I cruised on the Glory with my 3 children, aged 13, 10 and 3. We left Port Canaveral on March 21 for a 4 port itinerary. We stopped at Cozumel, Belize, Costa Maya and the Bahamas. I chose the Glory for the low price for the four of us and for the itinerary.

Embarkation was kind of slow. There was no one at embarkation to give us directions to the buffet. There was no one from Camp Carnival to greet us and let us know about the kids activities. RCCL had both of these. It was kind of disorienting to board the ship and have no greeters.

One thing I noticed immediately and throughout the cruise was the age of the passengers. The average age must have been in the 60's - and this was during March break! Throughout the cruise, I had to keep reminding myself that this was Carnival and not Holland America. There were very few families and people younger than retiree age. There were less than 400 kids on board. On our RCCL cruise last year at the same time, there were close to 1000. Read more