We were on the August 25, 2012 5 night sailing of the Glory to Saint John & Halifax. I think a little background is helpful when reading reviews so here goes. I have sailed 55 times on various cruise lines. This was my 7th cruise on Carnival. Also sailing with us was our son, daughter in law and our 6-year-old granddaughter. This was the first cruise for our daughter in law and granddaughter. Our son has previously sailed on Carnival 2 or 3 times. My husband and I are in our late 50's our son and his wife are mid 30's.

We drove to the pier and arrived at 11:30. My husband dropped us off with the luggage and went on his way to park. Apparently they have changed the parking situation since the last time we parked at the pier, which was quite a few years ago. In the good old days you could just drop off the passengers and luggage and continue up the ramp to the parking lot. Now you can't drive up the ramp. You must drive back out on to the street and follow the signs to get you back up to the parking lot. Who knew? The new way is to take everyone and your luggage with you directly to the parking lot. There are luggage guys and carts up there who will take your luggage.

Despite the long line at check-in it moved along quickly and we embarked by about 12:30. Cabins were to be ready by 1:30 so we made our way up to the Red Sail buffet for lunch. It was very difficult finding a table. The crowds of people were unbelievable. Tables were left dirty and didn't get cleaned for long periods of time, which seemed normal for the week. There does not seem to be enough cleaning staff in this area. At one point during the week I actually timed how long it took for someone to come and clean off a table which was left dirty near ours. It took 20 minutes. There also needs to be some sort of dress code in the buffet. On more than one occasion we saw men in line with their bathing suits and NO shirt. I found this disgusting and probably a health hazard as well. I understand that people are coming from the pool but at least put on a tee shirt! Again, Carnival needs more staff in this area. Read more