Excellent Carnival Glory trip in early March, 2014.

Demographics: 50ish, have cruised about ten times on Carnival, Royal Caribbean, NCL and Dolphin (now defunct I hope!). Wife and I had had a wonderful cruise on the Carnival Glory out of Miami to Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Belize and Roatan. Ship and crew were excellent. Free style dining worked out very well with us eating alone the first night and then with different group tables thereafter. Meals were always hot and pretty good. Free style dining is slower (breakfast can be 1.5 hours long and dinner is 2-2.5 hours long if you are having a good time talking with other table guests. Not “five star” restaurant quality but no complaints. Severs never had a problem if you wanted to order two appetizers, two entrées and two deserts. Loved that! There is no longer a Midnight buffet but the thin crust pizza in various flavors met our tastes quite well. Soft serve ice cream is also available. Never dined at the specialty restaurants.

We were one week early from the Spring Break crowd and passengers were excellent. Few children seen on the ship and from what I was told but there are great play areas that probably keep them mostly out of sight and entertained. Did not use the spa so cannot comment on this area as well. Read more