Carnival Glory Review
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My Husband and I sailed on the December 31st, New Years cruise on the Carnival Glory out of Port Canaveral with a group of 28 friends. We are seasoned cruise travelers with a total of 38 cruises and have sailed on most of the major cruise lines at one time or another. This was our fourth on Carnival, having sailed previously on the Triumph, the Destiny and the Legend and enjoyed each of them.. Not so this voyage. This cruise on the Glory rates as one of the absolute worst cruises we have ever been on. We were greatly disappointed in Carnival and will probably never sail with them again, although, a first time cruiser would probably have enjoyed this cruise.
Embarkation was extremely smooth. They let us on around 11:45 Am to enjoy the public areas and eat lunch while they finished readying our rooms. While waiting, we ate in the Lido cafe where staff was handing out complimentary glasses of champagne. Our cabin , # 2437, was outside on starboard aft, Main deck 2. All the outside cabins are located on the first two bottom decks as is standard on the new mega ships with upper levels consisting of inside cabins and balcony cabins. Our cabin was huge and spacious by industry standards, comfortably appointed with plenty of storage space, a large comfortable king sized bed with a wonderful comforter and fluffy pillows. Our cabin steward, Wit , did an outstanding job and room service was prompt.
However, if you are claustrophobic or need fresh air often, dont book anything but a balcony cabin on this ship because I found out to my dismay that access to the outside decks is extremely limited. Although our cabin was directly below the promenade deck, it couldnt be reached except by walking almost the entire length of the ship forward and going up to the main lobby where only two entrances exist virtually side by side on each side of the lobby to the promenade deck. Once on this deck ,which is fairly long, there are no other exits or entrances at either end of the promenade deck and of course no access to the bow or stern either. I found it quite strange that access to the promenade deck was so limited.