Just back from our cruise today aboard the Carnival Glory (Western Caribbean 3/26 - 4/2) I didn't know what to expect, having read the negative comments on this site (ie, the cut up ship, the poor service, the "not so great" food, the service and attitude of the crew, the entertainment (or lack thereof), the cleanliness of the ship) I kept an open mind and did not tell my family about the comments I had heard here on this site, taking into consideration the various levels of expectoration from cruisers and not wanting to contaminate my family's impressions.
The following is what we discovered and what other cruisers on this ship told us. The crew is not rude, however, they appear to be "just going through the motions"of their job. There is no energy/joy/happiness in their attitudes. We never saw one waiter/waitress on the Lido deck wipe a table. (And they wonder how the E-coli virus runs rampant??) We personally observed a woman who was visibly sick (and coughing into her linen napkin repeatedly, lay that napkin on the table) She got up and other people sat down. In seven days, I never saw anyone wipe the tables prior to the next party sitting down on the Lido deck or in the Red Sail Restaurant. They would pick up the plates/utensils but not wipe the table. In our dining room (Platinum) where we had the early seating, we observed a waitress hold up the various glasses from a table at our seating and reuse the ones she did not think had been used!! The ship is not clean. Is this from poor morale or company policy?
The ship is very cut up. It is very difficult to maneuver around this ship. Finding the Platinum dining room was a challenge as you have to go up two floors and then go down to find it!! The whole ship is this way.