Glory Strikes Back

[icft]

After our December cruise on the Glory I did a post “Glory Catches Up” covering our experience on that cruise. This past Sunday we got back from our latest Glory cruise and I thought I would compare it with the December cruise.

 

Many of the disappointments of the December cruise were not encountered on this January cruise. Namely:

 

Embarkation was a breeze. They allowed Diamond and Platinum folks in the priority lines.

 

The drink stations were always stocked; none of the no spoons to stir your coffee or no coffee cups irritations.

 

The eating places always had utensils.

 

The food in the MDR was served hot.

 

The shops were fully stocked with booze and cigarettes to buy.

 

So many small irritations disappeared while the pleasant aspects I noted (steak and cheese sandwich, working internet and especially the great bartenders) remained.

 

Disappointments that remain:

 

Drink waiters in the casino are often nowhere to be found.

 

They still send you to cabins with unacceptable and obvious defects.

 

On the December cruise they sent us to a room with one of the drawer looking things on the lower couch front hanging half off. When we reported it they fixed it, but it was obvious so why wasn’t it already fixed?

 

On this January cruise the headboard (or whatever you call that upholstered pad on the wall at the head of the bed) was grossly dirty (pic below). We reported it and they replaced it. But there is no way a person could have made that bed without noticing the problem. Why wasn’t it already fixed?

  

The pic gives you the idea, but in person it looks worse.

 

But the cruise was great. We had the best cruise we have had in a long time. The crew were wonderful as always but the biggest improvement was the fellow passengers. Since covid Carnival has attracted some boorish passengers but on this cruise everyone we encountered was polite, considerate and friendly. That more than made up for any Carnival shortcomings.

Edited January 18, 2023 by icft
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