We sailed Glory 8/30/08. It was one of the longest and most relaxing vacations I have ever had. We left on Wednesday and flew to Orlando airport which was well worth the money rather than drive. It was my husband and I and we met up with some friends we met off cruise critic who had flown in the same day as us. Rather than pay the outrageous shuttle prices/taxi prices to Port Canaveral we split the price of a rental car from Budget with them and stayed over night in Orlando at the Super 8 Motel. Do not stay there! It looked fine during the day but at night the shady characters came out. We did have a good laugh there which made it all worth it. We got up the next morning and proceeded to Cocoa Beach with our new friends! They had went to Sea world earlier that morning while we slept in. We had originally booked at the Radisson in Port Canaveral for Thurs & Fri night but they were not accommodating with their price when we stated we did not need their cruise package parking anymore. They were quite rude and therefore I changed my Hotel to Fawlty Towers in Cocoa Beach with Our CC friends two days before we left home. The rate was great at 67.00 per night. You get this rate by booking off their website. We saved a lot of money there. It was within walking distance of everything including the beach and right beside Ron Jon's surf shop. This motel is an older motel so do not expect the Ritz. It has been remodeled and it was great for a stay in Cocoa beach. It WAS CLEAN! They will shuttle you to the port for 6.00 pp and also I did see ppl with cruise packages from there that will pick you up from the airport. The pool was outstanding. The people were very helpful and friendly. They also have a Tiki bar which Samantha is a great bartender! The pictures do not lie and that is what you get. We spent a relaxing two days and The food at the Sandbar restaurant by the beach was awesome! You gotta try it for the day and night. We met up there with several of our CC board members and proceeded to hang out with them the whole cruise! All the rooms have an entrance right on to the pool which is located in the middle of a courtyard. Very nice.

We were picked up by the shuttle at Fawlty towers at 12:30 and went to to the port. The lines were deceiving because they moved fast and were very organized. We were handed a slip which cancelled our Nassau stop due to Hurricane Gustav. We were informed we had an immediate credit of 20.00 pp on our sign and sail card which in fact was there when we checked our folio when on board. We were dropped off at 1:03 at the port and were on the ship at 1:25. Fantastic!!! That was the best embarkation process I have ever had. The ship- We boarded the ship and knew we would be on board with the morning talk show "the Monsters" which we were concerned about but they were not bad at all.However, we did not know we would be on board with some group that was the "soul classic tour". I will talk about that later.

We had a dining time we requested was late but after we met our friends we requested to have a table change to sit with all our cruise critic friends. We were immediately accommodated and spent our formal dining room dinners with good friends and great wait staff. We had Gede & Gede as our waiters and they were awesome. The lido deck food was as expected and the Fish and chips was wonderful. Read more