Carnival Glory Review

A glorious good time on the Carnival Glory.

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MyfirsttimeonNCLDawn
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Jul 2010
Cabin: Balcony
Traveled with children

We had a glorious vacation on the Carnival Glory. This was my 2nd time on a cruise ship. Last year I cruised with NCL on the Dawn to Bermuda on 8/09. It was a 7 night trip. I enjoyed the cruise so much that I wanted to try another cruise this year. I made my reservation for the 7/26/10 5 night cruise from NYC Pier 88 to St. John, NS and Halifax NS. I made my own travel reservations and I had to take what ever rooms were left. I was lucky to choose 8355. One deck up was the Red Sail 24 hour buffet and Lido deck with pool. It was a good location to navigate around the ship. The self service laundry and iron room were only a few doors away. I used the laundry. The room was a short walk to the elevator. I had to research the ports. I did that on the computer and purchased a few books. I had only one month to pack. I took one carry on luggage and a large purse and handbag. I still brought too much. I did not use two tops. I wish I would have brought more solid tank shirts and a pair of sweat pants. Also, Dial bar soap and instant high quality coffee. On 7/26/10 Monday, I called Ollie's cab to Pier 88. We got there after 12 noon. We were on the ship by l:00. We were told that our room was not ready until l:30, we tried our room key anyway. The room was ready. The room steward, Mr."C", knocked on our door right away. He opened up the safe for me, put on the a/c, and opened up the mini bar. I told him to take out the contents so I can use the fridge for my water. We were told to go to the Red Sail buffet. So we walked up one flight of stairs and went to lunch. We went to the pizza station and found a nice table. Then we bought our soda cards and two Carnival soda cups. We found the Mongolian wok and the burrito bar. After lunch, we went to deck 14 to look at the water slides, mini golf, volleyball and basket ball, outdoor movies, and listen to music. We went to our room to sit on the balcony and look at the NYC skyline. We saw the Intrepid museum from our balcony. We went to the room to unpack and wait for the announcement to go to the muster drill. We were one of the first to go to the muster drill. It was very unorganized and I did not see anyone taking attendance. You could bearly hear instructions on the loud speaker. We went back to the room to get ready for dinner in the Golden Dining Room. We had Freestyle pick own time dinning. We went to dinner at 6PM. We were seated immediately. Food-Golden Dining room-Dinner only freestyle Your time dinning. Lunch buffet Red Sail and one day Platinum Restaurant Aft lower level. Breakfast, Red sail buffet, room service one day and one day Platinum Restaurant.

Show Theatre-Much smaller than NCL, seating was small couches. Pools- 4 pools. Matthew used Lido deck pool, cold and salt water. He swam one time.

Pool side movie theatre-Did not use. No live music by pool. Music was played using dj or radio. Mini golf, volleyball and basketball deck 14 next to smokestack. Matthew used the quiet serenity area.

Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin 8D

Great location, the twin size beds were small, old, and felt like they had body indentations in them. The balcony light did not work. The public address system did not work well in room, could not hear announcements. We did not hear any noise. We had a great room steward.

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