Carnival Glory Review
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Carnival Glory - Sail date 9/24 from NYC. First, the positives. Incredible recognition and attention given to my aunt for her 100th birthday. Way above and beyond anything we could have hoped for. This once in a lifetime (if you're lucky) event was beautifully and graciously orchestrated by head cruise director John Heald and carried out by Glory cruise director Josh, officers, crew and staff - right down to housekeeping dept. Thank you Carnival!
Other positives: Floor shows better than most other cruises we've been on in that they were sexier and more modern with an edge. Not so cookie cutter, sweet and bland. "Vegas" style shocked one of our group's older gentlemen but that didn't mean he looked away! Could have turned volume down for first show as this tends to be an older crowd and their hearing aids were screaming. Food was overall good. Desserts were better than on past cruises where they have resorted to a lot of inexpensive fluffy, mousse-type items with little taste. As the economy goes down we have noticed cream sauces, etc, getting more and more thin. But on this trip they ended on a good note with large portions and variety in desserts. Bread pudding was great. Lamb chops and prime rib were excellent. New menu started a week before our trip, with comfort food selections. Several people tried the meatloaf and all said it was not just bad but terrible. Maitr 'd said they had had other complaints about it so maybe it is off the menu or recipe has changed now.
Our waiter, Edwin, was great - always smiling even when his assistant got sick after second night and he spent the rest of the week with "help" that didn't quite click. So some of the niceties such as pulling and removing lobster tail from shell, or serving dressing or parmesian cheese to order or offering cracked pepper were missing. You could get it if you asked but new cruisers might not have known that. He also had a very large station so he had to work extra hard to fill in where his substitute help dropped the ball. A lot of "plunk and run" plates but he always got the right food to the right person and usually came back to see if everything was okay.
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we were in cabin 9292 whick is on the Lido deck. it's a handicapp unit and the bathroom is as big as the rest of the cabin. Great location. Next to elevators, pools and of course the red sail where you fill you stomach up with food. Would recommend this room highly. It helps if someone in the room is handicapp other wise you can be bumped out by a real handicapped person.