My husband and I sailed on the Carnival Glory to the Eastern Caribbean, departing on 2/4/06. We have cruised once before, on Royal Caribbeans Vision of the Seas, to the Mexican Riviera.
We chose to try Carnival instead of Royal Caribbean because were in our mid-20s, we were cruising by ourselves, and we figured that Carnival draws a younger, more fun-loving crowd. Well, I dont know if the date of our cruise had anything to do with it, but when we got to embarkation and looked around at the hundreds of people, all of which seemed to be at least as old as our grandparents, we discovered that Carnival draws just as many old folks as the other lines.
Also, let me make a quick note about the weather it was not very good. We chose the time to cruise because we were under the impression that it was the Caribbeans driest season. Unfortunately, we saw rain every day, and at several points our ship was literally facing near gale-force winds and yes, the Glory rocks a lot - the people who said it in earlier posts werent exaggerating.