Glory Eastern Caribean cruise 1/10/2015

[Liverpoollovely]

Love your review :)

[Cjh1975]

Love your review :)

 

Thank you

[Cjh1975]

We weren’t scheduled to arrive in to Old San Juan until late afternoon so it was kind of like having a sea day in the morning. We woke up and got breakfast then laid out on chairs on the Lido deck where I napped for a bit. Then we went to play some trivia, which we lost. Then we went back to our chairs for a while. We went back to the rooms and got ready to go out for the day, then sat on the balcony as we sailed in.

 

 

 

This was a cool little area that was still decorated for Christmas, you can see the toys soldiers and there were little gingerbread houses too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last cruise I took was out of San Juan and we stayed in Condado and loved the beach there so we decided to go back there. We took a cab over there for $14.00. I wanted to go to Oroscos for their trifongo, because I had it last time I was there and I loved it. Oroscos was opening late that day so we decide we would go to the beach and come back after 4:00. We walked over to Walgreens to get some snacks and drinks then headed to the beach. We found some people who were renting chairs for 5.00 each so we got two chairs and sat down. The waves were too strong for us to go in the water so we just relaxed on our chairs and enjoyed the view. This beach is beautiful!

 

 

 

 

 

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I noticed when we walked around that a lot of stores still had Christmas decorations up. I guess they just weren’t ready to let go of the holidays.

 

Even myCoke was Christmassy

 

 

 

After hanging on the beach for a while we decided to walk back to Oroscos. We left our towels on the chairs to save them. The trifongo was just as delicious as I remembered it and I washed it down with the local beer.

 

 

 

 

After having a couple more beers we decided to walk back to the beach. We get back to where the chairs were and they are gone. We look around and the people who were renting them were gone too…………….and so were our beach towels L We weren’t even gone an hour, and the people who rented the chairs to us saw as walk away so I wish they would have said something to us if they were going to shut down soon. This kinda put a damper on our say and we decided to head back to the ship. We found a taxi and headed back to the ship.

[Cjh1975]

Headed back to the ship.

 

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We walked around the port area for a while which was still decorated from Christmas.

 

 

 

Then we were headed back on the ship

 

 

Somehow when we got back on the ship we ended up on a crew elevator instead of the passenger one

 

 

When the elevator got to our floor it opened up to a bunch of hallways and we had no idea where to go. Luckily a crew member saw us and showed us the way out. Then we headed back to our cabin and saw there was a little treat form the cruise director. We were talking to him the night before and he asked us for our room number, then these showed up today. That was nice of him.

 

 

 

 

We still had quite a while till sail away but we didn’t feel like going back out so we decided to go to the hot tub. We walked up to the Lido deck and looked at other ships. The HAL ship that was in port with us the day before and the Carnival Sunshine were docked with us.e decided to go to the hot tub. We walked up to the Lido deck and looked at other ships. The HAL ship that was in port with us the day before and the Carnival Sunshine were docked with us.

[Cjh1975]

 

We headed up to the Serenity deck and went in the hot tub. We spent a hour or so in the hot tub then went and got ready for dinner. After dinner we went to the Lido Deck to watch sail away.

 

 

 

Goodbye Puerto Rico

 

 

After sail away we went back to our room and there was our towel animal with our past guest party invitations.

 

[Cjh1975]

Sail away was at 10 at night so we didn't really do much after that. We went to the piano bar for a bit and saw about the last 5 mins of the comedy show. Then we called it a night

[tequilasunrise]

Loving your review, especially the pictures of the entertainment, parties etc. So many reviews are food focused, and I get bored with that. How many times do you need to look at a picture of a pizza slice? Yours is great, brings back fond memories of the Glory and how warm the staff was on that ship!! Thanks again :)

[Cjh1975]

We docked in St Thomas at 7:00am but since we had no set plans for this port we decided to sleep in a bit. When we woke up we grabbed some breakfast and off the ship and walked over to where the taxis are.

 

 

Christmas decorations were still up in St Thomas too

 

 

 

We found a taxi that would take us to the Charlotte Amalie shopping area for 4.00 each. We took the quick ride over and hopped off the taxi and went over to the little swap meet type area. I bought a few things for the kids then we left and started walking towards the brick and mortar stores. We were looking for a good place to stop and buy drinks. We found a spot where we each had a Caribe, the local beer, and some chips and queso. After that we just wondered around for a while browsing in the stores. Then we decided to find another bar so we found one place where you can but a drink and add as much rum in it as you want. They gave us some free samples but we decided to pass. Then we saw a little bar down one of the side streets and decided to check it out. It was called the Rum Island Pub. So we decided to get a drink there. It was a fun bar with great bartenders. Trish and Seabass were working behind the bar and were great. When we sat down Trish gave us some free samples of some frozen berry drink that was really good so I ordered that and Diane had some beers. The bar had a few signs around it that said “Husband Daycare Center” and that’s exactly what it was beside me and Diane, it was all men at the bar who’s wives were out shopping and the wives would stop by from time to time.

 

 

After my frozen drink I had a few more Caribes. I’m not a huge beer drinker but I really liked the Caribe.

 

 

While at the bar we met the two guys that were sitting on the sides off us: Ivan from Canada and Keith from somewhere. The four of us had so much fun hanging out and joking around.

 

The four of us

 

 

Trish and Seabass

 

 

[Cjh1975]

Then Trish came around and gave us some free Fireballs which I’ve never had before but was pretty good. I saw something on the drink menu and had to try it. It was called a bushwhacker and was a frozen drink with chocolate and peanut butter. One sip and I was in love, it was so tasty!!!! I told Diane she had to try it and she ended drinking half of it.

 

The Bushwhacker AKA awesomeness in a cup

 

 

 

Whenever I am back in St Thomas, which hopefully will be next Jan, I will make a point of going to the Rum Island Bar and ordering another Bushwhacker. We spent several hours at this bar and just before we were about to leave Ivan bought us a round of drinks. Seabass asked me what I wanted and I said surprise me. I forgot what he made me but was a fruity mixed drink and was pretty good. We then said our goodbyes to Ivan and Keith took our drinks and headed back to the ship. The ship wasn’t too far away so we decided to walk back. I’m glad we did because it was a very scenic walk.

 

 

 

Three ships at dock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Cruisegirl6]

Nice photos thank you.

[Cjh1975]

We got back to the ship and grabbed a guys burger them went to the room to get ready for the past guest party. While Diane was getting ready I

Chilled on the balcony for a while.

 

 

Senor Frogs

 

 

Looks like she had a good time at Senor Frogs

 

[RedDevil]

we are sailing this ship and itinerary in 4 weeks, could you tell me which 2 nights are the elegant nights for the dining room please so we can plan which night to book the steakhouse. Thanks

[FloridaGram]

We sat on the balcony for a bit then got ready for dinner. We had anytime dinning which I prefer because you are not tied down to a schedule. We always asked to be seated with others and this night 3 other couples and had a fun time. After dinner we went to the piano bar which is usually our favorite thing to do at night on the ship. Our piano bar performer was Kyle and he was disappointing. He was a nice guy and he was funny but he played a lot of slow songs and never really got the crowd going. We didn't stay too long then we went to the comedy show. The comedian was Kim Harrison and I didn't care for her too much. I realize it's an adult comedy show but she was way too raunchy for me..... Just wasn't my cup of tea.

After the show we went back to our room say on the balcony for a while watched a ship sail past us. Then called it a night

 

 

Reading your review because I was on this cruise also. I was wondering your thoughts and so far we are on the same page! We sailed on the Liberty 4 times last fall and the main reason was we enjoyed the piano bar so much. Can you imagine after that walking into Kyle's? The first night we were so excited and sat down at the bar and left to go to the comedy club pretty quick. We tried it again a couple of times, we would come in and sit by the door. I remembered Jeremy saying to me on the Liberty he didn't understand how someone could come in and make a decision in 30 seconds whether they liked it. So I stayed about 20 minutes and it did not get any better so we left again. Now I know how you can know in 30 seconds!

I agree, adult comedy is just not for me. It is not funny, just raunchy and packed every night to hear it. I KNOW comedians can be funny without being raunchy. This just seems to be Carnivals MO though because after 5 cruises they were all the same. Most of the family friendly was really funny though so I know the comedians can be funny.

 

I can't wait to hear the rest of your review. I am hoping it turned out to be a great celebration for you!

[FloridaGram]

Well, I got done! We ARE kindred spirits! We too were on the first tender to HMC and one of the last back. We parked in front of the I Wish I Could Stay Here Forever sign, I love that sentiment! Once you got in the water up over your chest it was OK. I am from Fl so like warm water but thankfully I was able to enjoy being there. This was our first cruise this time of year so I was worried I would not be able to get in the water.

 

I hope you enjoyed your sea days too!

[Cjh1975]

I'm back to finish the review :). Sorry to leave you hanging but Ive been really busy lately.

 

After hanging on the balcony for a while we headed to the past guest party. We sat down and ordered a couple of shade-ades from a server and were served some appetizers and listen to the band play some songs. Then Dr E came out and performed as James Brown which was really funny

 

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The servers were good and took our drink orders before we finished our first drinks

 

 

 

 

The cruise director the spoke for a bit and showed the film with all the ships and everyone claps for the ships they have been on. I could only clap for four of the shops but am looking forward to being able to clap for a lot more someday.

 

Next they showed the options for the Super Bowl commercial. I liked the cruise virgin one the best personally. Next the officers came officers came out and were introduced. We ordered some more drinks and this time I got a Miami Vice

 

 

[Cjh1975]

After the past guest party we got ready for dinner. They night the dinning room was quite busy and it there were no large tables available so we were sat a table for 2 but luckily we were sat next to a couple that we sat with earlier in the week so we chatted with them. After dinner we went to Dr E's name that 80s song. This was so much fun!!! He played snippets of songs and we had to figure our what they were then after he played all of them we were going to back through the list and sing along. When we were about 3/4 if the way through the listening to the snipets Dr E got a call on his cell, then Wally the assistant CD showed up. Once Wally got there Dr E took off running! Obviously something was wrong. A few mins later we hear a page from Dr E stating that we would be heading back to Puerto Rico for a passenger that had a medical emergency. A few mins later Dr E was back to finish the show.

 

 

While watching the show we ran into a couple of ladies we met a few nights before and she offered us some shots of jäger. That was my first time trying it and I really liked it, it tasted kinda like black licorice which I love. After the show we called it a night

[Cjh1975]

Today we slept in then headed to breakfast. After breakfast we laid out in the Lido deck for a few hours. We basically had a chilled, relaxed day. We did several trivia games and won nine of them. We did tie for first place with 2 other teams in the comercial tag line trivia but we lost in the sudden death round. We played scatagories, we even tried the Amazing Race game but we were eliminated in the first round, but it was fun to watch the rest of the teams do it. I gambled a bit then headed back to the room. Then Diane surprised me with a piece of carrot cake.

 

 

 

 

 

We rested in the room for a bit then headed back to the Lido for a bit.

There were quite a few other ships out with us

 

 

 

 

[smurfm69]

Hey, glad you're back! Was looking forward to the rest of your review. lol

[Cjh1975]

Another Carnival ship

 

 

After hanging on the deck we went to the Serenity deck to use the hot tin for a while. After the hot tub we got ready for dinner. After dinner we went to see Dr E do his sing a long. This time it was themed the oldie but goodies and the 90s. For this one he played songs from all the decades starting with the 60s through the 90s. Once again it was a really fun time. After that we watched Transformers on the big screen. I hadn't watched one before and found it pretty cool watching a movie under the stars in the middle of the ocean. After the movie we went to bed.

[Cjh1975]

This morning we woke up and went to the Sea Day Brunch to use our drink coupons. The brunch was yummy and we met a couple who were on the ship to celebrate their fathers 101 birthday. After brunch we went to some trivia, then Hasbo Game Show which is always fun to watch. Next we went to the Q&A session with the cruise director and assistant CD. This was really funny, the answers the two of them have to people's questions were hilarious. After the session we chatted with them for a bit

 

Dr E and I

 

 

Wally and I

 

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After the Q&A we went to grab lunch and I headed to the Fish n Chips for one last time I ate up on deck 10 and watched the Groove for St Jude's and I bought my t-shirt. Then we went back to the cabin to pack up and get ready for dinner. While waiting for a table we saw a couple we met a dinner a few nights earlier so we decided to get a table with them.

 

Me with our server DWI. He said he was accepting applications for his next girlfriend :)

 

 

After dinner we said our goodbyes to them and headed back to the room.

 

A sight I hate to see

 

 

 

 

 

When we got back to the room this was waitng for me

 

 

 

 

I had won the ship on a stick a few days before from the morning show and was wondering if it was going to come. After changing we headed out and went to the piano bar for a bit which was once again disappointing. We decided to check out the comedian and he was hilarious!!!!! He was my favorite of them all. After the show we went and grabbed some pizza, then we were off to bed

[Cjh1975]

We woke a little sad this day because our fabulous trip was coming to an end and we were back in Miami.

 

 

 

 

We headed up to breakfast then came back to our cabin and enjoy the view from our balcony one last time

 

Before we left our cabin I had to take a picture of something that bothered me all week..........

 

 

This tile was hung on the bathroom wall directly above the toilet. Across from the toilet is a large mirror so when you are on the toilet doing you business and not only do you see yourself in the mirror, you see this tile staring at you.

 

 

 

Probably the only person on the ship that was bothered by this but for some reason I just found it awkward.

 

We said goodbye to our awesome room steward

 

Grabbed our luggage and left the cabin

[Cjh1975]

We sadly took the elevators down to the atrium and walk off the Glory L we headed down to customs and waited a while. When we got to the customs officer I went to hand him my birth certificate and he said, “I don’t need to see that, just your ID.” Which I thought was odd, every other cruise customs had looked at my birth certificate and some even ask for my marriage certificate since my last name on my ID and BC don’t match.

We had an early flight to catch so we called SAS to let them know that we had been through customs and they said a driver would be on his way. We waited a while and didn’t see them, so Diane called SAS and left a message. The driver called back saying that he couldn’t find a spot to stop so he was going around the port and would be back. He finally came by, pulled up and picked us up. We stopped at some other terminals to pick up some other passengers from other ships then were on our way back to Fort Lauderdale. I flight was at 10:45 and we were a little worried we were going to miss it. We got to FLL and were the first ones dropped off. We went walk in to the terminal and the lady working asked what time our flight was, we told her and she brought us up to the front of the line. Then we headed to the security line which was long and moved pretty slowly. There was a police dog in line which was really cute. We were pretty close to the front of the security lines when the officer standing next to the officer holding the dog’s leash shouted, “Everyone, DO TOUCH THE DOG!!!!! He is working and this isn’t a petting zoo” which we had to laugh at cause he sounded ridiculous. When we got to the scanners we took off our shoes and put our stuff i8n the bins for scanning. An officer came over and told us to put our shoes back on and not use the bins, which I also found weird, I have never been told not to use the bins. So we put our bags on the belt for scanning and walked through the body scanner holding my phone. After making through security we had to make a pit stop at the restrooms and then headed over to the gate. As we walked to the gate the Southwest employee said, “Are you Caroline & Diane?” We answered yes and he said, Welcome you are the last ones to board. We boarded the plane and since we were the last to board we had to seat in middle seats. I sat behind a couple who had a child with them and they were arguing loudly. Finally a flight attendant came up and told the man that he would have to move seats. The man was very angry and demanded to know why he had to move. The flight attendant told him that if we were in the air and they started arguing like that again the plane would have to be diverted to another airport and they would be escorted off, and to save everyone’s time it would be easier to diffuse the situation now. So the man switched seats but was not happy about it. Then we took off and landed in New Orleans about 2 hours later.

By then we were hungry so we decided to grab something to eat and since we were in New Orleans we decided to stop at Zatttarans for some food. I ordered a sausage sandwich with gumbo and was really disappointed, but I guess I shouldn’t expect too much from airport food. After lunch I sat and charged my phone for a while then we boarded our plane back home to LAX. On that flight we had a sick guy that they had to page a doctor for assistance to help him out. When we landed we had to wait until the sick guy got off the plane before we could get off. We got off the plane, grabbed our bags and waited for my husband and kids to pick us up. They got there and we headed to Applebee’s for dinner then dropped Diane off at her house and our trip was over. L It was an awesome trip and can’t wait for our next one. Thanks for taking time to read this and I hope you enjoyed it

[cruiseclues]

You looked like you had a lot of fun...thanks for the fine Photos and Review. :):):):)