We just returned from a 7-day cruise on the Carnival Glory to the Western Caribbean. My husband and I went with another couple.
Getting on the Ship: We drove down from South Caroline on Friday and spent the night in St. Augustine. the next morning, we just had a short drive to the port. We could see the ship as we were driving on the interstate we that was so neat. We arrived around 11:30 and waiting in a slow line of cars to drop off our luggage, since the line wasn't moving we decided to park the car and wheel our luggage across to the luggage collection area. I think we saved time doing this, but if you have a lot of luggage it may be hard to haul it yourself. From the time we entered the terminal and waiting in a short line, we were on the ship within 30 minutes. We went to our rooms and dropped off our carry-on bags and checked out the room and balcony. Then we headed to the Red Sail restaurant, for a buffet lunch and were eating by 12:30.
The Ship: The Platinum Dining Room was great. We so looked forward to dinner every evening int his dining room.Each evening the menu is different so you really have a big variety of food.Although we did not have a view of the ocean, we had a table for four and had great waiters Alex and Florintino from the Philippines. It was so nice being served every evening, and although there are two formal night we loved dressing up every night.The Red Sail's food was not as good but they have various types of food such as Fish & Chips and Pizza, Oriental and the grill. So if you don't want the buffet food you have plenty of other options. The ship is amazing and huge. Just take a look down the halls where the rooms are. We found the elevators to be inefficient so we usually used the stairs and there is a lot of walking so wear comfortable shoes. The interior of the ship is pretty cold so be prepared. The super slide was fantastic, we went down it about 5 times on the last day. The pools on the ship are salt water(that was weird)so every evening they drain the pools and refill them in the morning. It was so hot the week we went that we really did not use the pools except the last day.