We returned from Glory on Saturday the 28th of AugustPRE-STAY: My wife and I flew down on an early flight Friday the 20th, on JetBlue, great airline. We rented a car from Avis right at the airport and drove to the Radisson for our overnight stay. After check-in we went to our room and found it to be as nice and clean as our room was two years ago. We went to Grills for dinner, the food was very good and worth the wait. The next morning we met and at the breakfast buffet at the Radisson, which was good. We checked out after breakfast and drove to Avis to return the car and take their shuttle to the port, we had to wait about 20 minutes for the shuttle to return to the office.

EMBARKATION: It went very smooth, smoother then the last time with the Pride which actually surprised me. We did the 'funpass' pre-registration and got into the "funpass" line, which seemed like the only line there, which moved pretty quickly. We got to the port around 11:00 AM and were through check-in, had our sail and sign card and had to wait awhile to board. They did not start boarding until around 11:30 AM. We went through the security and then the embarkation photos and was onboard in about 40 minutes.

THE SHIP: Glory is a beautiful ship and not gaudy as you would of thought reading about all of the color that was being used. You enter the ship on the lobby deck into the atrium. The atrium is impressive but not as open and airy as on the Pride. We met our friends in the atrium area and immediately signed up for the Emerald room for Tuesday night at 7:30 PM and then headed up to the cabins to drop off the carry-ons, there were no problems doing so. The cabins were pretty much the same as on the Pride, no surprises there. The public rooms were laid out nicely except for getting to the Internet Cafe you had to go through the Ivory Bar.  The other thing is to remember how to get around the galley and the Golden Restaurant. As usual you have to go through Camel Club Casino to get to the either other side of the Promenade Deck, a good way to get you to gamble. Most of the dealers were very friendly and if you didn't know a particular game they would help until you got the hang of it. I didn't do as well as I did on the Pride. I liked how they stepped the decking area around the main pool (midship). The aft pool was not as crowded. There is saltwater for slide and all of the pools, but the showers around the pools were all fresh water. Read more