Carnival Glory Review
Carnival Glory - Spring Cruise - Half Moon, SJaun PR, StTms,
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Hello, Mark and Teresa here.
We're (now) platinum Carnival cruisers. Here's our breakdown.
Embarkation: used the automated kiosk for getting our room keys/boarding passes. Still had a lenghty wait (~45 min) as we somehow passed the person handing our boarding tickets. When you get to cruise port they hand out boarding tickets as you process thru the termianl and when your ticket number is called you go up the gangplank. No biggie as we got on about 12 pm. Went straight to the rooms to drop off carry ons although rooms are not techinally available till 1 or 1:30. We ordered BonVoyage booze and it was in room by 2:30. Our cruise mates didn't get theirs till 5:00.
Cabin Review
Aft-View Extended Balcony
Our cabin, our first aft balcony, was great (6456) although we really didn't spend much time at all there. Of special note is you CAN hear the lounge below (all aft balconies could I'm sure) during certain a few times but never after 12:00. Also, there is a good amount of vibration from the propellers. Not so much that it kept me awake. There was a day of "larger" seas and the aft does move more than say a middle room. I like the motion but others could be distracted. I said to my other, "now it feels like we're sailing!"
Of note about Glory is there was a noticable "smell" in the hallway around cabins 6430. Not on the starboard but only that port hallway area. We were glad we didn't have a room righ near 6430.
We also noticed a "kitchen" smell in our cabin and it was on our embark and disembark days in Maimi. Other times it was no problem. Weird.