Carnival Glory Review
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We planned this cruise around one of our daughters coming with us, but she had to cancel out so that just left the two of us. My wife has cruised quite a bit with Carnival and one Big Red Boat, but this was my third, first on a big ship. We did the Carnival Holiday two years ago. I did not know what to expect on a 7 night cruise on a huge ship. We flew from TN into Orlando and bought a round trip bus ride to the port for $140 each. Simple to get there and the lady driving the bus was a hoot. Getting on the boat was fairly easy. We had a long line to stand in, but it move fairly quickly. We got on board, it was hot. We went to get some food at the grill and walked the decks for a while. I got some cramps from being dehydrated, but they eventually went away. We set sail on adventure. As I said we planned the cruise with our daughter in mind. She likes days at sea (this cruise had 3), we don't so much. We booked the early seating for dinner, because on the last cruise she always wanted to run off to the teen club and never ate with us. We only made it to the main dining room two times during this trip (they had given us a romantic table for two!)At this point in our lives, three days of being forced to relax was pretty much what we needed. After a couple days of trying to wind down we found out that we actually used to be really fun people. We went to bed fairly early the first night and it was a good thing. Tennison our cabin steward was great. New animals we had never seen before. We did a couples massage (my first massage) and the girls in the spa were great. My wife even got her hair style changed and colored on the ship. We won the $1199 bingo game on the last full day so that was a plus. One of the most fun times on the ship were spent in the piano bar with Russell. Piano bar music sung by a singer from the Philippines was great fun! We spent some time in there almost every night. The karaoke bar was fun too. To see a tall county looking guy with cowboy boots on get up and sing Purple Rain was too much.
Ice cream and yogurt machines were always used and the grill was great when you needed a quick snack. Pools seemed a little small, but it was very hot on this cruise.
One thing I noticed was the lack of noticably drunk people. Lots of drinking going on but not many stupid people. That was a blessing.
Cabin Review
Our cabin was and interior cabin at the front of the ship. It was like a corner room in the hotel. No elevators around so it was pretty quite. The bathroom was pretty good sized compared to the Holiday. There was shampoo and shower gel provided along with some samples of toothpaste and pepcid. There was a close line to hang the wet swim suits to dry. The two twin beds were pulled together before we came back to our room the first night so that was fine. I am 6'2" and was a little worried, but did not hang off the end. The television remote did not work when we got to the room and the safe was not left as directed, but Tennison got that taken care of for us very quickly. Room service was quick and accurate.