Awesome Ports! Terrible Ship

Carnival Miracle Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 48

Overall rating:

2.7 out of 5
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Carnival Miracle

7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 30, 2018

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8141

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

As stated, highly recommend the ports. Very disappointed with the ship. The ship is old, not well maintained, needs to be refurbished and maintenance issues need to be addressed/repaired.

Embarkation

1 out of 5
Horrible! Delayed for Fog. Little Communication concerning delay. Additional expenses incurred with NO compensation or reimbursement by cruise line

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Food was terrible! All desserts were frozen! Fruit was horrible with no taste. Most of the meat was overcooked except bacon which was greasy and chewy.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Few activities, pool areas extremely crowded

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Performers/Music Shows were good. Comedians were excellent!

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
It took over 2 hours to eat every meal in dining room. Never saw room steward during the entire cruise.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Ship was dirty inside and out. Common bathrooms were filthy. Staff was always standing around doing very little.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
Mirrors dirty. Dust on countertops. Toilet backed up with dirty water (feces) daily after flushing multiple times. Maintenance called for issue almost daily. At guest services, there were several cabins with same issue.

Ship tip

Do not cruise on the ship! This was my 11th cruise - this ship was by far the worst!

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

3 out of 5
Did not do an excursion at this port. We were bound to the airport for 10 hours due to port closing. It was recommended that we not leave the airport if we were to use the Carnival airport transfer.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Beautiful! Went to a beach resort and had a blast!

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5
Awesome! Excursion to San Pedro and explored the island by golf cart! Would definitely return!

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras Did not visit port

Did not get off the ship at this port!

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Highly recommend!! Beautiful, lots to do, friendly people!

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Well organized
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3 Comments

brianyawn    5 years ago

You can't control fog

dbsu58    5 years ago

Fog delayed you how? What additional expenses? 1 1/2 to 2 hours is about normal in MDR. I am glad I dont get rushed through. Frozen desserts? You have ice cream every night ? I love the desserts. Creme brulee and the Grand Manier Souflee, as well as the chocolate melting cake. Never has mine come frozen. I hope your toilet was fixed. Never saw a room steward? Strange they are alwsays in the halls But did they clean your room? Bacon? Chewy? Really? If there is one thing I dislike on Carnival it is the bacon. Because it is baked and generally over cooked and very crisp.

142KSJD    5 years ago

Meals in the MDR usually take 2hrs. The fog was not their fault. The coast guard delayed ships for safety. Cruiseline had no control. Did they fix your toilet?

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