This cruise was me and my husband's fourth annual cruise- our second consecutive on the Glory. This was our first time with a balcony. Honestly, the balcony was not worth the amount of money we had to pay. The room was the same size as what we had on deck 2 the previous year. We had attempted this same itinerary last year, but due to hurricanes it was changed. We really had wanted to go to Belize, so we thought we would try again. This time we recruited two other couples to go with us- so there were a total of six in our party. We purchased our plane tickets through the cruise line and flew down the morning of sailing.
The embarkation- as usual- was pretty painless and simple. A few minutes in line and that was it. We got on the ship later than I usually like to due to waiting at the airport forever for the bus. By the time we got our luggage and unpacked we were already moving, so we didn't get to stand on the Lido deck waving bye or any of that stuff like we usually do, so I was a little sad about that. But, my own anal retentiveness about unpacking was the problem, not anything to do with the ship.
This was our roughest trip by far. One of the couples from our group were physically ill the first night and I even got a little sea sick one night. My suggestion is that if you think you MIGHT even feel a little motion sickness get Bonine. It works great. You have to take it every 12 hours, but to not feel sick it is worth it.