December 20 '03 Glory

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saw315

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Hi everyone. My family is going on the Carnival Glory on December 20. Three of us have cruised before, but only once and the other 4 have never. We range in age from 25 - 29 (the daughters) and of course our parents are older. I have a few questions that I hope someone will be kind enough to answer.

1. Has anyone been on a Western Caribbean/Mexican cruise in late December, and if so, what is the weather like? We are all from Orlando, and are accustomed to tropical weather and hope this is what we will enjoy.

2. How late are the casino and clubs open? The Carnival website lists the opening times, but not the closing.

3. One of us went on Royal Caribbean and was able to purchase inexpensive bottles of booze onboard to consume in the stateroom. I have seen mentioned that Carnival does not share this same policy. Has anyone had a problem "smuggling" liquor via your checked-in luggage?

4. Any certain shore excursions that were particularly fun? A three hour "informative" bus ride just to get to the Mayan ruins excites not one of the seven of us, no matter how educational.

Thanks to anyone who has managed to get through this novella and especially anyone who feels compelled to comment.
 
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ali38

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WE WERE ON THE 11-22 WESTERN CRUISE. it was pretty warm, I would bring some warm clothes just in case. as far as the booze, when you get back from any of the ports there will be a table set up to drop off any bottles of booze you have, you will get everything the last night of the cruise. people have smuggled booze in things such as shampoo bottles or mouth wash bottles. you can also purchse the small airlines bottles and put them in your checked luggage, just wrap them well enough so they don;t break. we only did one excursion in cozumel we did the passion island one. it was wonderful. only thing is there wasn't enough time there. we drank had lunch walked on the beach did some shopping then back to the mainland to go back to port. my review is is in the review section . the casinos open after we leave the ports and i believe they close around 4 am or just before arriving at the ports.have fun!
 
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