''Carnival Glory'' is a operated by
Carnival Cruise Line
Carnival Cruise Line is an international cruise line with headquarters in Doral, Florida. The company is a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Its logo is a funnel (ship), funnel shaped like a whale's tail, with a red, white, and blue colo ...
. She is the second of five ''Conquest''-class cruise ships. As of August 2022, she operates out of
.
Construction
Built by
Fincantieri
Fincantieri S.p.A. () is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. Already the largest shipbuilder in Europe, after the acquisition of Vard in 2013, Fincantieri group doubled in size to become the fourth largest in the world (2014 ...
at their
Monfalcone
Monfalcone (; Bisiacco: ; fur, Monfalcon; sl, Tržič; archaic german: Falkenberg) is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Gorizia in Friuli Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Trieste. Monfalcone means 'falcon mountain ...
shipyard in
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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, northern Italy, she was
floated out on July 19, 2003, and
christened by American physicist and astronaut
Dr Sally Ride.
Facilities
''Carnival Glory'' has two
pools, six
whirlpools
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, and a water slide. The ship also features a 13,300 square foot spa.
Refits
''Carnival Glory'' was first drydocked in November 2012 for refurbishment.
In February and March 2017, she received a new "WaterWorks" feature, along with renovations of additional areas aboard the ship.
Areas of operation
In November 2009, ''Carnival Glory'' was redeployed to Miami. Later in June 2010, ''Carnival Glory'' began conducting summer cruises out of
New York City
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, undertaking Canadian-bound cruises. ''Carnival Glory'' also has cruised out of
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
, Virginia.
In 2014, ''Carnival Glory '' operated eastern and western Caribbean cruises departing out of Miami.
In January 2018, ''Carnival Glory'' was the first of Carnival's ship which returned to St. Thomas since hurricanes in September 2017.
''Carnival Glory''s home port is
.
Incidents
On March 16, 2007, a 35-year-old male passenger jumped through a window and fell into the water east of
Fort Lauderdale
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, Florida. He was rescued 8 hours later.
On March 8, 2015, 21-year-old Virginia Tech student, Cameron Smook, fell overboard from a 6th deck balcony. Surveillance video showed Smook climb over the balcony's railing before falling into the water. A search was conducted south of
Abaco Island
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Abaco may refer to:
People
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*Joseph Abaco (1710–1805), Belgian compose ...
, Bahamas. The
United States Coast Guard
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along with other area vessels conducted a search, but Smook's body was not recovered. The cruise had departed Miami on Saturday, March 7, 2015.
On August 19, 2015, around 16:00, or about 45 minutes after leaving
Roatán
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in Honduras, a 65-year-old female passenger, from
San Jose, California, fell or jumped overboard from the 9th or 11th deck. Two hours later her body was found from Roatán.
On October 14, 2017, at 8:15, while passengers were disembarking in Miami, 8-year-old Zion Smith, from the Bahamas, fell from the 5th floor to the 3rd floor of the Old Glory Atrium.
CPR
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was started immediately and paramedics took her to Ryder Trauma Center where she later died.
On July 1, 2018, ''Carnival Glory'' rescued a crew member who went overboard on ''
Norwegian Getaway
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'' the day before. A 33-year-old male Filipino was found and rescued 21 miles north of
Cuba
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.
On December 20, 2019, while maneuvering to dock in
Cozumel
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she collided with , which was already docked. Six passengers on board ''Carnival Glory'' sustained minor injuries. The cruise line attributed the incident to "spontaneous wind gusts and strong currents."
The restaurant that was located in the affected area of ''Carnival Glory'' was closed until major repairs could be done. Despite this, the itineraries for both ships continued as planned.
Gallery
File:Tail of Carnival Glory, 12-2014.JPG, The "whale-tail" funnel, from the back
File:Lido deck of Carnival Glory, 12-2014.JPG, Lido deck, at night
References
Notes
Bibliography
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External links
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