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Carnival Miracle Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Carnival Miracle

7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 28, 2018

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1261

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

An amazing first cruise! Loved Grand Cayman and Mahogany Bay! Loved the staff and activities on the ship. Will definitely go another cruise with Carnival very soon.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We had 11:30am check in time, but were in our rooms about 1:15. Smooth and easy embarking.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The food was very good in the main dining room and pretty good in the Lido restaurants.

Bacchus Dining Room

5 out of 5

The food was very good, and the staff was excellent. So friendly!

Pizza Delivery

5 out of 5

Absolutely loved getting my pizza late at night after all of the comedy shows!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
The pools were nice. I enjoyed the serenity pool and area best. The casino was fun as well.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The Lip Sync Battle, Love & Marriage show, and comedy shows were fantastic! The cruise director, Frankie, and the comedians, especially Andy, were fabulous. The DJ for the deck parties was also great.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Every single staff member on this ship was amazingly friendly. They would get you anything you need, joke around with you, and made the experience great.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Although I don't have another cruise ship to compare to, I hear this is an older ship. You could tell some, but it was still very nice. Everything seemed quite clean. I even saw people in the Lido restaurants cleaning the ceiling.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We loved our cabin! The oceanview was just what we wanted. Spacious enough and clean.

Ship tip

Get ready to have a great time!

Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
One of my favorite ports. We did the Grand Cayman Coral Reef Snorkel and Stingray City Combo Excursion, and it was amazing. Swimming with the stingrays was wonderful as well as the snorkeling. The crew was extremely nice and fun as well. Highly recommend it.

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
One of my favorite ports. We did the Roatan Southside Snorkel, Monkey and Sloth Park Excursion. We got to hold a sloth, have monkeys jump all over us for treats, and have parrots stand on our arms as they ate treats. The snorkeling was very fun, too. We saw a lot of little creatures, including a jellyfish, stingray, puffer fish, and got to hold a sea urchin. Then we relaxed for a bit at Las Palmas beach, where we went into the water to a little bar and chilled. The crew was very nice and fun. Highly recommend it.

Belize City, Belize

2 out of 5
We did not have an excursion booked. We just shopped in the port. We didn't really want to venture out by ourselves. The shopping was fine.

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5
We did the Mr. Sanchos Beach All Inclusive Day Pass Cozumel excursion. We spent most of our time hanging out in the pool with the swim-up bar. The bartenders kept the drinks coming and called us by name. They were very friendly and joked around with us. Definitely recommend it as a relaxing excursion.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
It was a long process to disembark. Took about 1.5 hours from when our zone was called. We did not have FTTF.
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