Carnival Glory Review
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I am 27 and my mother is in her late 50's. This was our fifth cruise, the second with Carnival. We had such a great time last summer on the Legend, I was worried it could only go down hill from there but this cruise was even better. I'm starting to feel pretty devoted to Carnival for my cruising vacations. We live near Tampa, FL so we didn't need to make use of the area hotels or airport. Getting to Port Canaveral meant only a two hour drive in the car. The short commute is even nicer at the end of the cruise when you are suffering from debarkation depression and all you want to do is get home.
We picked the Glory for many reasons, most important probably being the fact that I'm not a fan of flying and prefer to cruise out of a Florida port. The second reason we picked the ship was because we hadn't been to St. Thomas or St. Maarten since the hurricane in 1995 and we were curious to see how things had changed. The Glory was beautiful, clean, and well maintained. We do have to agree with some previous reviews that commented on the difficulty getting around the ship. It is a little frustrating not to be able to go from one end of the ship to the other on all the decks but we figured it out and this wouldn't stop me from cruising on a Conquest class ship in the future.
We have become huge fans of the balcony cabins and made sure to book one of those for this cruise. The cabin was clean and spacious as far as cruise ship cabins go. Our cabin steward, Nandy, was like Spiderman sneaking in and out to tidy up while we were out. He also went out of his way to ask how our day was every time we saw him in the hallway. We had no maintenance issues but I would send out a caution to anyone booking a cabin on deck six. It is right above the promenade deck which houses all the night clubs and unfortunately, this ship does not seem to be well insulated. We were subjected to the shouting (can't really call it singing) from the piano bar below until well after midnight. The Purser's desk was awesome and provided us with ear plugs which took care of the problem with the exception of one night where the bass beat got out of hand. This cabin would be best for people who stay out late at night. Regardless, this was a minor annoyance and definitely did not ruin my cruise.