Glory 7/11 - NIGHTMARE - My Review

[cruise_pirate]

What room did you move to? I was in 6473 and could hear the same thing but was kind of humorous to me.. But I can sleep through anything

[Jsme]

We went down to the pursers desk to make the adjustment, and was told that it wasn't being split, as the computers couldn't handle it. It was at this point I realized that our 3 year olds tips were likely not going to either of them since it showed her in a cabin on Rivera Deck. I pulled the room steward tips for all 3 of us, and went to the Casino to get the $75 that would have been normally due for the week. (Thank you cruise Critic for this knowledge!!!!!) I then tipped him in cash, and made sure that he wouldn't have any issues because I did this. He said he definitely wouldn't because I wasn't even assigned to him now.

 

 

Can you explain by what you mean you went to the Casino to get the $75 tath would have been normally due for the week?

 

I am editing to add: I think you did a wonderful job on your review. Everyone has a different internal temp. I stay cold most of the time and this is why I love hot weather. I am finally comfortable. However hot and humid are different. Which would be the case in this cruise. DH is always hot and would have been uncomfortable from the get go. As far as going several days without sleep, I think your family did well to hold it together as well as you did. A grumpy 3 year old is hard enough. Once the parents have not had sleep things get much worse.

 

I am glad you were able to move to another room. I think you guys deserved it.

[Rowan555]

Sure you do Susan, you just have not been to my house yet.:) Our A/C is set on 78 which is comfortable for us. But then again I work outside most of the day where it is 90-98 degrees.

 

Dave

 

I'll be sure to bring one of those tiny fans that sprays water if I ever visit your house ;)

[WhansaMi]

 

 

I would be a lot more sympathetic to the situation if the temp had been in the 80s or 90s. I don't think the ship's maintenance staff would have inaccurate temp sensors. That's their job.

 

 

I can believe it. We had an aftwrap on the Pride last month, and felt the room "ran hot". The engineer said 74... I have a very sensitive internal thermometer, and I say more like 77-78.

 

I can understand someone being quite distressed because of the heat. We were in Amsterdam last year during what the locals called a "heat wave". Our hotel did not have AC. I couldn't sleep, and ended up sobbing from lack of sleep and overheating.

 

Now, I don't know that I would call it a nightmare, but it was certainly uncomfortable and unpleasant.

[mag]

I too am sorry for your experience. I would also classify this as a nightmare if it happened on my cruise. It sounds like you were polite and tried to remain polite in your complaints so kudos to you. This also would have really made my cruise experience miserable. Who can have an enjoyable vacation with no sleep, a grumpy child, and a sweaty cabin? Sounds like you tried to make the best out of a bad situation.

[impcinder]

The OP has written an excellent summary in a non threatening manner. Kudos to you!

 

Some people like/need it cooler than others. My DD feels comfy at 82, personally if it is warmer than 72 at night - I can't sleep. Going through the 'change' makes me set the temp low and wear as little as possible at night. If this was my cabin - I would have been very upset and would have camped at the Purser's desk until the air was adjusted.

 

We are cruising the Spirit Hawaii to Ensenada in September this year. The a/c had better work! There are certain expectations about the cabin, comfortable temp is one.

 

JAS let us know how Carnival finally handles this issue.

[angelapaulk]

I don't get it... seems like the OP (who I belive is being honest and accurate) is reporting his room was measured in the 70s - he reported 74 to 79 degrees at various point in the narrative.

 

Now, I understand temperature is personal preference, but I keep my house at 78 - 79 in the summer and am very comfortable. No one who visits complains. I don't know how someone would have any difficulty sleeping at 79 degrees (don't wear PJs is my advice there.)

 

What is the desired temperature they wanted? They mentioned other places in the 60s. Did you want your room to be in the 60s? I don't think that is a reasonable expectation.

 

While I understand that temperature is a personal preference the person is just telling us her experience. I for one appreciate all the comments that I read, if they apply ok and if not I ignore them. We recently sailed on the Carnival Inspiration and our room to was hot, (to ME) it regiestered 78 which for ME was to dang hot. Had I wanted to take a hot cruise I would have requested a room without air. So while you enjoy you 78-79 degree house we dont want to pay a couple thousand dollars to be hot.

Again thanks from me personally for your post. I enjoy the feedback..

[angelapaulk]

I never suggested to sleep naked but maybe just shorts, etc. Clothing has a big impact on the heat factor. It doesn't make sense to crank down the temp and then wear something warm. It's summer, after all.

 

I grew up as a kid in Miami and slept in a bedroom with no A/C... the house had a window unit, just not in my room. Yes it is not comfortable but yes, you can sleep if you get tired, you get used to it. Not worth complaining about if there is nothing you can do about it.

 

To each his own, but my cruise is all about relaxing, being away from it all, being at sea, and not having any worries. It's not about personal comfort and having everything just the way I like it. Someone who appreciates comfort above all else is probably going to do better with a spa vacation.

 

Being in a contentious situation and having to make multiple visits to the purser, when I could be up on deck soaking up the sun, it's just not a good use of my precious vacation time. I'd rather be hot. I'm going to drink enough to guarantee I sleep soundly even if my room is on fire.

 

I would be a lot more sympathetic to the situation if the temp had been in the 80s or 90s. I don't think the ship's maintenance staff would have inaccurate temp sensors. That's their job.

 

Also, the cabins are packed so tightly, it's hard to believe that one cabin would be a drastically different temp than the next one. They don't have individual units - a malfunctioning system would affect many cabins. In that case I think it would be an urgent repair issue. If just one cabin reported a problem, its less urgent, maybe even treated as a non-issue.

 

lol

[Snorkel2Much]

Nice to see all the CheerTrollers are still alive and kicking. :rolleyes:

 

Great review jas, sorry Carnival let you down.

[jetskier]

I'll be sure to bring one of those tiny fans that sprays water if I ever visit your house ;)

 

When I go to my inlaws they give me a blanket for me to sit in the living room as they said it was too unnerving to watch me sit there shivering.

Dave

[terri910]

Excellent point! I'm thinking the cruise line has figured out that cooling costs money and that it's not money well spent to cool rooms to the 60's when 99% of the passengers are comfortable in the high 70s.

87.4% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

 

I'm afraid I do not believe for one moment that 99% of the passengers are comfortable in the high 70's, for room temperature.

[WhansaMi]

87.4% of all statistics are made up on the spot.

 

I'm afraid I do not believe for one moment that 99% of the passengers are comfortable in the high 70's, for room temperature.

 

I rolled my eyes at that one too.

 

Maybe someone can set up a poll so that we can at least give accurate statistics on CC members on this issue....

[Rowan555]

When I go to my inlaws they give me a blanket for me to sit in the living room as they said it was too unnerving to watch me sit there shivering.

Dave

 

When we evacuated to my inlaws' house in Shreveport for Katrina, and it became evident we were going to be there for a while, I ended up having to go to Wal Mart and buy hoodies for all 4 of us b/c my father in law keeps his house around 60 degrees year round. It would have been a looooooong several weeks up there shivering in our t shirts and shorts - and he made it CLEAR the thermostat was not to be touched.

[bakechef]

Amen to the two posters above

 

I live in NY- Long Island.. My central air is on at least 6 months of the year.. (ever hear of LIPA? YIKES)

I set it to 66 at night.. because i like it COLD.. I have chronic headaches and migraine/sinus issues

I would have slept in the atrium or on lido. I would not have dealt well with this at all

So kudos to the OP.. infact the only fault i personally found, with due respect, is the obvious appeasement to the cheering squad he felt necessary in his review.

It was excellent and if he had no issues with the A/C i may not have noticed it . .but it was very methodically written in order to avoid the flames... At least this is how I read it.. No flaming OP... I would have been pissed about the AC!

And my point about your review was not derogatory to you.. it was derogatory to the audience which flames complaints such as these..

Thanks!:)

 

BRAVO well said.

 

A couple years ago our central a/c broke down and it was one hot miserable night, I was not a happy camper!

 

We just recently bought our first home and I was psyched that it has a finished basement that stays in the high '60s low '70s with the A/C vents closed, so if we lose the A/C in this place we can sleep down there!

[Kissyfur19]

I don't get it... seems like the OP (who I belive is being honest and accurate) is reporting his room was measured in the 70s - he reported 74 to 79 degrees at various point in the narrative.

 

Now, I understand temperature is personal preference, but I keep my house at 78 - 79 in the summer and am very comfortable. No one who visits complains. I don't know how someone would have any difficulty sleeping at 79 degrees (don't wear PJs is my advice there.)

 

What is the desired temperature they wanted? They mentioned other places in the 60s. Did you want your room to be in the 60s? I don't think that is a reasonable expectation.

 

When you cruise....what temp do you keep your room? I have been on boats my whole life and I live in FL. And while I agree that temperature is a personal preference......78 with little humidty is very comfortable.....78 with the Caribbean Summer Humidity is unbearable!!

[code_d]

Terrible review. How could you not rant rave and bash everything. I mean nobody could insult each other here or anything.:p:rolleyes:

 

[cathyoo]

 

To the OP: I am sorry you were uncomfortable. I actually thought your review was really good (the title is misleading however..) but I do hope that you never run into an AC problem again. No one wnats to be uncomfortable when trying to sleep.

 

 

I think the title was spot on.. for myself and especially my DH it would have been a nightmare. Just reading about it gives me nightmares about my upcoming cruise

[amybeth4]

1. This situation was completely a nightmare.

 

2. Salty Dingo you continually go into threads and then type the MOST ridiculous, antagonistic remarks. And then you stop responding because you realize that everyone thinks you're out of your mind.

 

99% of people like it 78-79? Where the @% do you live, Venus? That's unBEARable to most people. I guess the people that come to your house are too polite to say they're sweating like pigs.

 

You don't vacation for comfort?

 

I mean my GOD everything you type is just...WOW. I don't even have words for your comments on this thread and on many others.

 

WOW.

[clancunningham]

We were in the same room a few weeks before and we had the same complaints!! They sent someone with a thermometer a few times who, of course, said the temperature was in the 70-74 degree range, which we knew it was not! It was definitely pretty miserable. I usually sleep really well while on the ship, but not this time. Came home exhausted. We were not offered a new room nor a fan. BTW, Curtis was awesome!!

[mzloolue]

We had a very similar experience on Glory in August 2007.

 

We were in 7367.

The air did not work right the whole 7 nights.

They brought us a box fan with one blade broken off which made it dance a bit.

They sent 3 different guys and told us there was nothing that could be done.

We propped the door open at night and it was about the same temp inside as out, but with fresher air.

 

However, on the debarkation morning a guy came and fixed it...

 

As for the op, even if he had started out in a balcony room, there would be no way that I would advise propping the door open with a young child in the room.

[janetlm]

When I go to my inlaws they give me a blanket for me to sit in the living room as they said it was too unnerving to watch me sit there shivering.

Dave

 

 

LOL, my son in law is the same -- poor thing :D

[DiverDownAZ]

Salty Dingo: Naked would be great, if we didn't have the 3 year old with us. Also, the numbers they measured I really don't believe were reality. The numbers on the standard thermometer were measuring close to 80. Also, one other thing that may affect this is the fact that the entire ship is kept very chilly, so perhaps when you are in that environment, the drastic difference may affect perception?

 

Skylock: (Toungue in cheek) - Would you mind turning your air off, get the room to 80ish, and go without sleep for 3 nights and report back if at that point if you think its a nightmare? Oh, and better yet, could you send your landlord or mortgage person a couple of grand for the privlege? (End Tongue in cheek) Seriously, maybe you had to be there? A very grumpy 3 year old, and the lack of sleep quickly become overwhelming.

 

 

I'm not skylock but, We keep the house at 89 when the wife sleeps and 83 for me. When we both sleep its usually at 89. So sorry, but I don't see the problem with your room temp.

[cmecruise1962]

I think you did an excellent job of balancing the good with the bad...I would hate changing cabins mid-cruise and trading a GREAT steward for a disinterested one and for the first time agree with removing tips and paying in cash!

 

Where I work, my office has very little air flow, so while everyone else is complaining about the cold, my office is a good 10 degrees warmer. I have learned to adjust (although I have to wear a suit...and no one else does!) and I let them keep the temperature where they want it, so they can't complain that because of ONE person, 20 have to freeze.

 

And due to a $525 electric bill, my home A/C is now set at 80 at night! :eek: (Gotta save for the cruise!!)

 

But when I am on vacation, my room had better be comfortable...whatever temp that is!! Now, I need to add a digital thermometer to my packing list!! Walmart, here I come!!

[pe4all]

I'm not skylock but, We keep the house at 89 when the wife sleeps and 83 for me. When we both sleep its usually at 89. So sorry, but I don't see the problem with your room temp.

 

Heat and humidity are 2 different issues. We love it hot (ex: visiting Vegas/Arizona in August when it is 110 degrees is a perfect vacation!) but can't stand humidity. Keeping a house at 89 when it is over 100 out with little humidity is probably equivilant to a cruise cabin being at about 68 or 70 when it is 85 degrees and humid. A/C is wonderful for removing humid air. Stirring around humid air would put a damper on my sleep patterns/vacation also.

[halos]

When you cruise....what temp do you keep your room? I have been on boats my whole life and I live in FL. And while I agree that temperature is a personal preference......78 with little humidty is very comfortable.....78 with the Caribbean Summer Humidity is unbearable!!

 

I totally agree with that, but the air conditioning was working wasn't it?? It just wouldn't allow to lower the thermostat (I am assuming??) so unless the air was totally shot and not working at all, the air in the room would have been 'conditioned' enough to remove humidity.

If it wasn't then it would indeed be a nightmare.

 

Also, I have a question to the OP...and yes, this is a personal preference question as well.

You mentioned how drastically hot the cabin became after a shower. This occurred to me last night as I was getting ready to jump in the shower. In the summer, I usually take showers/baths that are quite cool.

Sure, in the winter, I practically scald myself to get warm, but in the summer, the water is set tepid at most. If you were so uncomfortable in the cabin that you were brought to tears, why on earth would you take a shower hot enough to make the cabin seem like a sauna?

 

Just curious....

 

I think the title was spot on.. for myself and especially my DH it would have been a nightmare. Just reading about it gives me nightmares about my upcoming cruise

 

I don't like heat either and I do have total sympathy. But the nightmare to me would be having wasted most of my cruise trying to remedy the situation that was likely not able to be remedied.

I think the title of the thread was a bit off soleley for the fact that I read paragraph after paragraph of great comments before hearing about the AC.

 

again, I think the OP's review was really good and I am sorry he was so uncomfortable.