A fun time

Item: Carnival Miracle
Rating: 3
Author: ChrisK3

Carnival Miracle Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

ChrisK3

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Reviews: 0

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

8 Night Exotic Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 21, 2010

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 13 years ago

Review summary

The Carnival Miracle was a very nice ship. My only real complaint was that the sports bar and casino allowed smoking (especially the sports bar, as it was less ventilated).

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

I particularly liked the opening night show, Marcus Monroe, the Beatles show, and some of the stand-up in the Mad Hatter's Ball.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our stateroom steward was polite but seemed disorganized/frazzled fairly often; everyone else we met was impeccable.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

I did a submarine excursion in part because it was raining and I thought it would be fun. At $99, I'm not sure if it was worth it for such a short excursion, but I did enjoy it. It's hard to say what else would've been good to do.

Thumbs Up 0

Don't Miss: Not sure

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

I didn't take a guided excursion because it seemed kind of pointless to do so. The beach was gorgeous, and the small NASA exhibit was great to see if you're into the history of the space program.

Thumbs Up 0

Don't Miss: The beach and NASA exhibit

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5

Curacao was nice, and had lots of little shops and restaurants to visit. Everyone was very polite and helpful. My biggest complaint is that all the shops seemed artificial in that they were only selling touristy goods and some were pretty similar to each other.

Thumbs Up 0

Don't Miss: There's a pretty cool walking bridge that moves position as boats go by.

La Romana, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

I did a tour of the first cathedral in the New World, visited Ponce de Leon's governor's mansion, and had a couple other small stops. That was a fun, worthwhile tour. At our last stop we were kind of harassed by locals into buying things, but the situation was manageable.

Thumbs Up 0

Don't Miss: The cathedral and governor's mansion

Pros: On-ship entertainment and dining

Cons: Some of the excursions seemed overpriced for what you get

Recommends Carnival Miracle? Yes!

Be the first to comment

Other reviews of this sailing

Christmas Cruise on Miracle

Caribbean Cruise