I'll start by saying that I am somewhat of a seasoned cruiser, I've cruised on ships big and small and to eastern/western Caribbean as well as Bermuda. I've been on 6 Royal Caribbean cruises and this was my second Carnival cruise.

Booked on the Carnival Glory for Jan.7/2017 departure, 7 nights, 4 ports including Turks and Caicos (primary reason for booking this particular cruise). Originally booked a balcony room for wife and 2 teenage daughters but 3rd daughter ended up joining us so had to change reservation to 2 inside rooms (3+2). Cabin availability was low and wanted them close together so booed cabin 1454 and 1456 on the Glory. These are deck 1 cabins at the back end of the ship. I was concerned about noise and vibration from the motors but was reassured that it wouldn't be a problem. I should have listened to my gut.. (more on this later).

I never had a cruise where the boat rocked like this one, it was constant, day and night. To the point where guests were vomiting in elevators and hallways. My daughters (who were fine on other cruises) all got seasick on this one, and more than once. Read more