This was the 3rd cruise I have ever taken, which all began two years ago (all with Carnival), and I was really looking forward to it after 16 months since my last cruise. I'll describe the experiences we had before, during and after the cruise on the Glory.
TRAVEL TO THE PORT- Once we stepped outside the airport's baggage claim area, an airport employee asked where we were heading to, and pointed us to the taxi line, where we were able to immediately enter a cab. We knew beforehand that the flat rate cost of the ride to the Port of Miami would be $24, but we wanted to stop at a nearby store to quickly pick up some bottled water, as well as sodas, to take aboard the ship (of course it added a little bit more to the fare, which wasn't too much more).
EMBARKATION- Once we arrived at the port, just after 11am, we exited the taxi, had a port employee tag our luggage for check-in, and we headed inside the terminal to check-in for the cruise. We were pointed to a kiosk, which required us to swipe our passports and I think the credit card used to make the cruise purchase. A few seconds later, we walked up to a counter, where a representative took our documents, then provided us with our 'Sign & Sail' cards; after that, we sat in the terminal for approximately 15-20 minutes, before getting the okay to head upstairs to enter the ship. We took the usual 'Welcome' photos, then stood in a short line to take the picture for the 'Sign & Sail' card. Upon entering the ship, we looked around and the Glory is nicely furnished, decorated as well as very clean. Since our cabin wouldn't be available until after 1pm, we headed up to the Lido Deck for a bite to eat, and to have our first 'Drink of the Day'.
The cabin space wasn't too bad. There's plenty of closet space and enough drawer space for clothes of two people. Our room was on Deck 10, right across from a crew door, which could be heard slamming early in the morning, as the crew got ready for the day's work. This location near the elevators was close to some stairs outside going to the Lido Deck, but we weren't disturbed by anything going on outside there. No problem with foot traffic too much, unless it was close to midnight, and people were returning to their cabins after drinking alcohol.