Cruising is the perfect balance of fun and relaxing. My entire family enjoyed the experience. Thank you, Carnival for making our family vacation so fun and memorable!
Embarkation
5 out of 5
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
5 out of 5
Main dining room was good. I missed having lobster on the menu, I was looking forward to it.
Buffet was great! We really enjoyed the variety of food available. It was please to many different pallettes and appetites.
Onboard Activities
4 out of 5
The activities on the Miracle were ok. Not much going on during the day on Sea days. It would have been fun to have a limbo contest and the activities could have been announced better ahead of time. For instance, the ugly sweater contest, 80's night, and the family pajama contest were not very well known ahead of time so not a lot of people could participate in them.
Entertainment
5 out of 5
Entertainment was great! We enjoyed all of the performances. I appreciate that there were so many family friendly options. It would have been nice if the times coordinated a little better with the MDR eating times.
Children's Programs
4 out of 5
My 11 y.o loved the 12-14 club. My 13 y.o., not so much. My 11 y.o. said June was awesome. He loved hanging out in the teen room. I think there could have been more engaging activities for the teenagers. My 17 y.o. wasn't even interested in attending the teen room because nothing appealing was happening for her age group. It was a missed opportunity to help the kids that age connect with each other on the ship.
Service and Staff
5 out of 5
Our waiters Jenny, Ricardo and Sryida were fantastic. We were all impressed with how quickly they memorized our names and knew what we wanted to drink. They were very attentive to our needs and even when we saw them at other times on the ship they recognized us and went out of their way to say hello. Our room steward, Rai was wonderful, he gave great service and attention to detail when cleaning. Jess, I'm not sure if her title, but she was super helpful at guest services on the first day when we needed help getting started with the app. Felipe our cruise director made everything fun, my kids loved him! Ivelisse, at the $1in. Gold/silver station was exceptionally nice. I enjoyed visiting with her while she was making my jewelry for me.
Honestly, I hate calling people out by name. There are way too many support staff that go unnoticed because it is literally impossible to know and recognize everyone. From the people that are vacuuming the floor to the stewards cleaning the public restrooms it takes an amazing amount of exceptional staff to make sure the ship stays clean not to mention the number of cooks and such behind the scenes preparing all the food. It was a really great experience all around and I think everyone deserves recognition for that!
Ship Quality
5 out of 5
Design is great. Cleanliness was impressive. I commented several times to my husband that it was impressive how clean everything always was with the number of people on the ship.
Cabin / Stateroom
5 out of 5
It was perfect. We didn't spend much time in our cabin. It was perfect for what we needed it for.
Ship tip
Try to figure out what the events are ahead of time. I. E. Ugly sweater contest, 80's night, etc
Cabo was beautiful. We did our own thing, not an excursion through Carnival. The amount of vendors on the beach was overwhelming and made it so our day at the beach that was supposed to be relaxing was actually rather annoying. In 15 minutes of sitting on the beach we probably had 30+ vendors approach us.
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