Great first cruise!

Item: Carnival Glory
Rating: 4.4
Author: erdy4

Carnival Glory Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

erdy4

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 53

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 10, 2011

Ship: Carnival Glory

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

For a first cruise, it met my every expectation. Woke up in the morning, hit the buffet early, got coffee, watched world news on the big screen on pool deck. Got the day going! Between the ports and sea days, stayed busy the whole time! Still very relaxing and always full!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

We ate in the dining rooms a couple times as we were with a large wedding group. Highly recommend doing this once, and get the chocolate lava cake! To die for!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

1 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Pay attention to your ships activity itinerary. A few times we were looking for something to do, checked the scheduled activities, and realized we were super late to all of them. We never made it to trivia or bingo, etc. once.

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5

Spent the day on the beach! First full day of vacation and it was hot and sunny and wonderful!

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

A friend got married here. The purpose of the cruise. We did not have the opportunity to see much of St. Thomas except from out the windows of the bus that took us to the courthouse, and to the location of the wedding. Seemed not great though. Very residential and poor looking. We passed a taco lunch truck on our way to the courthouse. Looked kinda sketchy though.

Thumbs Up 3

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

We took a bus up into the El Yu rainforest. It was of course sunny when we got off the ship, and very overcast and gloomy in the rain forest. No surprise there, lol. Made me wish we stayed in town. The excursion was expensive for the very long bus ride up to the visitors center and back. Nothing special at all. I think the ride was 45 minutes or so. We did not see ANY wildlife. I do not recommend this excursion. Save your money and stay on the beach.

Thumbs Up 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

This was my absolute favorite stop!!! We did the clear bottom kayak and eco tour. The guide was hilarious! Conch soup, conch stew, conch fu! It was incredibly hot out. Must have been mid to upper 90's. It was fantastic! Loved every minute here.

Thumbs Up 10

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

4 Comments

Babydoll336 6 years ago

First cruise was June 2nd 2018 on the Glory and it led us to book the Pride June 9, 2019! It was a wonderful first cruise!

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Mydogluke 6 years ago

Glad you liked the Glory. She is coming to New Orleans soon. Will miss the Dream though.

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Hildy963 6 years ago

Glad that you had a great time on the Glory. She was our first cruise ship. We are sailing her next May.

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bmw4g9 6 years ago

Glad you enjoyed yourself. May 2017 was my first cruise. It was on the Glory. Enjoyed it so much, I scheduled my 2nd cruise within a month after getting home. 2nd cruise is March 17, 2019 on the Magic.

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