Review: Carnival Glory - June 12, 2004 to June 19, 2004 - Eastern Caribbean
Pre-Cruise: My wife Nina and I used an internet agency to book this cruise. We drove down to Palm Coast, Florida the night before and stayed at a Hampton Inn. There is a Cracker Barrel right next to the Hampton Inn. We ate at the Cracker Barrel for Dinner. We did the complimentary continental breakfast on embarkation morning. The drive to the port is a short 90 minutes on I-95. However, we traveled a little ways on A1A...you just have to enjoy the view! There is a rest stop on I-95 about 30 minutes from the port. If you are traveling this direction, this is a great place to stop and get your stuff together before getting in the luggage line at the port.
Embarkation: The luggage line moved its normal slow pace and we were there about 11:30. Once we unloaded the luggage and parked the car ($70 for 7 days), everything started moving a little better. Once in the terminal you go through the security check on the bottom floor. We brought on two six packs of soda and a six pack of Propel water. We had no problems getting through security at the port. Now it was time to go up the escalator and head to the Skipper's Club. It is to the left when you get off the escalator. The Skipper's Club has several chairs and a check-in desk. There were two families ahead of us in the Skipper's Club. However, this process moved very quickly. They did not take our Bahamian papers, but no problems later. Once this process was completed, we headed towards the ship. We had our Sail and Sign photos made, skipped the embarkation photo and we were on the ship in minutes. You enter on deck number three at the main lobby. We have sailed the Conquest Class before, so the Glory's layout is the exact same. No problems heading towards our room on deck seven. It was about 12:00 and we were given a paper saying not to go to our room until 1:00. We went straight to our room, dropped off our two carry on bags, and went for lunch. The first Cheeseburger with French fries and coleslaw is one of the best meals. This made our eighth Carnival Cruise and we always look forward to this meal!