Martinique, Barbados, St. Maarten, San Juan, and Grand Turk. We were slated to sail from November 3-17, 2019 but ended up with a bonus sea day, thanks to an unexpected storm at the very end of the cruise that delayed our return to Baltimore!
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[@nicholebarnett9306]

Dr. E is the BEST cruise director EVER!!! Love the Pride!!! I have been waiting so long to see your Pride Vlogs!!!

[@michaelbarnwell7627]

I love Dr. E Cruise Director he is the best.

[@pattitodd4893]

thanks for the journeys cruise videos. I watched them a while back but I am watching them again now because my sister and I are taking our first journeys cruse in 69 days.

[@triplejadventures6733]

The cruise director making announcements is very funny. Also amazing how beautiful the weather is leaving compared to coming back.

[@parodeejay]

Oh yeah, we had absolutely fantastic weather in every single port, no sign of trouble at all until about day 12, ha ha...

[@DebDoesReadings]

2:32 LOL! Where was he on my cruise? Lol omg if you did the elephant sound right in front of him I would haves died laughing! Classic! Lol I love dr E he was sooo funny!! Such a nice guy too I met him while getting off the ship I saw his morning show and I was laughing at his jokes and he heard my laugh and he was laughing back at my laugh to where he said to me ma’am please stop making me laugh with hearing ur laugh lol too funny 😂

[@parodeejay]

Nice! I did give the ol' elephant my noise later on in the cruise, ha ha... the photographer told me he wished he could make the noise!! :P

[@whitneycastillo7179]

I’m so excited for this series!!! 14 day southern Caribbean...YESSSS!

[@lastchancevintage77]

*pressing pause to get the coffee and stuff. Can't wait for this series! 🤘

[@ianoreilly8468]

I would be lying if I said I didn't belt out ''Good Morning Baaaaltimore'' at 0:14! Great vlogs ahead! Videos are getting me through cruise lockdown...

[@parodeejay]

Every time we head to Baltimore, we have to sing that, ha ha... funny!! :D

[@sth4678]

Just wanted to say thank you for the 🎥 we have been binge watching for three days now. Thanks again

[@parodeejay]

That's awesome! Glad to have you along for our craziness!! :D

[@nancylee908]

Embarkation Day is always so exciting. Congratulations on reaching the Diamond status! Awesome!

[@desireegolden1178]

I’m a new subscriber but y’all are the sweetest couple!! Seriously love your content 😻👍🏻

[@parodeejay]

Thanks so much! Glad to have ya along for our craziness!! :D

[@jilliebo]

Seriously, you two are the cutest.

[@parodeejay]

Haaah, thanks so much!! :D

[@toddblount8841]

Having so much fun watching all you vlogs.. Hope things get back to normal someday... You two seem like such a fun couple.

[@parodeejay]

Thankee thankee! Glad to have you along for our craziness, ha ha... :P

[@barbarawhitecotton9548]

Love this ship. We were on the Pride with Dr E supposedly going to Bermuda but hurricane skirted Bermuda so we were diverted to the Bahamas, same itinerary on the Conquest in 2017. Not happy cruisers since Bermuda was much more costly and no refund. Love the Renaissance decor and perfect size ship. Your video this year on the Pride got us looking up this 2019 Journeys cruise. We’ve been cruising Carnival since 1982. Haven’t started back cruising again since COVID but hope to get back soon. Your videos are making us antsy to get back. We live just northwest of Richmond and almost your neighbors. 💕💕💕

[@TrevinF98]

I love your guys cruise videos! They’re amazing! Going on the magic next September 6, be awesome to meet you guys

[@parodeejay]

Thanks so much! Hope you have a magical cruise!! :D

[@TrevinF98]

ParoDeeJay thank you!! I’m gonna vlog my trip when I go

[@txlerrr]

Watching this vid because I went last year and miss it and was suppose to go this year but quarantine ruined it😓

[@triciaalligood2816]

Ohmigosh, I had almost forgotten how funny Dr. E is. I cracked up listening to his announcement. Sure hope we get to sail with him again... #letuscruise...#wewillbeback

[@parodeejay]

I know, right? We've sailed with him three times so far. Hoping he might make it onto a ship near us so that we can sail with him again!! :D

[@sandramartin6770]

Thanks to your videos, I picked this cabin category for our future Alaska and Hawaii cruises. 👍🚢

[@parodeejay]

It really is the best deal around for an "interior", ha ha... we try to snag it whenever we're on a Spirit-class... hope you love it as much as we do!! :D

[@NauticalNurseNancy]

Yay, a new series! Constantly catching up to you guys and your amazing adventures!! It sure looks like Dr. E is tons of fun!! We loved going on "Rock the Promenade" on the Horizon because it literally went all over the place! Thanks for sharing!!

[@parodeejay]

Woohoo, you made it to the current vlog series! Well done!! :P

[@NauticalNurseNancy]

Till I fall behind agin! LOL!

[@DaveBrandysExcursionsTravel]

Oh goodness! You guys are making us really missing the Pride and Dr E! 😫 His muster drill speech is the best! Great vlog you two!!

[@parodeejay]

We've had certain parts of that speech memorized since the first time we sailed with him... too funny!! :D

[@captainstanbig-time-cruise7560]

Nice job! Thanks. Can't wait to see others videos.

[@RatBlox]

Hey that’s my favorite cruise director

[@reginabivins7569]

That is an awesome gift from Carnival

[@diegogucchi5742]

GUESS WHAT I SIGNED FROM THE CARNIVAL PRIDE YAY

[@obriancruiseandtravel857]

Thank you for the cabin tour! We have cabin 4112 next May. Was nice to see what our cabin will look like. Lookin forward to the rest of the vlogs from this series

[@parodeejay]

That's awesome! You got one of the former French door cabins, that are now just windows? We love that cabin category!! :D

[@obriancruiseandtravel857]

Looks very spacious. Was a great deal

[@juliegreen-hernandez7140]

Jamaican Sunrise from Red Frog Pub is my favorite!

[@wildwestcustomguitar]

In the closet where the hanger Rod is very close to the shelves if I'm not mistaken there is latches on the front of the shelves so they can fold down and you can actually hang longer items in that closet.

[@parodeejay]

Oh nice, good to know! I've never examined those shelves too closely!!

[@phyllischavis1347]

Love Dr. E

[@Deana9528]

I ♥ all those islands, enjoy !

[@staceyanthony2556]

Love watching ur cruises...wow...14 days....

[@parodeejay]

Thankee thankee! Yes, and this 14 days extended into about 15 1/2 because we got caught in a storm on the last couple of days, ha ha...

[@wxdqfkbq]

I just want to say thank you so much for these vlogs! I was debating on going on the Pride instead of the Sunshine and these vlogs are awesome to watch! Thank you!

[@parodeejay]

Thanks so much for joining our craziness!! :D

[@etboyd04]

YAS I am home sick today and this is just so advantageous that you started a new series 🙌🙌🙌

[@parodeejay]

Oh wow, hope you get feeling better!!

[@fernandosaenz1946]

Can’t wait for the Martinique and Barbados episodes! Going on a journey cruise January 11th. We booked the Jolly Rogers pirate ship excursion for Barbados but have yet to book a Martinique excursion. Any suggestions? I may just book what y’all do! lol

[@parodeejay]

Woohoo! Our Martinique episode should be out on the 11th & 12th... we did a north island tour with Beyond The Beach and had a great day. It reminded us of Dominica to a degree... very green, very mountainous, much undeveloped, so you definitely need a plan or you probably won't have a fun day. A few folks we talked to just got off and wandered around the tiny port shopping and said they hated it, hah... but it was one of our favorite stops!!

[@RatBlox]

Im Returning Back to the carnival pride im so excited to The Good Reverend Dr. E WOOHOO GOING ON THE CARNIVAL PRIDE OH YEAH DANCE PARTY

[@mikekrey3604]

Would do this cruise again in a second. It was AWESOME

[@annagn100]

yaY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! another cruise series LOVE it hugs fronm down under

[@adavan3095]

Congrats on turning diamond! I will be rooming with a diamond in Sept on the Mardi Gras and I will turn platinum on the Breeze in Nov 😁. 181 days til the Pride and (hopefully) Bermuda for us. Hmm will have to try the peroxide/Clorox wipes. We always wipe down with Clorox wipes. Dee’s top is so cute and Jay, I will say it again, you look so good in solid colors. So nice that you have Dr E. I hope he’s still on the Breeze in Nov 2020. Wow, ship on a stick so early, yay! So, is a free shirt worth the price of bingo? 🤔. Journeys cruise, someday! You guys are so lucky. Such a fun embarkation day.

[@parodeejay]

We used to take regular ol' Clorox Wipes and then always forget to use them, hah... but neither one of us caught the crud on this long adventures, so hey... we're taking them on future cruises too! They actually ended up giving the shirts out for free to a few folks who weren't even playing bingo, so ehhhhh... who knows, ha ha... :P

[@adavan3095]

ParoDeeJay If I may suggest, use them at Disney. I have been on 8 cruises and never got sick. The last 2 times at Disney (2013 n 2016), I got sick. Was hospitalized 2 nites in 2016. All those little petrie dishes running around 👧🏻👦🏼 😀

[@aaronloritts3937]

Love your videos, very informative and you guys look like you're always having fun. The Wifey and kids and I did the Pride Aug of 2018 and loved it. We're booked again for Aug of 2020. It's the perfect size cruise, not too big or too small and the kids love the activities. We did the Anthem of the Seas July of 2019, great ship, but almost too big for us to get to all the cool stuff on board. The Pride is perfect for us.

[@parodeejay]

The Pride is still our favorite! Love it!! :D

[@packyrat]

a lot of ports, sounds great, have fun.

[@102810281028nl]

Cant wait for the rest of the videos.

[@jptraveladventures]

That burrito looks good

[@jms60]

Wish i was there looks like great time my friends i am so excited for you guys

[@WickedWonder1979]

I've really been looking forward to this series! Journeys is at the top of my Carnival list (well, any Carnival!) so thanks for letting me live vicariously through you! Are nekkid burritos an option? I can't do all that tortilla.

[@melissastreet9416]

Me too, I need a journey cruise...one day when hubby retires!

[@parodeejay]

I believe you can ask them for just toppings on a plate, yes... or some folks get the fried taco salad bowl but then just don't eat the bowl. Either way, hah...

[@FrederickWeissMD]

Oh man! We missed you guys by two weeks! We were on the Pride on the 17th

[@parodeejay]

Ahaaa, you were on the sailing directly after us, I believe... the one that was delayed embarkation because of the storm. Yow!!

[@lizastrawberri5473]

ParoDeeJay As was I. Was terribly disappointed that our 7 day cruise ended up being 6 days...but that was better than nothing. I love the Pride!

[@orangedaddy1]

I will be on the Pride again this May 24th! It’s fun to watch these videos knowing the ship.

[@parodeejay]

Hope you have a great cruise!! :D

[@betsybaldwin4342]

Best Cruise Ever Rock on

[@xdieromantic7x]

those earrings were adorable!

[@parodeejay]

They were so cute! Such a great surprise!! :D

[@melissastreet9416]

Wow those are goals!!Congrats on all your milestones. I am only slightly behind at 7 :p but I started late!

[@tod2992]

Hi D and Jay. On day one why not skip dinner and do sail away? You know there's plenty of places to get dinner besides the MDR. Personally I never go to the MDR first night.

[@parodeejay]

This is true! I know some of Dee's favorite bites of the cruise always come on embarkation night in the MDR, but who knows... we may rebel and skip dinner again sometime like we did in our Victory series, ha ha... :P

[@cherylrucinski1386]

That was so funny. I have not been on a Carnival ship and I have never heard that much speaking over the intercom on any ship I have been on.

[@parodeejay]

Oh yeah, Dr. E is all over the speakers, ha ha... he's a hoot though!! :P

[@tattooedauntie1269]

Yesssss congratulations on the Diamond status!

[@thomasparkerandstuff9453]

Keep Putting Out The Great Content!!!!

[@douggray7013]

We will be going on the Pride April 2021. Can't wait!

[@parodeejay]

Woohoo, have a great time on our favorite ship!! :D

[@txlerrr]

ParoDeeJay I was suppose to go this month but you know corona and all

[@reginabivins7569]

Red Frog pub has happy hour on all embarkation days? If so I have never noticed that. I’m getting a fish bowl on my cruise in September.

[@parodeejay]

We've seen it on all our recent cruises, and if the ship doesn't have a Red Frog then it's probably at the casino bar which does have a more limited menu and no fishbowls. Woohoo!! :D

[@RatBlox]

Hey that carnival pride horn sounds like us

[@mikesherman366]

great vid.. my next time is the first of april. I enjoy all of this. BYE>>>>>>>:-)

[@paulaworkman2578]

Where do you find all those crazy socks? Love them

[@parodeejay]

Thankee! Much of the stockpile comes from Old Navy, oddly enough. Dee's favorite store, ha ha... :P

[@colleens7641]

I thought I would be the first one one :( Gotta watch the video now...

[@laurahenshaw3590]

Sorry, I didn't read through all the previous comments, but did you notice any difference with the cabin temp? You pointed out setting the thermostat warmer than the max cold setting, bc other people recommended it to get the A/C to function better. I don't recall you ever doing that again on camera, so I'm assuming it didn't work as advertised. Do you remember?

[@lillianreardon3592]

Have a Wonderful time!

[@canadianchicky333]

Awesome video.

[@parodeejay]

Thankee thankee!! :D

[@terrificdewsome3498]

I LOVE CARNIVAL PRIDE AHHHHHHHH e*plodes

[@joycedebolt5233]

I found the drinks on the Pride very weak too! I agree with Dee it was just fruit juice. Next time we plan on ordering a bottle for the room to add to our bar drinks, so we don’t just drink all that sugar in their fruit bar drinks!

[@parodeejay]

We've taken to ordering just a single liquor with a diet soda these days for the most part, hah... so much sugar otherwise!! :P

[@ShannonMoody]

Cruise day!!!!!

[@parodeejay]

The best day!! :D

[@jojoinrancho320]

Had to look for your Pride videos since you kept referring to this ship in your Legend ones. 🤪

[@denised1704]

I’m vegetarian and always got a bean burrito and they were spicy too. Love the spice though!

[@RatBlox]

Aw man I wish I could get a chance to go to see him he always cracks me up and the horn captain e or something like that but I am try my best

[@reginabivins7569]

I always bring those wipes to.

[@cuqui52]

Great energy 👍🏼

[@parodeejay]

Thanks so much! Glad to have you along for our craziness!! :P

[@pamelasasser7295]

OMG....your cruise Director is a whoot!❤😄....love those announcements! Great vlog as always!!😊

[@Pepp3rPotts]

HEY YOU GUYS !!!! It's my fellow Mixologist judge !!!! Just was told you caught us in The Red Frog Pub !

[@parodeejay]

Heyooooo! Man, that mixology episode was fun to edit... tipsy Dee trying to stay awake in the cabin afterwards. Woohoo!! :P

[@Pepp3rPotts]

@@parodeejay Oooo now gotta go find that video and find ya on FB ! And I flipped about the BINGO tshirt I HAD NO IDEA !!!

[@parodeejay]

We've got one episode coming out each morning from now until about Christmas Eve, something like 23 parts total, so it'll be coming soon!! :P

[@parodeejay]

Funny, someone on FB was asking where you got your funnel hat. I told em I’d try to ask you, ha ha...

[@Pepp3rPotts]

@@parodeejay They used to sell them on board years ago but no longer do sadly they retired them before they retired Fun Ship Freddy....

[@heideleskun1163]

lol not gonna lie, I get a pitcher for me, lasts me 24 hours. My DH gets Red Frog beer LOVE the pub

[@cherylrucinski1386]

How do you fit two weeks of those in two suit cases? My husband is also tall and bug and his clothes take up most of two cases, so we normally take three and that’s for a 7 day cruise.

[@parodeejay]

Our loyalty level with Carnival gets us unlimited free laundry service, so we do take advantage of that a lot!! :D

[@julierenee523]

John and lord Bingo we’re there in August. Oh and fluffy

[@paulpensinger4138]

Lord bingo is awesome when we went on our cruise last year it was his first trip on the pride and he asked my daughter what was the best moment on the ship and she said meeting you to him and he gave her a metal

[@heideleskun1163]

lol log into youtube and this is the first video to watch. Here's my sign "I'm a pyromaniac" lol ***lol stupid auto correct but funny since I'm married to a retired full time FF. hahahahaha

[@reginabivins7569]

I love the earrings . Does the other Dee have a website?

[@parodeejay]

I asked her and she said no... she just makes earrings for friends as a hobby. Dang!!

[@Joywill86]

she should make them i loved there so cute

[@TwinkiGames]

I’m on the same cruise as you guys!!! Can we go grab a few drinks? Sometime

[@parodeejay]

We’re not on a cruise at the moment, but we board the Sunshine tomorrow. Are you on that one?

[@jazziecat2354]

I and excited I go on my carnival cruise in 3week carnival victory out of miami Fl.

[@parodeejay]

Woohoo, hope it's an awesome time!! :D

[@jodura3363]

Beautiful earrings.

[@MaryPonder]

How do you decide what floor to get your cabin? I was thinking of possibly being on the Lido deck for convenience.

[@parodeejay]

We tend to go as low as possible, midship. That gives you the least motion. We actually did an entire video on how we choose our cabin locations and what we factor in while considering that. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jl7Fm5WMjdWNg80

[@RatBlox]

I might return to the carnival pride

[@jenniferbutler7904]

Does it have an outdoor movie?

[@parodeejay]

Yes indeed!!

[@sharonrussell-yl1iu]

We were on this cruise too.

[@paulpensinger4138]

DR E chow chow double chiz ow He is an awesome cruise director but l really liked saffie the cruise director before DR E a couple years ago. Last year when we were on it was a different cruise director but the week after our cruise was going to be DR E

[@RatBlox]

OH I REMEMBER that joke

[@RatBlox]

HOLD it parodeejay I saw that guy

[@lesliecard7083]

How do you guys like the Ocean View rooms compared to the room you just stayed in?

[@parodeejay]

This cabin we stayed in on the Pride is an "interior" and it's our favorite budget room of the entire fleet, ha ha... so much more space with some natural light... heck yeah!! :D

[@wesleygrove2066]

What hotel were you at that you can see the cruise port, leaving Sunday for mine

[@parodeejay]

We usually stay at the Best Western on O’Donnell Street. It’s not super close to the port but a zoom lens helps, hah!! :P

[@bpthegreatt]

Derek Harrison vlogged the same cruise

[@tiffanypollock6582]

Is the pride yalls favorite ship?

[@mklee05091953]

Went to Martinique once...never again!

[@parodeejay]

Ended up being probably our favorite stop of the cruise because we got to see so much of the island. Rainforest, waterfalls, ruins, beautiful architecture. We had a blast!!

[@RatBlox]

WOOhoo

[@cherihodges3606]

We were in this cruise too, which was the last time we cruised 😞

[@parodeejay]

Oh wow, you were on the extended 15 1/2 day Pride sailing? Fun!! :D

[@cherihodges3606]

@@parodeejay yes! Didn’t mind being stuck in a nor’easter 🤷🏽

[@scruff25323]

We were sick as dogs dec 8-15th 2019

[@parodeejay]

Oh wow, were you on this crazy cruise with us? I remember those waaaaaves... whew!!

[@jamieklennert6213]

Interesting you did wipiedoos and then covid hit 3 months later😪😙

[@indiaturner6235]

Where is Ricky and Laura 😭

[@parodeejay]

Haaah, didn’t sail on this one with us. We’re on the Sunshine right now with them though. :P

[@RatBlox]

I don't have carnival hub app

[@RatBlox]

Haha

[@cheech41]

Why do you guys go late to the pier and not show sailaway activities?

[@parodeejay]

We're normally at the port super early, since we have priority status with Carnival. After 30+ cruises with them, we've showed off about everything we can, ha ha... and we always try to do something a little different when we can. Sometimes we hit up sailaway, sometimes we don't!! :P

[@bobhidley9037]

You two are funny. This video, tho, was mostly taking heads. Funny ? Yes Interesting travelogue - no.

[@parodeejay]

Yep, we do mostly personality-oriented videos, observational humor, etc. Our port day videos obviously show off a bit more travel information, but the embarkation and sea days are more freeform, ha ha... :P