Much needed relaxing cruise

Item: Carnival Miracle
Rating: 4.3
Author: abn47

Carnival Miracle Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

abn47

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 26, 2018

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Cabin type: Suite

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Not our best cruise, but not our worst either. Will probably pay more attention to the age of the ship next time. This was the oldest ship we have cruise on by 5 years and it felt like it. However, we have cruised Carnival, Celebrity, and Princess cruise lines. Carnival is our favorite by far when it comes to entertainment and on-board activities.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Drinks were excellent. Non-dining room food was not. Seemed as if they were trying to get you to use the dining room or the other "for fee" restaurants. Lines were a problem and never were both of the grills at the main pool open at the same time despite the lines. Pizza was popular, but rarely was more than one person working in the pizza area which again caused long lines and wait times.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The comedy shows were fantastic. The acoustic guitar player (Kyle) was amazing!. He is a very talented and gifted young man!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Our steward, Armando, was courteous, extremely proficient, diligent, and always very friendly.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

While it was always clean, the ship just seemed a little dated in the decor.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

2 out of 5

Rating is a result of the excursion I went on. My wife enjoyed the shopping at the port. I went scuba diving. Current was very fast which didn't allow for taking very good pictures. Dive was exhausting because of the speed of the current which shortened dive time considerably.

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Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Went scuba diving. Best dive I've ever been on. Javier and Barbra (dive masters) were excellent!

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

8 Comments

Flocker42 6 years ago

It's still a nice ship she has her beauties

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dlorimer 6 years ago

Been on two Carnival cruises, the Miracle and the brand new Horizon. Both very good, but in my opinion, the Miracle was better all round. Better design, service, entertainment and food.

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seviedebi 6 years ago

I get it. We are due on her in May. I just like trying the different ships. They are all different.

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kidwellsusan50 6 years ago

As long it gets me to where I'm going that's OK with me. 😍

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rellis57 6 years ago

Can appreciate your truthfulness. Will be on the miracle in 3 weeks. But have been some of the old ones. I just love cruising.

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TheLastMac 6 years ago

Agreed!!

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Thanks for your review

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IkeDeb 6 years ago

Thanks for your review

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