Carnival Glory Review

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Brain Dump of the Carnival Glory 6/28-7/3

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Laughalot36
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jun 2010
Cabin: Balcony
Traveled with children

Family of Four: years 47m, 46f, 20m, 16m Fourth cruise, 2nd on Carnival.

Travel To Port of Embarkation Came from Philly to New York via car. Easy traveling both ways due to timing of cruise. Pleasantly surprised by this. Parking is literally 20 feet away from where you need to be. $30 a day fee. Could easily see the car while on ship. Felt it was secure.

Ship Info -Deck - secret deck above the volley ball/basketball court. Quiet/Empty -First full day at sea was so foggy, you could hardly see the big TV screen on the Lido deck. Still got sunburned. They say this is typical of the first day at sea. -Weird thing about the adults only location, it was located on the balcony of the kids camp areas. I don't know if that was a good thing or bad thing Unfortunately, no seats are ever available in the adults area, so never sat their once. Just walked through to find seats each day. -If you are an MP3 listener, then try to go on back/front decks for sun, because the mid-ship was super loud when reggae band played, making it impossible to hear mp3. -Public bathrooms were very clean -Odd rooms faced the port at every stop, even rooms faced out. The advantages depend on your point of view. We liked the view from the odd rooms.

Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin 8B

-8B Cat, balcony 8207 was nice, third room from front.

- All odd numbered rooms faced the port when parked. I liked this.

-Shower decent space/clean

-Couch in room was plastic, odd angle of frame made it feel like you were falling forward and not comfortable

-Beds looked aged but we fine sleeping

-balcony deck enough room for 4 chairs

-Doors whistle, so slamming is needed to stop it. Don't get mad at neighborhood slammers. This could be the cause.

-Balcony was third from front with little to no wind, usually because the ship jutted out for the crew area to keep watch on the side of the boat for people throwing stuff out of rooms. Good location on the whole.

-Walls are soundproofed well, but doors are not. You can hear every person talking in the hall as they passed. You could also hear talk from other balconies well.

-You don't need night lights. They have three channels with serene scenes on the TV accompanied by three differing music choices. You can put one of these on very low and sleep with it on.

-Only local news you get is from Denver. They had two national channels (HLN, Bloomsburg). We thought they were supposed to have ESPN channel in rooms, but they didn't. I think that it must have been available in the sports bar. Very inconvenient location for casual sports watching.

-Recommend bringing air freshener for your personal bathroom. I use body mist in the 2oz size and it makes a nice environment out of a crappy situation. LOL

- Try to bring something to decorate your doors. Announcements describing why your cruising is fun and entertaining. It is fun to see the birthday/anniversary/random/silly/special occasion announcements. And if you feel like bringing poster board, then setup a announcement where people can write comments on your occasion, such as best wishes and stuff.

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