My Vista Cruise Cancelled

[llfrazer]

So we were the July 20th sailing on Vista that got cancelled, Was disappointed after so much planning, but it is what it is. I was able to get on the Glory the next day out of New Orleans, so I'm pretty excited. But now I'm back to planning stages. Wondering if anyone who has recently been on Glory and has the "Fun Times". I just want to see Elegant Nights, if the do the "White Party" & "80's Party", and a few other things that caught my eye on Vista schedule. Also, anyone have reviews on the CD, Dustin & Piano Bar player? Also reviews on the Steakhouse?

[Wolfsrule]

I’ve never been on the Glory but I think I know why your Vista Cruise was cancelled. I just got off a 7 day cruise on the Conquest and Vista was in port with us at Cozumel. People on the Vista were saying the engines were broken and they had to spend 5 days at sea before reaching any land.

[rn4t5]

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2666115-a-glory-ous-trip-may-19-26-review-w-pictures/

Here's a link to a very good and recent review of Glory 7 days from NOLA by h_blond2. Funtimes photos are on pages 3 and 4.

[Garf]

Been on the Glory years a go, very nice ship just like the Valor.

[ober134]

So sorry your cruise was cancelled. We've been on both ships. You will have a great time

[SoCalKJ]

We were booked on the 13July Vista sailing and were pretty shocked to find it was canceled.  We called our PVP but couldn't find any other availability going out that day or the next (and we were willing to change our flights to wherever else was open...I mean we had to cancel our flights to Houston from LAX anyway, since we had no reason to go anymore).

 

Anyway, we're now sailing out of Fort Lauderdale on the Caribbean Princess.  It was what fit our schedule. I've been on 24 Carnival cruises and now this will be my 2nd Princess.  Silver lining...refunded $ and a free cruise next year! It's all good.

[llfrazer]

5 hours ago, SoCalKJ said:

We were booked on the 13July Vista sailing and were pretty shocked to find it was canceled.  We called our PVP but couldn't find any other availability going out that day or the next (and we were willing to change our flights to wherever else was open...I mean we had to cancel our flights to Houston from LAX anyway, since we had no reason to go anymore).

 

Anyway, we're now sailing out of Fort Lauderdale on the Caribbean Princess.  It was what fit our schedule. I've been on 24 Carnival cruises and now this will be my 2nd Princess.  Silver lining...refunded $ and a free cruise next year! It's all good.

Good, I'm so glad you found another cruise to take. I hope you enjoy it!!

[llfrazer]

On 6/22/2019 at 10:35 AM, Wolfsrule said:

I’ve never been on the Glory but I think I know why your Vista Cruise was cancelled. I just got off a 7 day cruise on the Conquest and Vista was in port with us at Cozumel. People on the Vista were saying the engines were broken and they had to spend 5 days at sea before reaching any land.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm kinda glad ours was cancelled! I did not want to make that decision to get on a broken ship or not...haha.I'm very disappointed we wont get to try Vista right now, especially after all the research I did on it, but now is not the time I guess.

[llfrazer]

On 6/22/2019 at 10:57 AM, rn4t5 said:

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2666115-a-glory-ous-trip-may-19-26-review-w-pictures/

Here's a link to a very good and recent review of Glory 7 days from NOLA by h_blond2. Funtimes photos are on pages 3 and 4.

Thank you!! It was a great review.

[llfrazer]

On 6/22/2019 at 12:43 PM, Garf said:

Been on the Glory years a go, very nice ship just like the Valor.

Thank you! I'm very glad we are able to still go on a cruise.

[llfrazer]

On 6/23/2019 at 7:10 PM, ober134 said:

So sorry your cruise was cancelled. We've been on both ships. You will have a great time

Thank you! I'm sure we will....its all what you make of it 😊

[sushitex]

I read through the cruiser’s review (May 19-26 ) and smiled to myself when I saw their cabin number and who their room steward was. My husband and I sailed on a a 5-day cruise on the Glory, from March 11-16 of this year, and we stayed in cabin #2216, with the same layout and beds, and the same room steward! Neither hubby or I  had any problems with the beds - they were quite comfortable for us. This was our first time booking a room with porthole windows (we usually have at least 1 of our children with us) but our youngest is away at college, so I jumped at the chance to get a cabin with portholes! We both enjoyed the windows (same price as an inside cabin) and the room seemed to be spacious enough for us. 

 

Our ports of call were only Progreso and Cozumel, but we enjoyed the Mayan Ball game excursion in Cozumel very much. Our Progreso excursion was cancelled by Carnival due to insufficient sign-ups, so we just did some souvenir hunting downtown for a bit, then went back to the ship. 

 

We don’t remember our cruise director’s name, but we don’t think that it was Dustin. Whoever he was, he wasn’t afraid to sing, be crazy, and dance for all he was worth, especially during the last show in the big theater. 

 

One  “rose” that we had on this ship was that we found a great place to eat, beginning with our first meal. I had read about the BBQ place on the Glory, and when we sailed, it was still a largely undiscovered venue. We ate lunch there ( not open for dinner, I think ) almost every day, and we honestly thought it was much better than the regular buffet, which is down one flight of stairs. However, by Friday, more and more people were showing up, so it wasn’t a secret anymore, lol. It was rather strange though, on that first day, only a few passengers and some ship officers were sitting up there enjoying the food ( and the solace!) 

 

We enjoyed the Glory, but hubby really wanted our next cruise to depart from Galveston (which it does not, of course.) At the time that I was looking at cruises, however, RCCL actually had a better price on one of their ships than on the Vista. So we booked with RCCL (for the first time!) and we sail in 5 days! Meanwhile, we have been receiving offers from Carnival to come sail with them again. The latest one is a fantastic casino rate for the July 1st Vista sailing, but of course, we had already booked another cruise for the same week. But...$99 per person for an inside cabin, plus port charges and taxes?! Wow, not bad for 7 days, even if 5 are sea days.

 

Oh, well, now I can finally compare Carnival with RCCL. 

Edited June 26, 2019 by sushitex