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

[beachseasand]

Loving your pictures and your excitement is contagious! I am not going on the Glory any time soon but truly enjoying this review.

[rickechambers1@aol.com]

Hey Alex

Just a quick thanks for this review. I appreciate your genuine joy over each little detail. Now that I have a few cruises under my belt, I need to step back and appreciate those little things again like I did when I first started cruising. You arent a glass half full kinda guy...your glass is completely full! Makes me think that this is a lot better way to see things rather than sweating the small stuff...you were proud of your blue key...adorable!

Thanks again for keeping reality in perspective!

Rick

[TrqoisWtrs]

Great job on the video, and love the tunes. :) Going to grab those to add to my workout music. :D

[amyhoss]

I love your enthusiasm!

[lizzyplague]

i'm going on the Glory in October and I'm incredibly excited reading this review!

[Alexv500]

Loving your pictures and your excitement is contagious! I am not going on the Glory any time soon but truly enjoying this review.

 

 

Thank you so much and for taking the time to read! :)

[Alexv500]

Alex, glad to see you have already got your 2nd cruise under your belt!

 

 

 

I followed your Ruby Princess review last year so am coming along on this ride with you.

 

 

 

Keep it coming-and the more photos the merrier!

 

 

 

Cheers,

 

 

 

Norris

 

 

Thanks Norris for following along and finding this review, I love seeing my fellow friends who followed me along on last year's adventure follow me for this one too! Means a lot! More photos are on the way!

[Alexv500]

Alex, thank you so much for this review. It is refreshing to see young people enjoy the great things in life and to share those with your family. Congrats on your graduation and best wishes to you and your sweet Grandma! She is so lucky to have you!

 

 

You're welcome! Thank you!! And also thanks for reading along and for the support! Definitely means a lot to me and I appreciate your kind words! :)

[Alexv500]

Hey Alex

 

Just a quick thanks for this review. I appreciate your genuine joy over each little detail. Now that I have a few cruises under my belt, I need to step back and appreciate those little things again like I did when I first started cruising. You arent a glass half full kinda guy...your glass is completely full! Makes me think that this is a lot better way to see things rather than sweating the small stuff...you were proud of your blue key...adorable!

 

Thanks again for keeping reality in perspective!

 

Rick

 

 

No problem! I love doing these reviews and sharing along my amazing experience that I had on this cruise, such a great time! I also love giving every detail so others can see what it was like! Thank you so much for reading along!

[Alexv500]

Great job on the video, and love the tunes. :) Going to grab those to add to my workout music. :D

 

 

Thank you so much!! Those videos took forever to put together and edit but I'm very happy with how they turned out, there's more videos on the way as the review progresses along! I love those songs too, they're very catchy and Everytime I listen to them now, I am reminded of this amazing vacation I got to go on! Thank you so much for also taking the time to watch the videos, means a lot!! :)

[Alexv500]

I love your enthusiasm!

 

 

Thank you so much!! :)

[Alexv500]

i'm going on the Glory in October and I'm incredibly excited reading this review!

 

 

You're going to have such a great time!! What itinerary will you be doing? I love that ship so much I'm so jealous!! I'm actually considering sailing on Glory again next year since the prices for the Vista are a little outta budget and I really want to do a Western on Glory next year, that's how you know it's a great ship when you won't hesitate to sail on her again, such a fun ship!

[just nik]

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[east_coastal]

Following. This is awesome. Sailing on Glory in October.

[fivemonkeysplus1]

Thank you for your review! We sailed the western itinerary on Glory in 2014. First cruise and we had a fabulous time!

[ash713]

Please please please post some more!! Going on the Glory in September and so excited to see everything about her!! You are adorable by the way!!

[chau123]

Your review is awesome! I will be on the Glory on June 18, 2016! I can't wait!

[sharkaymon]

Dear Alex, As you can see from my signature, I've cruised several times and I've been on Cruise Critic for several years. I've read many reviews and many other posts and thread and I have never before read anything written with such pure, wholesome JOY. I look forward to seeing your pictures of course but more than that I look forward to the JOY in your words. I pray you keep this wonderful outlook on life.:)

[rather_be_crusin]

I am LOVING this review! Your writing has a lot of voice, and it's a sweet one! Makes me happy you and your family had so much fun.

[Alexv500]

Thank you for your review! We sailed the western itinerary on Glory in 2014. First cruise and we had a fabulous time!

 

You are very welcome!! Thank you so much for taking the time to read! More is on the way!

 

Please please please post some more!! Going on the Glory in September and so excited to see everything about her!! You are adorable by the way!!

 

Thank you so much, you are too sweet!:) More is on the way! You are going to have such an amazing time, I am telling you this has been the best cruise so far, and Glory will just always have a special place in my heart since she was my first Caribbean cruise and first cruise on Carnival as well, I am just super jealous you will be sailing on her very soon! If you have any questions about Glory, feel free to ask and feel free to watch my videos from my trip!

[Alexv500]

Your review is awesome! I will be on the Glory on June 18, 2016! I can't wait!

 

Thanks so much! Wow that's in 2 days! Super excited for you! You are going to have the best time ever! Oh how I love the Glory!! So much fun!

 

I am LOVING this review! Your writing has a lot of voice, and it's a sweet one! Makes me happy you and your family had so much fun.

 

Awww thank you so much, your kind words just brought a huge smile to my face!! :) We had such a great time, and would do it all over again if I could, best vacation ever!!

[Alexv500]

Dear Alex, As you can see from my signature, I've cruised several times and I've been on Cruise Critic for several years. I've read many reviews and many other posts and thread and I have never before read anything written with such pure, wholesome JOY. I look forward to seeing your pictures of course but more than that I look forward to the JOY in your words. I pray you keep this wonderful outlook on life.:)

 

You just made my day! I am so glad to have someone enjoy my review so much, I just love cruising and writing about it just is something I enjoy very much! When you are passionate about something, writing all about it is a breeze, I just love cruising so much and this cruise was such an amazing and fun experience! Thank you so much for your kind words, they truly mean a lot to me and that's why I just love sharing my experience with everyone on here! I just can't thank you enough for your kind words, brought a giant smile to my face reading that and thank you sooo much for reading my review too!

[Alexv500]

Hey everyone! It's been while since I have posted, and I am so sorry I have not posted in a while! Finally on summer vacation and I guess I have been just too busy relaxing and watching Netflix all day, LOL but I am back and here to work some more on this fun review! Still going through some PCD, I kid you not I look at my cruise pictures everyday to live back the good days of this amazing cruise. But on with this review, I got lots of writing to do and tons of pics to show so bear with me haha!

 

So where did I last leave off on this? Oh that's right! Sea Day!!

 

Today was our first sea day (March 21) and we were enroute from HMC to the beautiful island of St. Thomas, but today was also a special day to my family and I, as it today was my grandpa's birthday. Not sure if I mentioned this, but my grandpa and I were super close and he passed away of Pancreatic cancer in 2013, but I continue to miss him each and everyday since he was super special to me and I miss him like crazy! One funny thing is I always tend to cruise during his birthday like last year (my first cruise) departed on March 21, 2015 so my grandpa's birthday is definitely a very special day and I know how much he would have loved cruising, he loved and admired the ocean very much, I think I get that from him haha!

 

Anywho, I LOVEEEE Sea days more than anything! Sure port days are fun, but during a sea day you just get to spend the entire day on the ship and just be able to be out on the ocean and just admire it, after all that is what cruising is all about, being out at sea, I just love that feeling so much and I love the ocean very much! Since this cruise our first day after leaving Miami was a port day, so we didn't get to really spend that first day on the ship, when normally you set sail from a port and have a sea day and then usually a port day after that, at least that's how my cruise last year was! ( actually we had two sea days after leaving LA on that cruise) But anyways (wow I ramble a lot Lol!) I was thrilled to have a day on the ship today because after today was going to be 3 port days in a row!

 

My favorite: Ham and Cheese omelet w/ bacon & hashbrowns..soooo delicious!

 

I forgot to mention! I got the WORST SUNBURN EVER after Half Moon Cay, I was super red and in excruciating pain, so being out in the sun that day was just super painful and burned like crazy! So today I was going to spend it inside the nice cool and air conditioned ship, no outside in the beaming sun out on lido today, sadly! And I was looking so forward to swimming and being out on lido relaxing, but silly me decided to get a horrible sun burn in HMC, but at least I wasn't alone because my aunt also got a horrible sun burn as well, so she was going to be my buddy today since we were both burnt and as red as the lobsters that would be served at tonight's formal dinner!

 

So since I was going to spend the day inside today, my aunt and I decided to head on up to the gym and workout a bit and burn off some calories from all that yummy food we have been indulging on these past 2 days!

 

I went down to my cabin and got changed for the gym, and luckily I came prepared with workout clothes and running shoes, last cruise I didn't even bother bringing any of that or even checking out the gym, LOL OOPS. The gym on the Glory was super nice and the best part about it, well the view!! Such an amazing view and being able to workout with the best view ever, such a great experience!

 

Gym with a view, I could really get used to this..

 

After a great workout, it was time for some lunch! I know it's bad I just burned all these calories on the treadmill only to go gain them again at the buffet, but hey I'm on a cruise and on vacation, plus there was chicken tenders at the buffet and I just can't say no to those!! So on to the buffet I went, I felt very guilty but how can one simply resist this plus a view like this..

 

As you can see, I love food, I'm a foodie!

 

Next up: More fun at sea!

 

 

Thanks everyone for keeping up with me and reading the review! You guys all mean a lot to me and I can't thank you guys enough for taking the time to read and post comments! I will for sure be working on this a lot more, I love sharing my experience and as much detail as I can to you guys! More on the way tomorrow!

[Alexv500]

Actually I lied! I'll squeeze in another section before I head to bed! So on with the fun!

 

 

 

A Day at Sea Continued

 

 

 

So after lunch, I walked around the ship and just enjoyed everything! And despite my sunburns, I decided I wanted to go on the waterslide! And the views from the waterslide deck are just incredible!

 

 

 

 

Just look at that amazing blue water though, simply stunning and amazing!

 

 

 

So after some fun out on deck and on the waterslide, I headed on down to the cabin to relax and decided I was going to order some room service. It was around 4 o'clock ish and dinner wasn't till 8 and the buffet wouldn't be open till 6. So, why not order some room service, after all it's free and on my last cruise I didn't order since grandmom insisted I did not need to order any since the buffet had plenty of food. This cruise, I promised myself I would for the heck of it because when else can you order room service and not have to pay extra?? So room service it was! I ordered a BLT, Salad, Cookies, Juice, Cheesecake, I mean hey it's free!! Go big or go home LOL!

 

 

 

After around 30 mins or so, room service knocked on the door and my pre dinner had arrived! Tonight was going to be our 1st formal night of the cruise so gotta have something in my tummy before getting ready!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After my pre-dinner snack, I headed out on deck 10 aft to go watch the beautiful sunset, and sunsets at sea are the best, I cannot express how amazing it is to watch the sun go down while at sea, one of the best parts about being on a cruise!

 

 

 

Here's what I mean...

 

 

Amazing, I know! I Love this so much!

 

 

 

Sunsets at sea are amazing, I just can't express that enough, and so glad I had late dining so I was able to go out and enjoy all the sunsets, that would be something I could have possibly missed by eating at 6pm dinner.

 

 

 

After my time out on deck, it was time for me to head down to the cabin and get ready for our formal night! I was super excited because I love getting all dressed up fancy for formal night, I don't see why some don't like doing formal night, I find it pretty fun plus tonight me and my family were going to take some formal pictures as well, it was going to be a great night, so on that note...

 

 

 

Next up: Our first formal night of the cruise!

 

 

 

Now I am going to bed Lol! Hope everyone enjoys! Can't wait to share more soon with you guys!

Edited June 16, 2016 by Alexv500

[Sabalon]

Am going to have to go back and read this whole thread...great stuff - gets me excited for two weeks from now.

 

The pic of the lido from behind the waterslide made me laugh - good place to hang out and setup a wedgie cam!