Cruising is what you make it. Seriously, I could nitpick and list a dozen things that were "wrong" but I'd be stretching just to have something to complain about. Overall, the Glory was a nice ship and the trip was fun.

Embarkation took longer than we expected from the reviews we read here. I knew that Carnival had notified those that lived locally that they should arrive early so we expected to find people already there, but we were in line for well over an hour. Halfway through, we started chatting with the couple behind us and before we knew it we were at the front of the line. Cool! Make new friends rather than focusing on the wait and you'll be much happier.

Got onboard and checked out the ship while waiting for our rooms to be available. I read another review complaining that there were no stations to buy the soda cards and I find this hard to believe as there were stations all over the place the first day to buy the cards and others promoting the steakhouse. We are not big soda drinkers and opted not to get them this cruise. We bought them on our last cruise before we realized that there was plenty to drink that was included in the cruise price. There is always tea, lemonade, coffee, and water available on the Lido deck and in the dining rooms. Read more