Carnival Glory Review
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Our first cruise from Miami. The port is easy to find and by doing a little research beforehand I learned that the Port of Miami offers free parking in their lots and garages to passengers with a verified handicapped parking tag or permit. Very nice of them... thank you Port of Miami!
We have, so far, always cruised on Carnival. There is more than one reason for this but the main one has always come down to our schedule and convenience. Cost is a secondary factor and we usually book a suite - (OS)or "Junior Suite." We find the slightly larger room and balcony are nice but the biggest benefit is what Carnival terms their "VIP" embarkation and debarkation process. While Glory was very late getting started with boarding for an unknown reason debarkation, even at Miami, was as smooth and quick as possible. We are planning a trip on Holland America and that will be a two week "cruise-tour" to Alaska in 2012. I'm hoping that goes nearly so well.
Naturally the mandated safety briefing at the designated "Muster Station" was the first "required" activity on the agenda. The poster in our cabin told us muster station "A" was the place for us to be. So we dutifully followed the map and signs to the place where a sign affixed to the overhead said "A" and figured that we were where we should be. Oh No! A crew member informed us that the sign notwithstanding we had to go further forward and stand within the "lines." That would have been OK but the place he put us was directly in front of the outflow of a fan about 8 feet in diameter which was generating a breeze of about 15 knots and was very noisy. So noisy it was impossible to hear and understand either the person on the PA system or the crew member standing a few feet away. The wind was drying out my wife's contact lenses faster than she could apply drops to her eyes so she took her life in her hands and stepped over the "line!" When the crew member rather rudely told her to get behind the line she just shrugged and acted if she didn't understand. He finally gave up and went on his way.
Cabin Review
Ocean Suite
Good cabin. Except for some a times rowdy neighbors very quiet area. I had two problems... one easily fixable. That's the door seal to the balcony. We had high winds and when blowing from the starbord quarter it caused a very annoying whistle in the door. I solved it by closing the door on some hand towels in the area where the seal was bad. The other is the layout of the vanity area/bathroom. The door to the bathroom opens into the vanity area. If someone is sitting at the vanity then the door won't open. Otherwise more than adequate and comfortable.