Carnival Glory 5/30/2015 Review with Pictures!!

[Britbrie]

Hey Ya'll! I finally decided to do another Trip Report!

We decided to go on the Carnival Glory on the Eastern Caribbean itinerary.

 

 

We decided to travel to Fort Lauderdale a day early, so that we could relax from traveling prior to the cruise.

Our plane left out of New Orleans, and landed at FLL around 12 pm. The cool thing about flying Southwest is that you can watch your flight tracker, and watch television for free while you fly.

 

 

During the flight, I watched Locked Up (there weren't too many options). I have to say I'm really bummed that there is no more Sky Mall. I loved looking at the random stuff they sold.

 

 

Once we landed in Fort Lauderdale, we waited for what seemed like hours trying to get off of the plane. It was ridiculous how long it took, and I was starving!!

We walked down to the baggage claim, and I promptly took a seat while waiting on the bags.

 

 

Edited August 19, 2015 by Britbrie

[Britbrie]

After gathering our bags, we made our way outside to wait on our transportation. About 10 minutes later, we were loaded up in the Crowne Plaza bus and on our way! We arrived shortly after, and the van driver carried our bags inside to allow us to check in. I have stayed at the CP previously, and it is fairly standard. They have a pool, restaurant, bar, small store, and nice rooms. It's no where I would want to stay long term, but for a night or two its nice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued...

[Disneynutbsv]

Can't wait to read the rest, going on the Glory in April.

[jabberjaw070596]

I am so glad to see a Glory review. I love reading them it makes the time until December go by quickly!!

[Britbrie]

Can't wait to read the rest, going on the Glory in April.

 

Thanks for joining in! You'll no doubt have a blast!

 

I am so glad to see a Glory review. I love reading them it makes the time until December go by quickly!!

 

Ahhh I'm so jealous you get to go on the Glory in December!!

 

subscribing! will be on the Glory in 3 weeks!!!

 

Awesome!! Thank you for subscribing! I hope y'all have fun!!

[cruisexlife]

Really excited for this review! :D

[Jenny in TX]

I was on the Glory in April for this itinerary! Great route and great ship. Looking forward to reliving my cruise reading your review.

[BuzzBuzzen]

Good start looking forward to it .

[MIlady13]

Following. Not going until next November, but this ship and itinerary, so excited to hear about it!

[bakersdozen12]

Following. Not going until next November, but this ship and itinerary, so excited to hear about it!

 

 

Nov of 2016? I'm booked on the Glory for the 11/5/16 cruise for my 40th birthday. [emoji4]

 

ETA: I was on the app when I posted this, so I couldn't see your sig. But now I see that you are on the sailing after mine. Which means I will be very jealous when your cruise begins because it will mean than my is ending! [emoji6]

Edited August 20, 2015 by bakersdozen12

[Britbrie]

Really excited for this review! :D

 

Thanks for joining in!

 

I was on the Glory in April for this itinerary! Great route and great ship. Looking forward to reliving my cruise reading your review.

 

Awesome, thanks for reading! I loved the Glory, definitely my favorite ship/itinerary thus far!

 

Good start looking forward to it .

 

Thank you! I hope you enjoy!

 

Following. Not going until next November, but this ship and itinerary, so excited to hear about it!

 

Awesome, I hope you love the Glory as much as I do!! I'm going on this same cruise again next June, it was so much fun.

 

Nov of 2016? I'm booked on the Glory for the 11/5/16 cruise for my 40th birthday. [emoji4]

 

ETA: I was on the app when I posted this, so I couldn't see your sig. But now I see that you are on the sailing after mine. Which means I will be very jealous when your cruise begins because it will mean than my is ending! [emoji6]

 

I hope you have a super fun cruise for your 40th!!

[Britbrie]

After checking out the room and dropping our stuff off, everyone decided to get freshened up.

 

I have an obsession with taking selfies, don't judge. Obviously after I got ready, I decided to take one.

 

 

We took the elevator down to the restaurant called Kiki's and were seated immediately... because it was completely dead.

 

I ordered the enchiladas, and definitely did not enjoy it at all. This Louisiana girl needs to introduce South Florida to cayenne pepper!

 

 

My mom ordered the club sandwich, and seemed to enjoy it.

 

 

After lunch, dad went to take a nap while mom and I went to sit outside by the pool. The Crowne Plaza has a nice rooftop area with lots of seating and an outdoor pool.

 

 

[Britbrie]

I sat out on the rooftop deck for a while before I decided to go check out the store with my mom. The store had drinks, alcohol, snacks, toiletries, and breakfast items.

 

I bought a coffee, and then mom and I took the elevator to the lobby to confirm our transportation for the next morning. She made a few phone calls, while I sat in the concierge lounge watching the news.

 

 

 

Transportation was set up, and a margarita was calling my name. Vacation was already proving to be too much stress... :p Haha, kidding.

 

 

We were really tired, so we decided to hang around the hotel for the remainder of the night. Mom and I took food back to the room for my dad, and everyone went to bed in anticipation for the Glory!

 

This was the view outside of our room, not the most amazing view but oh well... the hotel was nice!

 

 

Up Next: The Carnival Glory!!

[pooksma]

Looking forward to your review! December seems to be a long way away :)

[Britbrie]

Looking forward to your review! December seems to be a long way away :)

 

Thank you for joining in! I hope you have a good cruise!!

[latitude918]

Ohhhh I love pic heavy reviews. Selfie away! Anyone who says anything against them is just a hater :P

[cruiselife4me]

Great review so far! What girl doesn't like selfies?

;)

Mary

[Britbrie]

The next day, we woke up pretty early and got ourselves ready. Mom made a call to SAS Transportation to arrange a meeting place out front of the hotel.

 

The van/trailer arrived, and we were off to the Carnival Glory!! After a short 30 minute drive, we arrived at the Port of Miami and entered the security line.

 

While in security, I noticed a LOT of people that had 'contraband' items such as irons and liquor. A lot of people also seemed to have issues going through the scanner... like its not that hard people, empty your pockets and walk.

 

After security, we were directed to the VIP 'lounge' and checked-in. I remember these 'fancy lounges' used to have cookies, lemonade, water, tea and coffee in them. Now they simply offer lemonade or water... silly budget cuts.

 

We sat in the lounge for 30 minutes or so, and were then led to get onboard the Glory! They had the typical photo opportunities that take wayyyy longer than they should, so at the first chance we got... we continued walking.

 

Once on board, we were ushered to the elevators to go up to Deck 9 for lunch. I walked through the buffet line, and did not really see much I was interested in eating... but I got the typical rosemary potatoes, roasted lamb, and a side salad. However, had I known about those delicious Guy's Burgers the first day... I would have been happy with my life choices.

 

 

Mom and I sat down at a table by the window, and then the ship quickly began to fill up with people. I did not like my lunch at all, so I went outside to get a burrito from the Blue Iguana Cantina. It was a MUCH better decision.

For those of you unaware, the Blue Iguana offers a wheat or jalapeño tortilla with whatever you want in it. They offer things like chicken, beef, onions, sour cream, cheese, and pico de gallo. After you receive your burrito, you can help yourself to the most AMAZING salsa bar EVER!!

 

 

I was in awe at the amount of hot sauces/salsas they offered. So much so, I sent my boyfriend (who couldn't cruise with us due to work) a picture to explain how heavenly this place was!

 

After lunch, mom and I decided to go explore the ship. We took the stairs down to deck 5 and walked through.

 

Here is the piano bar (which seriously smelt of cigarettes)

 

 

Then the Alchemy Bar:

 

 

As we walked further, the smell of cigarettes was overwhelming. (No offense to ANYONE who smokes... my boyfriend smokes, so I'm used to it) It was just very jarring for non-smokers to breathe in at first. It seemed as if the ventilation fans were not operable at all, but we didn't let it ruin anything! Just an observation.

 

The Casino:

 

 

To be continued...

[Britbrie]

Ohhhh I love pic heavy reviews. Selfie away! Anyone who says anything against them is just a hater :P

 

Thank you!! I'm glad you share my viewpoint on the matter! ;)

 

Great review so far! What girl doesn't like selfies?

;)

Mary

 

Thank you very much! Exactly!! I should invest in a selfie stick at this point in my life! haha.

[MzOhioLady]

I so excited about this review. I am doing the exact same itinerary on the Glory in October! And you're right, what girl doesn't love a Selfie!

[Britbrie]

I so excited about this review. I am doing the exact same itinerary on the Glory in October! And you're right, what girl doesn't love a Selfie!

 

Thank you for reading!! It is a really awesome cruise, I'm sure you're gonna have a fantastic time!

[Britbrie]

The Alchemy Bar again:

 

 

The Amber Palace:

 

 

 

They had a DJ in the Atrium, and people were still piling on the ship.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 20, 2015 by Britbrie

[Britbrie]

The Black and White Library:

 

 

My dad finished his book the day before the cruise at the Crowne Plaza, so he came and checked out the library. The books all have little security tabs so that they know where the book is. Dad read like 4 or 5 books from the library, and they were all BRAND new! I personally don't like to read for fun (since I read so many books for college), but it seems pretty cool and convenient to not have to carry a book onboard.

 

After looking around at the various places on the ship, we decided to go to our room (7306) and check it out.

 

 

 

 

[Britbrie]

 

The bathroom had a bidet in it (which, no one used because ew). I'm not going to lie, I consulted youtube to inquire as to what the heck it did. haha.

 

 

 

 

The balcony was super spacious, and we frequently used the lounge chair!

 

 

[Britbrie]

At this point, they began to make announcements for the Safety Briefing. We consulted our Sail and Sign Cards, and started to make our way down to the muster stations... until we were stopped by our Room steward. After charing for a couple of minutes, we continued on and realized how far our Muster station was from the room. We ended up having to cross over the entire deck, while people were packed in like sardines.

 

Once we reached our Muster station, there was basically NO where for us to stand. I got in where I could, and the captain of the station yelled at me to move. So I did... They continued to wait for stragglers, and then it commenced. Midway through, a teenage girl kept trying to push me with her body weight out of her way. I guess she got frustrated that I wasn't budging... so she moved.

 

I don't understand why people act so crabby at the safety briefing. There are far worse things you could be doing and places you could be at that point in time... like you could be at work or at your in-laws for dinner. So why be cranky? It is a cruise after all!!! Enjoy it, I mean unless your in-laws or boss are on the ship with you... and then it's a whole new ball game.

 

After the safety briefing, we went back to the room to watch the sail away from Miami!

 

 

The Norwegian Getaway had already started leaving... so we waited.

 

 

After the Getaway had passed us, and was a fair distance away... I grabbed my camera to take more pics of us passing Miami... until I realized we still weren't moving.

 

 

I realized it was because the Carnival Victory has started to leave before us... so we waited even longer...

 

 

Finally it was our turn!