Cruise Days 1 and 2

Well we are back and it is time to start telling the story of our cruise. We had a wonderful time and can't wait until next year when we do it all again.

I thought the morning was really going to drag but had so much to do that the time just flew by and before we knew it we were at the terminal for the Carnival Glory.


Waiting patiently for the menfolk to park the cars and meet up with us so we can all go into the terminal together. Had to fill out the form stating we weren't feeling sick or anything like that.

Some very happy vacationers.

The terminal seemed to be a madhouse but the line went very quickly and we were on board before we knew it. Not many areas of the ship were open to us to begin with and our cabins wouldn't be available until 1330 so we went up to the Red Sail. This was the buffet and we got our first meal of many.

Got all settled into our cabins and then checked out the balconies. All our cabins were right in a row. First: Tammy, Tom, and Sami, then Dan and me, Kim, Dennis, Cole, and Breann were next and Mum and Dad on the end. Tommy and Micheal had an inside cabin down the passageway a bit.

After dropping off all the stuff we were carrying with us off we went to explore the ship. There is no deck that goes all the way around the ship so we will be walking on the jogging track. It is 9 laps to a mile and that is going to get a bit tedious but is better than making turns to walk back and forth on the outside decks.

Of course our first official act was the lifeboat drill and we found that being early didn't pay off.

Doesn't this look like a trouble-making threesome.

Here we are all set for the drill to begin.

This is what it looked like about a half-hour later, just before we were dismissed. We had six rows of people and let me say not a bit of the breeze (if there was one) was getting to us.

They weren't kidding about pulling out of the harbor after the boat drill, we didn't even make it back to our cabins before the ship was moving.

Caught our breath for a few minutes and then it was time to head down to dinner. We were seated at three tables that were placed end to end and that worked out very well for the whole cruise. Met our waiter Guillermo and his assistant Ilona and it turned out they were one of the best things about going to dinner every night.

We were in the dining room for about 1.5 hours but it really didn't seem that long.

Time to head out and walk off some of the delicious dinner.


After doing some more exploring it was time to head back to the cabin and call it a night.

Day 2 was a day at sea and we really enjoyed just wandering around and dropping in to participate in different activities.

Kim, Tammy and I walked just about every morning, I started with a long walk because we had no where to be. Sixty-seven and a half laps later I was done with my 7.5 miles. We didn't eat breakfast until about 0830 because of the walking but hey we are on vacation.

We checked to see if any new photos were available and then we were off to the Fun Ashore Tour Talk. We were early and the Famous Faces Challenge was about to start so we decided to play. It was a pretty easy Challenge and Dan and I got 24 out of 25 right so we were awarded a ship on a stick.

This is a very coveted item and we were lucky to bring one home on our first full day cruising, okay not really but we had a good time.

Dan went up to cabin after this, his goal on the cruise was to see how many books he could read and he used our two at sea days to accomplish this. I was off to Scrapbook Making and met up with Kim and Tammy, we were very disappointed because it was just a sales pitch to buy the scrapbooking supplies they carry on the ship.

By this time the three of us were hungry for lunch so up to the Red Sail we went, just so you know I only rode the elevator twice during the whole cruise the rest of the time it was the stairs. Usually it was about 5 - 6 flights at a time. Most everyone had eaten by the time we got to the buffet so they just sat with us to keep us company.

Kept our afternoon full with lots of activities.

Watched the kids come down the slide.

Chess games.

Kim admiring her medal after winning the Turbo Trivia.

Watched the disco lessons and the bingo game, both were very entertaining.

One of the several towel creation we found in our cabin over the course of the cruise.


This is one of the few sunsets we saw because usually we were in the dining room at this time. Tonight we ate at the buffet because it was elegant night in the dining room and we aren't the elegant type.

That wraps up the first two days, tomorrow we pull into Cozumel where we break up into three groups for excursions.