Maybe we expected more....
Carnival Glory Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)
Sail date: October 03, 2015
Ship: Carnival Glory
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 7217
Traveled as: Family (young children)
Reviewed: 9 years ago
Review summary
This was our fourth Carnival Cruise in two years and our first on the Glory. We were very excited because we met our Son and his family in Florida to travel together. The cruise itself was good and we had fun due to the fact we were with our family.
Mike the Cruise Director was amazing and knew people and we are convinced he never slept! Our dining staff (Wida and Widana and Rudon) were wonderful and went out of their way to serve our every need. They were especially kind to our grandchildren.
Saying that; our experience was nothing near the other cruises we have had on Carnival. Many disappointing things happened like not getting any notice of an itinerary change of not being able to go to Half Moon Cay because of the hurricane, our only notice was from other passengers; it was our second time not being able to go on the island. The embarkment was delayed without any information given for why it was, our room not being cleaned one evening and Housekeeping was put out with us when we called for towels. Our excursion on Grand Turk was very disappointing and nothing like the excursion desk described to us, our shower was cold all week, we complained but nothing happened and several other things; even the timing of the entertainment, in the past you are able to go to things at 7:00 PM if you have the late dining. On the Glory everything happens at 8:00 or 9:00 and if you have late dining you miss it, with the exception of the 10:00 show that is too late for the kids.
We will definitely go on more cruises, we are fans. Maybe we just expected more because of our past experiences.
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Onboard Activities
Entertainment
Children's Programs
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Ship tip
If you travel on the Glory and want to see all the entertainment, schedule the early dining time!
Ports of call
Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)
6 Comments
Saltseagirl 9 years ago
Thanks for the comments: The problem we had with not going to Half Moon Cay wasn't the Hurricane, it wasn't being notified of the change and finding out from other passengers. The website and e-mails received from Carnival still had us going to Half Moon Cay up until embarkment. The lack of communication was terrible. We were compensated some for not going to Half Moon Cay this time but not the first time.
As far as early dinner, it conflicts with having time to shower and change after a day at port (at least for our family). We were traveling as a family of 6 ranging from age 4 to 60. The late dinner has worked well in the past for us, just not with the different show schedule on the Glory. In the past the ships had great shows and entertainment at 7:00 to allow those with later dining to attend. Our grandkids love the shows! We don't want to do anytime dining because we love the attention you receive with a regular dining staff and the relationships that are made. (And I apologize our waiters were Wira and Widana, I typed their names wrong!)
Like I said in my tip: If you want to see the variety of entertainment on the Glory, schedule early dining.
As far as Camp Carnival, our grandkids haven't wanted to go either time we have gone on a cruise with them. Just their choice, they like to stay with us as a family and they are most welcomed to do so.
Like I said, we will definitely cruise again and had a good time, just the lack of communication and other things caused it to not be as great as in the past.