Carnival Glory Review
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We were a group of 5 girlfriends cruising together in 2 inside cabins on the Lido deck Jan 27-Feb 3 2013. We got to the POM around 1:00 and onboard around 1:45 very easy check in. Since 4 of us walked our bags onboard we went right to our cabins and unpacked. I did not meet our cabin steward til the 2nd or 3rd day but our cabin was always clean and loved our towel animals every night. I liked being in a cabin on Lido it is close to everything. I do wish Carnival did not make announcements all the time I was always awakened in the mornings by them. The halls were kind of noisy with the staff vacuuming early and the clinking of glasses. Guess if we went to bed before 3 am it would not have been so bad LOL
This was the 1st time in the time on the 5 Carnival cruises I have been on that I did anytime dining. We liked it since we never had to rush to get ready at a certain time. We had to wait an hour one night to get seated at the waiter Chandra's table but if we had not had 7 in our party and not cared what table we sat at I am sure the wait would not have been more than 20 minutes. We loved Chandra he took great care of us and was always smiling and took time to talk to us every night.
I never had a bad meal at dinner in The Golden Restaurant. The hot soups were always really good and served very hot, the chicken, and fish dishes were all very good. One night I ordered the seafood Newberg and it came with 3 mussels but only 1 had a mussel in the shell, I asked for a few more if possible. Five minutes later the assistant waiter brought me a bowl with 15 mussels all with a big mussel inside everyone of them! The meat dishes my friends ordered were just OK they said not that great. I ordered the salmon a few nights and it was always cooked well. The desserts were the only disappointment, on prior cruises I always ordered the chocolate melting cake and another dessert, but the choices were not as good this time. I did order the fresh fruit plate several times, a big slice of pineapple, a whole Kiwi, a strawberry, and grapes, all nice and ripe.
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A bit noisy there is a hall down from our cabin that the crew used for servicing. There was a smell in the cabin I told the room steward about it but he was not interested in doing anything about it. Our friends in the cabin next door 9255 did not have that smell. It was convenient to the Lido deck easy to get to other venues. There are only 2 cabins on that hall that could accommodate 3 passengers, I think if we only had 2 people in our cabin I would pick a cabin farther down the hall towards the bow of the boat, less people going past the room making noise. We checked out the suites at the end of the hall they were awesome! Carnival inside cabins are the largest ones compared to Celebrity, NCL, and Princess. Plenty of closet space, the bathroom has several shelves. The beds are very comfortable!