We had a super good time although the Glory has to be the most difficult ship to move around on that I've ever dealt with, nothing but dead ends and very slow elevators. Everything was clean and tidy, we even noticed that the shower heads were taken off and cleaned every couple of days. Unfortunately our steward never took the time to introduce himself but still managed to take very good care of us throughout our journey.

We had two shore excursions that we did not book through Carnival. The first was a super fun adventure booked through cave-tubing.com where we took a long bus ride through the wilderness in Belize (apparently there is a LOT of wilderness there) to the cave tubing site. After an endless slippery hike up and down some pretty steep hills, we put onto the river to explore some pretty fabulous caves. We did two caves on our tour and never once did we feel unsafe or uncomfortable. Keith and his gang entertained us royally through the long bus ride with a mini-tour of Belize City and the surrounds. Their English is impecable so instructions were easy to understand. We had the best time ever! We could have floated that beautiful river forever. It was all 'safety first' with no nonsense tolerated. (Carnival has removed this tour from its list because of a death in one of the caves earlier.) When I looked that cave-tubing.com's website, I saw that they were very safety oriented, so we took a chance. We are so very glad that we did. Butts UP.

In Costa Maya we tried out the new zip-line. I was pretty sure it would be the last day of my life and had written a couple of codicils to my will to cover the contingency of my immediate demise either by heart attack or falling over 100 feet to my death! Who but Americans would allow themselves to be taken into the backwoods of Mexico by a driver unknown to be loaded into a thatch covered trailer/bus attached to a 1954 vintage Ford truck that took us through the jungle (ok, rain forest). A rather bumpy ride, but 'Dabid' told us all about chewing gum and it made the trip more interesting. The zip lining itself was incredible. Absolutely no climbing (my husband has a titanium hip). They 'hoist' you up....interesting way to scale the heights. The views from the towers were amazing and we were treated to a flock of parrots who dazzled us with their bright colors. Dabid (could it be David?) and his gang of merry men were extremely safety conscious and made certain that we were tethered to something at all times. There was a lot of snapping and unsnapping of lines and clamps that continued throughout the adventure. What a thrill! There was a huge language barrier, but one of our group spoke Spanish and could ask the questions that were needed. Now that I know I can fly, I can retire to my rocking chair! Read more