Bad Start, Worse End

Item: Carnival Miracle
Rating: 4
Author: kd1ai

Carnival Miracle Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

kd1ai

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 30, 2018

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7248

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Life boat drill was terrible had to wait over an hour for about 20 familys that never did show up. Muster station D was all there but the would not start the drill. Disembarkation was worse we were told to assemble in the dining room when we were allowed to leave and walk up the outside deck behind everyone was leaving forward of us, Platinum meant nothing, in the terminal the security guard made us wait in the elevator line behind all the wheel chairs we only had a small carry bag. I will never Sail Tampa Again....

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Be perpared to stand in the Sun for over an hour for lifeboat drill....

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Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

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Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5

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Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

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George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

worst disembarkation ever, both ship and shore took 3 hours, being Platimum ment nothing...

4 Comments

Choctaworchards 6 years ago

I have sailed out of Tampa Many times on Royal Caribbean, Carnival and soon Norwegian. Carnival took longer to board but all but one were Christmas cruises and the ships were sold out, so I attributed the extra wait time and long lines to that. Most recently I sailed out of Tampa last January on RCI at Pier 6 and boarding was super smooth. I was onboard and having lunch within 15 minutes of entering the terminal. Tampa is one of my favorite ports but you are limited on class of ship because the larger ships won't clear the bridge entering or leaving the bay. I usually will use Port Canaveral when I want to check out one of the newer "Mega Ships" but that being said I find the smaller class ships easier to navigate. Don't rule out Tampa as a Port of embarkation!!

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142KSJD 6 years ago

In Feb we got off a Ncl ship in Tampa and had no problems. We also had no problems with getting of Royal Caribbean in Dec. Maybe Carnival is the problem not Tampa

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attagirl8 6 years ago

Tampa is always a nightmare they need to get their act together!

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cruiseaholik 6 years ago

Unfortunately I had a similar experience with Carnival Legend last April. Their disembarkation process was one of the worst and long winded l have ever gone through.

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