Carnival experience

I found it hard to find the proper title foe this thread. I thought about "Do you believe in second chances" but I digress.

We took the 14 day Alaskan Cruise on the Carnival Miracle last year. Where we enjoyed the cruise overall we found the food on the Miracle to be terrible. Thankfully we were not the only people who felt that way. It left me in no hurry to book another Carnival cruise.

Well fast forward a few months and our dearest friends are retiring and want us to join them on their retirement cruise. We readily agreed and they choose the 14 day Alaska cruise on Carnival out of San Pedro, our hearts sank. When I saw it was on the Splendor we decided to give it a go.

We looked at each other and thought oh my, 14 days of pizza and the grill. Where we looked forward to the cruise and spending time with our friends we were not enthusiatic about the dining.

Well I have to say we were pleasently surprised. The staff were awesome and the food was very good from the dining room to the buffet. We had a great time on the Splendor and are very happy we gave Carnival the second go round.

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We haven’t bedn on the Splendot, but we have been on the Miracle and we love the ship. In fact it was our 2nd favourite so far. We have always enjoyed the food whether the Lido buffets, drli or MDR. The only food neither of us likes are the greasy, drippy burgers at Guys. Yuk! We all have such different likes and dislikes, tastes vary greatly and even shipboard food can’t please everyone. Wink

We were on the Miracle for a repositioning cruise from New York thru the Panama Canal, ending in Long Beach Calif. We had a blast, and the food and crew were outstanding. Of course this is my opinion, maybe crew change, etc. changed things. So far all our cruises are with Carnival and we have not had a bad one or bad food. So much food, so little time.

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