Myself and my partner are just back from an amazing Cruise on the Carnival Glory to celebrate my 50th birthday. As part of our holiday we spent a couple of days in Orlando prior to sailing on the Carnival Glory and spent a further 5 days in Orlando after the cruise.
We cruised the Med before on Thomson Destiny and had a wonderful time, but had never cruised on an American ship before, so were unsure as to what to expect. We needn't have worried!! it was wonderful!!
EMBARKATION Boarding was pretty swift and I would advise anyone to try and complete the preboarding documents on the Carnival web site to help speed things along. The only small thing I would recommend to Carnival is that it would be nice for a member of the Carnival Team to meet you when you actually arrive on the ship. Unfortunately we were left a bit lost as to where to find out cabin etc, with more and more people trundling onto the ship behind us.