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My First ever Caribbean Cruise aboard the Glory March 2016 Review w/pics

Alexv500

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Thanks everyone for following along! Means a lot! About to start working on embarkation day and that'll be up very soon, thank you all so much and for the kind words as well! :)

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The day I have been waiting for has arrived: Embarkation Day!

 

The day I had been anxiously waiting for for many months had finally arrived! I woke up at around 7am, and quickly checked my phone to see where my mom was and if they had arrived yet. My mom, 3 little brothers, and stepdad were also going on this cruise with us (not sure if I mentioned that earlier) but here was the catch: Grandmom had no idea that they were coming with us, she thought the entire time that they were going to spend a week at a resort in Punta Cana! But in reality, we sneakily planned this whole surprise, and keeping this a secret for so many months was not easy at all, so I was super excited to surprise her later in the day at the terminal! So when I woke up, my family was already at the airport and their red eye from LAX went smoothly!

 

Thankfully, Carnival offers check in right at the airport in Miami, so my family checked in there and all they needed to do was take a taxi to the cruise terminal. So if anyone is flying in the day of the cruise, MIA airport has Carnival check in- and they also give you your sail and sign cards there too, so just a little helpful hint!!

 

Grandmom and I got our things ready, and we got ready to head to the port! Our scheduled check in time was between 10-10:30am due to the new staggered check in (which I loved-more on that later). We called an Uber around 10am and headed on down to the terminal, I just can't explain how excited I was like this was really happening, AHHH!!!

 

p><p>The moment had arrived when I saw all the ships docked in Miami today, I just got this huge feeling of overwhelming excitement, I LOVE seeing cruise ships and seeing my ship for the first time, one of the best feelings ever! We went through the underground tunnel and when we exited we were already at the port and there she was- the Glory in all her Glory!! (I also saw the Norweigan Escape in front of our ship, and I gotta admit, it

 

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Glory!

 

I apologize in advanced for not getting so many pictures of the ship on embarkation day- It's just so much goes on at once and embarkation day is crazy! Wish I could've taken more pics but don't worry I got plenty once I was onboard! That and it was hard to get pictures from the car haha!

 

As always, embarkation is crazy!! So much hustle and bustle! This is the first time I ever arrived to the port this early-last year we didn't get to our ship till like noon and all the previous passengers were all gone. Today, the Port of Miami was crazy! With so many ships in port and passengers arriving and departing, it's crazy! We went to drop off our bags with the porters and proceeded to check in. We arrived at 10:30am and immediately were allowed in- and they do check the time on your boarding pass that you selected!

 

Next up: Check in time and getting onboard!

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Embarkation day continued!

 

So once we finally went inside the terminal, they scan your passports, check your boarding passes, and then you proceed through security. Carnival's terminal in Miami was amazing and very modern, I was very impressed! After security, we went up the escalator to the check in counters, and wow this terminal was amazing ( I cannot express that highly enough, LOL!) The line went by pretty quick and we received our sail and sign cards and got our zone number (zone 4) and we went to sit down and wait for boarding. Getting my cruise card is one of my favorite parts of embarkation day, it just makes me so happy to finally have my card in hand! Not sure if anyone else feels that way! Personally, I love Carnival's new staggered check in, and I was super impressed with the whole check in process, very easy and everything went very smoothly and quick, love it!

 

p><p>You could still see the passengers from the previous cruise disembarking still with all their sad faces and I was like HAH GET OFF MY SHIPPP!! (however a week later that would be me walking off with a sad face- but let

 

After reuniting everyone, we waited to get our zone called to board, and a little after 11:30 they started boarding! Of course diamond,platinum, FTTF, and so on boarded first and then they called zones. My family checked in at the airport, so they got called after the priority people and they got to board before us! Shortly after, zone 4 was called and I was super excited to finally board the ship, we grabbed our stuff and off we went to get onboard the beautiful Glory!

 

p><p>Sail and sign in hand-got that blue card pride! Next cruise it

 

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Get off my ship!!

 

Up Next: Finally onboard!!

 

Hope everyone is enjoying the review, I got lots of pics onboard the ship!!

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I am really enjoying your review so far and looking forward to the rest. Your pictures are beautiful! I'm glad there is someone else besides me who takes pictures from the airplane. :D My excuse is that it's not just about the destination, the journey is part of the trip. :) We were on Glory in 2010, same itinerary out of Miami, and I always enjoy "reliving" past cruises through reviews. We loved Glory and all the ports. I'm looking forward to the rest and thank you for taking the time to do a review.

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