Jamericannn

Wow, that isn't what I wanted to hear.

 

 

 

My daughter is a daycare kid ( not bragging lol) so were not stranger to little kids beating each other up and the associated battle wounds.

 

 

 

That said, she's 4 and very vocal and very ready to tell anything that needs told.

Your daughter should be fine. I would send my daughter to camp again when she can talk. Lol

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The worst thing about Grand Cayman is that horrible wait to get back to the tenders. At least you made it there though, many times the weather is too bad for ships to even tender and the port gets missed completely. I have gotten to the point where I won't say I "disregard" the times that you have to be back for the last tender at some familiar ports but know that I do not have to get back early because there will still be a long line of pax to get back to the ship and it is not going to leave with those people in line and waiting for a boat. I think they make those times up to give people a guideline on when to begin to make their way back, not a hard time that they are going to leave, lol. I also think they pad the block times from port to port to allow for boarding delays that seem to happen more and more these days because even with a delay leaving most ports, they still make the next one on time or early without having to go too fast to catch up. In most cases that is, in extreme cases, they obviously would go faster to make up time if they were running really behind. The last few times I have left back out of GC, I have either gone to the parrot bar off along the fence in the port area for some local brews and snacks or just walked around the shopping area or sat on one of the benches and peoplewatched until the long lines died down some instead of standing up in the heat for an hour or more. Carnival usually is good about letting senior citizens and those with young kids to the front of the line though at least that has been my experience.

I am glad I did made it to GC because apart from the tendering, it was great. The new process made getting back on the ship not so easy though. I don't know if the workers are getting mixed messages whether or not to let an entire family with baby on or to only let the mother and father on with the baby.

Love those pics of the water! It was spitting snow here yesterday so I am more than ready for our turn on Glory. (And your grandma looks stunning!)

Thank you Sparks1093. Yes the water was beautiful in Honduras. We could see stingrays in the water below from the flying chair. As you can see, they had the nice white sand.

Ship -Carnival Glory

Deck - 2

Stateroom # - 2278 Oceanview

Stateroom Category – 6C

Starboard or Port Side - Portside

Quiet Stateroom? (With comments on problems) –Yes, this room is very quiet.

Was stateroom a connecting stateroom? - No

Balcony View - Give comments on view, noting if location of any obstructions was an issue. – no

Any other comments? - Room is very close to elevators and directly under shore excursions. No sound from either of those places at all. Room is 220 square feet and can sleep 4. King Bed, Sofa and pull down. Never used the pull down so cannot comment on that but the sofa and bed are very comfortable. Plenty of closet space, mini Fl refrigerator and safety box. Would book this room again for sure.

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Did they have a Quest game on The Glory when you sailed? Apparently not all ships do the game but being such a hoot when on The Conquest last year I was so hoping there would be a Carnival Quest night. I don't know if you went so you'd know first hand but if you have the Funtimes it might be listed one night, very late... 11 or 12, in those.

Just curious since we leave this Saturday and I am so hoping to Quest again.

I will check the funtimes for that. I kinda remember hearing it announced but I will double-check.

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Thank you for sharing!! Your grandmother is stunning! Envious of how youthful and stylish she looks; if we all could be so lucky.

Thank you CarrieAP. While walking with her you have to be prepared to walk fast.

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:DLoving your review and pics. It takes so much time and effort to post and answer questions, but I log in every night to read about peoples experiences on their cruises. We're going on the Miracle in 3 weeks and the Glory in September. Thank you so much for sharing!'

You are welcome. I wanted to get this done so everyone can read it without having to wait too long but I could not. So much catching up to do when you are away from work for a whole week.

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Enjoying your review very much. Just booked Glory for January - but for the "exotic" Eastern itinerary. Booked her more for the ship than the ports, which we have been to many times. Haven't been on her in around 5 years, so it should be interesting to see all the upgrades. Especially looking forward to the waterworks! Only 256 days to go...

Thank you. Waterworks is great and so much fun.

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Would love your opinion on Camp Carnival. Our daughter is 4 and we're cruising Glory in September. This will be her second cruise ( First was Ecstasy but she was too young to remember). Did you take her to dinner in the evening or did she go with camp?

We took her to camp Carnival most afternoons but took her to dinner with us and after dinner we brought her back. 2 of the nights we left her there during dinner and Camp Carnival brought them to dinner. They had macaroni and cheese and nuggets. Not sure if they had more choices but that's what I was told they had.

My daughter loved it for the first 5 days. On the fifth day when we went to pick her up she ran to us so fast crying as if she couldn't get away fast enough. After that we could not get her to go. As soon as we got out the elevator on the 11th floor she was bawling very loudly and fighting not to go. When she saw one of the ladies that works there she was crying so loud we had to quickly get her on the elevator and back down in order not to disturb anyone. We tried the next day but the reaction was still the same. She also had a small cut in her nose from the night before when we picked her up but it was just very small and kids always gets scratches so we did not even think much of it. I asked one of the workers if she knew why my daughter's attitude towards camp had changed but she said she do not know why. All she said was that my daughter was crying for the most part on the 5th night. I did not mention the scratch or did not mention it to anyone other than the workers I asked if they know what happened why she did not want to go back. The bad thing is that she just turned 2 in March so she cannot speak properly as yet so she is not able to tell us what happened. It is just so surprising how she ran away from us excited on the first few days but after that we could not get her near the door.

I hope your daughter doesn't have that experience.

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Me too. I think Glory's tables are beautiful. Unlike Vista's which are cheap looking laminate.

You are right. Using tablecloths on Glory's tables will hide the beauty of the tables.

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Glad to see you're picking back up with your review. I have a tendency to take a little time off myself once getting back. Actually, I'm not even sure if I ever finished my thoughts on Vista. I'll have to go back and check! :D

 

 

 

So how does the ship rank amongst the others you have been on? Anything stick out as either really good or not so good? Looks like they had the waterworks leak fixed for you guys. That's a big relief. No other issues with it?

Just realized I did not answer all your questions. The Glory is a great ship. I will only compare it to the Carnival ships I've been on because it would be unfair to compare it to another line. It is ranked right up there because I would go on it again. Breeze is still my favorite Carnival ship. Maybe it's because I was on her when it was brand new. However, I would go on Glory again for sure if the itinerary is right. I like it as much as Dream and I have Dream next year.

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I actually prefer the tables in the MDR without the tablecloths. They used tablecloths on the two formal nights but the other nights it was just as fine. It's not like the tables are messy.

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Oh, and I forgot. Did they remove the hot tub in the Spa/Gym area? Thanks :)

I peeked in the gym for a brief moment but did not actually go inside to see if those are still there. From a video I've seen, I would need to go I. The gym to see it. I am the only one in the group who did not use hot tubs at all.

The two on serenity are still there, the two below waterworks are still there and the back is still there.

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Glad to see you're picking back up with your review. I have a tendency to take a little time off myself once getting back. Actually, I'm not even sure if I ever finished my thoughts on Vista. I'll have to go back and check! :D

 

 

 

So how does the ship rank amongst the others you have been on? Anything stick out as either really good or not so good? Looks like they had the waterworks leak fixed for you guys. That's a big relief. No other issues with it?

Thank you firemanbobswife. I know it is your ship but I borrowed it for 7 days. I may borrow it at some other point.

No issues with the waterworks at all. It worked well for all 7 days. The only major issue with the ship occurred on day 6. Stay tuned for that experience.

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I brought my daughter to the Camp Carnival after dinner and she was happy to get away from us adults and go amongst her peers

Spent the rest of the afternoon at the Amber Palace followed by the Alchemy and Casino bars. When the night was over we and I got my daughter we went home to a special guest

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As you can see, the ship is pretty close to the Mahogany Bay Beach

Check out grandma acting like she is a teenager. She is more agile than a lot of young people so it's hard to believe she is in her mid 80s. I am so happy to have finally taken her on a cruise with me. That's the coconut shed behind her

The day was well-spent even though I did not get to visit LFK. By the time we got back to the ship it was time to get ready for dinner.

View of where we were from our cabin window

People getting back on the ship

Again the ship was late leaving because some people decided to venture far away and did not make it on time. We could see the frustration on the faces of the workers outside as they wait for the latecomers to get back on. The closed 2 of the three entrances and waited and waited. By the time the ship left we were already at our early dining and the ship was moving a few knots faster to catch up and we could definitely feel the rocking.

Dinner was awesome. I have read quite a few reviews about the food on the Glory not being hot or tasty. From my own experience that is so not true. I had a cup of soup and you could see the steam coming out of it. It was very hot and exactly what I needed. As a Jamaican, we love our food well-seasoned. I did not have a problem with the amount of seasoning/spice that was on the food at all. The mashed potatoes was Awesome with a capital A. It was the natural potatoes and not the packaged nonsense some restaurants serve.

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The beach was awesome. The waves were a lot calmer than in GC and there was not as much rocks in the water. I had a lot of fun walking up and down the beach. For those of you who love snorkeling, this is a great spot to come as it is not faraway from the ship. One thing I craved before this cruise was to drink the coconut water out of the husk. There was a little place on the beach selling them for $6 and we got about 5 of them. I must say that I wouldn't have gotten these ones if there was anyone else on the beach selling them. These ones were really tiny but because no one else was around selling we had to go with what they had.

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We planned to spend the day at the nearby beach so we got off the ship amongst the first set of people in order to try and find them place to catch the flying chairs to get to the beach before the crowd in order to get a good spot.

View from the flying chairs

There is the tail

People walking below to the beach

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Day 4 - Roatan

This was the port I was looking forward to the most because we were planning to spend the day in paradise at Little French Key. A few people from the FB group also agreed that they would do the excursion as well. The night before the trip my family changed their mind about going even though this was the one thing I was looking forward to the most. [emoji22]. Sad thing about group cruising is that majority rules. Also, a couple people from the FB group also informed me that they changed their mind.

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I was tempted to try it but just too much other food choices to choose from that did not cost extra. Besides, I can get great seafood back home anytime anyway. I did hear however, that they sold out of the oysters a little more than halfway thru the cruise. I was talking to someone in the hot tub who said she could not get any oysters because they were sold out. Not sure if they sold out of anything else but I did see someone at the bar with oysters and a lobster tail and both looked really good. Not a huge fan of oysters but like lobster and based on the prices, they did look like they would be worth the extra money in the future. Obviously there is a market for the seafood shack, whether it is large enough to keep the program going on many more ships is still to be seen though I guess.

To add to what you said, it wasn't even really about the extra cost. I wanted to eat as many things as possible that I don't eat regularly. I prefer to get those than get pizza that I eat for lunch sometimes.

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Was just on the Glory the week before this and I think they offer extra things like Caesar salads and sausage hoagie type-things late at night at the pizzeria which I do believe take more time to prepare but are available. That in addition to the regular pizza offerings of plain, pepperoni, white, proscuitto, funghi. As a side note, the lines were never really long at the pizza, even at night after shows. Usually there is a wait of up to a half hour but they seem to really have figured out how to beat that on this ship at least.

Yes the lines were super short if any every time I passed around there

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Is the review over? Do you have copies of the dinner menus?

I took a week off CC in order to catch up mentally and with work. I'm going to finish the review in the next few days. No I do not have the dinner menu.

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Can you tell me about the priority tender process? We all have FTTF for the first time and with 2 tender ports this should come in handy. What is the process. Can we just go down to the tenders and get on? I see in your Funtimes that there is a scheduled time for "tender stickers" at Alchemy bar. Do you have to go and do that if you have FTTF?

People without priority had to go to Alchemy bar in order to get a sticker and then wait around until their numbers were called. We were also told to go to Alchemy but when we went there we were directed to go and sit in the Golden restaurant. We did not get any sticker. We sat in the restaurant for less than 5 minutes then someone came and escorted us to deck 0 to get off. The process was fast.

Priority status does not work getting back to the ship so if there is a long line you will have to stay in it.

SO????? How was the KFC?? I always wonder if it is any good every time I see that place. Lol..

I wish Carnival would build a shaded canopy w/ fans for that wait to get on tender! It is very hot standing in the sun.

Cindy

When you are hungry everything tastes good. Lol.

It is definitely better than KFC in NYC though. The BBQ chicken was definitely good.

Thanks for all the updates, my wife and I are going on the Glory for the Western Carribean on 5/20. We were wondering about the Seafood Shack, is it any good and does it cost extra?

I didn't try it. It is located at the aft of the ship and is usually not crowded. I passed by that area all the time and I don't believe I have ever seen more than 3-4 people in line. It's mostly empty.