1st Summer Cruise on an older, smaller ship

Item: Carnival Miracle
Rating: 3.6
Author: fhamzik

Carnival Miracle Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

fhamzik

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 40

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 01, 2018

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6238

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

This was our first summer cruise and didn't know what to expect. We are gold VIFP members of Carnival so this wasn't our first Carnival cruise. We have been pleased with Carnival until this cruise. The ports were great and made up for the lack of quality entertainment and food. We had a balcony room which was a good size. Our cabin steward was great and helped us with the lack of only having one plug in the room to charge anything, he hooked us up with a three plug adaptor. If this would have been our first cruise on Carnival I would never cruise with them again, but because it wasn't, I would just make sure to go on a newer ship like the Breeze, Dream or the Horizon.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

The main dinning room food was good but the room itself was quite ugly. The buffet dinning options were the worst I have ever seen. I did love the continuous flow of ice cream though.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

There were no tournaments of any kind on this ship and I will never understand why these ships put ping pong tables outside with no wind blockage.

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

The elevators were the best of any ship I have been on. There was always a very short wait for an elevator.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Be prepared NOT to be impressed. The ports were great but not so much the ship.

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Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Although it rained most of the time we were on our excurtion, the port and Island were beautiful.

Thumbs Up 4

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

6 Comments

richmondlana 6 years ago

We agree. The Miracle really needs and update, or an iceberg! The staff tried hard, but you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!

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142KSJD 6 years ago

We sail in March.

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zhdunham 6 years ago

This is true, freedom has the USB now. Very handy!

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maryred 6 years ago

Only the Vista and Horizon right now have more than 1 North American outlet in the cabin. There is the trickle charger outlet in the bathroom on most Carnival ships. I have heard though on the all the ships as the nightstand lamps die, they are being replaced with new ones that have USB connections to charge electronics.

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bpage1959 6 years ago

Thanks for the review, we go in April

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harveyrr 6 years ago

Just got off the Miracle loved it. Good food etc

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