Carnival Glory 3/4-3/12 2016 Eastern Review

[campdaan]

Hi Folks

 

This was my 13th Carnival Cruse, 3rd time on the Glory.

 

While not the best, it was still pretty damn good. I had booked this cruise a year ago at the future cruise desk on the Conquest, and had specifically booked room 9201, a Grand Scenic Oceanview.

 

I had stayed in the same room on the Valor. And have done specific threads on this particular steateroom.

 

We left Boston early on JetBlue non-stop to Fort Lauderdale and took the SAS Shuttle to The Holiday Inn, Downtown Miami.

 

We schmoozed with the concierge, whom we had met on previous cruises, and got early check-in to a room overlooking the Port.

 

 

This was the view on Embarkation Day...

 

The Glory was facing out, unlike previous weeks, which meant that we would'nt be doing the 180 in the basin.

 

It was also the first day staggered embarkation. Which seemed to be fairly smooth. However, I was the earliest time, and I'm Platinum. So embarkation was painless.

 

 

This is Waddles, Our Cruise Mascot.... waiting to go.

[dezertcruzer]

Can't wait to hear all about it!

[campdaan]

Upon embarkation, we went to Shore Excursions to claim our Half Moon Cay Cabana Rental. Cabana 10 was my first choice, and I ended up with #9 and couldnt be more pleased.

 

And then up to the room...

 

 

 

Yeah baby...

 

 

But, more on the room later...

 

Half Moon Cay was awesome. There was a slight glitch trying to get to the tender. Seems they wanted me to go all the way to the back of the ship to get a tender sticker, but that was'nt going to happen, and after a few words, we tendered ashore.

 

 

I can see my room !... It's the angled room, above the bridge, on the starboard side.

 

Here is Cabana #9

 

 

Our Neighbors...

 

 

And our view..

 

[campdaan]

And the Cabana from the ship. ( I have an awesome zoom )

 

[jesskuhmarie]

Following! I will be on the Glory in May, although I will be doing the Western route. I would love to have the grand scenic oceanview .. unfortunately I just learned about them a few weeks ago (this is my second cruise and first with Carnival!) and they were already sold out on my sailing. If I like the ship enough I may just have to book an eastern in one of those rooms ..

[Clarea]

Enjoying the review.:)

[LaCal]

Hi Thanks for starting this review. Can't wait for more

 

Can I ask u how was JetBlue? We're flying on them this Friday for the first time LA to FLL.....Regular seating which I heard was more spacious than other airlines. Any thoughts? Thx

[campdaan]

Hi Thanks for starting this review. Can't wait for more

 

Can I ask u how was JetBlue? We're flying on them this Friday for the first time LA to FLL.....Regular seating which I heard was more spacious than other airlines. Any thoughts? Thx

 

 

JetBlue does have a bit more room, and leather seats.

 

We like them very much.

[Britbrie]

Great start! Can't wait to see more!

[campdaan]

Great start! Can't wait to see more!

 

Thanks !

 

No selfies in this review.

 

Just Waddles.

[riclop]

Enjoying your review.

[MomofTheBoy]

I'm trying to read all things Glory as I sail her at the end of the year. Yes I'm a total planner and want to know it all waaaaaaay in advance!!! Following!

[Keith1010]

Enjoying your review.

 

Keith

[Speedy55]

Enjoying your review my family was also on this cruise we also wanted cabana 10 but got 11.

[KirkNC]

Thanks for your report.

[campdaan]

We left Half Moon Cay, and steamed towards St. Thomas, with a Sea Day in between.

 

Here is a sunset pic I took.

 

 

It's been a while since I've seen a Hairy Chest Contest. But this one was awesome... That's the one great thing about this Cruise. An awesome group of fellow passengers.

 

 

We had a great mix of people and some College Spring Breakers, who really livened up some of the ship activities. Never saw them rowdy or out of hand. And of course the eye-candy was pretty good too.

 

[campdaan]

Some Sea Day room spam...

 

 

 

And double oysters, no fries, and a cerviche, from Fish and Chips.

 

[campdaan]

This is how it looked when we docked in St. Thomas.

 

 

We had booked the St. John Champagne Catamaran tour through Carnival sometime around Christmas. So we have been anticipating this for a while.

 

 

The rain turned to showers, and we had thick clouds all day. We had some sprinkles and rain during the excursion, but not no washouts.

 

 

We anchored off the island and most of the people on the catamaran with

us snokeled or swam ashore.

[campdaan]

The Adventuress crew was awesome..

 

Wiggins

 

Jason... who was on his first day on the job.

 

 

And the Captain... Teresa.

 

 

Did I mention my room ?...

 

[jerseyjjs]

Going to be doing this exact ship/itinerary in 4 days. Did you happen to check out the EA sports bar? Expecting it to be kind of full with March Madness.

[campdaan]

Going to be doing this exact ship/itinerary in 4 days. Did you happen to check out the EA sports bar? Expecting it to be kind of full with March Madness.

 

Sorry... Didn't check it out.

[declansdad]

Going to be doing this exact ship/itinerary in 4 days. Did you happen to check out the EA sports bar? Expecting it to be kind of full with March Madness.

 

 

I did on on cruise during Bowl season, was there something you were wondering.

 

OP, great pictures. First time I have seen pictures of that type of cabin, we enjoy the aft balconies but that cabin looks pretty nice.

[wantocruisemore]

Great start. And love the room! If we were not so wedded to balconies, that would b my choice.

 

Looking forward to the rest. We originally had Glory booked but then changed to magic and port canaveral so we could drive. But still eastern itinerary.

[campdaan]

It was sunny and warm in San Juan.

 

We had nothing planned, so we walked around Old San Juan. Up the narrow streets, then over by El Morro.

 

 

We also did a little shopping, and walked through a few antique stores.

 

 

And stopped at a nice restaraunt for some fish tacos and mofongo.

 

 

It was a nice time.

 

 

And then we set sail for Grand Turk.

 

[jmcancruise]

Thankyou so much for doing this review. We are doing a b2b on the Glory next year and have the same room. We also stayed in the same room on the Valor doing a b2b out of San Juan in 2013. Love the pictures.