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Carnival Miracle Cruise Review

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Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Carnival Miracle

7 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 07, 2019

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 4237

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Had a wonderful cruise over all. This was our 4th time on the Miracle and it felt like coming home.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Was great. The gentleman that organizes the different groups was very funny and on top of things. This was our 1st Platinum cruise and very excited. Unfortunately when it came for the Platuims to board my hubby misplaced his boarding paper. After frantically searching through everything he found it in his pocket with our cash. 🤣 Oh well next time I'll be the one carrying all the papers.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Ate at the buffet for breakfast and lunch. When ever we could we ate breakfast in the main dining room. Either way the food was cooked to perfection. Love the Omelets and French toast. We had dinner in the main dinning room all but 2 nights. On the first night we had dinner at Nick & Nora's Steakhouse. Hubby ordered the cowboy steak medium rare and I ordered the NY strip med. Unfortunately they over cooked them both to well. But no worries they made it good by refiring different steaks, which came out a whole lot better. Even before they gave us the dessert menu we knew what we wanted. Art at the table. We have had it before and highly recommend it. On Wednesday we had Chef's table. This was our 4th or 5th time doing it and when the other guests ask what to expect, we just tell them they'll love it but not to give any details. We rather let them enjoy the experience for themselves. All I can add it is worth it.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Didn't do the average activities. Went to the Serenity deckwhich has it's own pool and hot tub. Always love the Serenity on this ship mostly because of this features . Enjoyed the comedians at the shows each one gave a certain different flare to comedy.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our Cabin steward Ida was terrific. Always gave us a special treat each day and kept us very satisfied and happy. Couldn't ask for better. We had a little mishap with our closet flooding. Came back from the Serenity deck and found the floor soaked. Met some great people that helped us out with the problem and before we got back from lunch everything was all worked out.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything was very well maintained and clean. Ship is very dated but we love this ship and design, ver easy to get around. Happy to report that it will be dry docked for updates and added features in January. Which is very good for the decor needs work.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Ok, this was our 4th time on this ship and 2nd in this same suite. We love having the vista suite for the very reason, the balcony and room that it provides. The rap wrap around balcony alone is 27 ft long by 7 ft wide. The cabin itself has a living area, dressing room with vanity, double sinks and jetted tub in the bathroom, walk in closet (please note that not all vista suites have this feature) and separate bedroom. This cabin has a connecting door to make it a 2 bedroom suite for larger families.

Ship tip

Talk to the crew and staff. They are very friendly and helpful. When you say their name and greet them with respect they will move mountains for you, or try. As in any cruise don't let the bad stuff over ride the good.

Ports of call

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Very clean. Remember don't get off the ship to early if you don't have an excursion planned. The shops don't open until 9, which is an hour behind ship time. Hubby bought me a new Marahlargo layamar pendant at the Diamond International.

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5
Home port for us. We only live 1 1/2 away.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy, had no problems. One thing I recommend is get a porter to help you and ask them to take your luggage to your car or at least the garage.
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3 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review and so glad you enjoyed.

harleyfatboy200    5 years ago

went on miracle back in may we loved it,,,,going on cruise #14 on the sunshine 2nd time to burmuda,,,,,i love entertaining on cruises with my 80s rock karaoke ,,its fun as can be,,,,miss my calling being a rock star lol we going on the sunshine hollaween cruise oct 2019,,like singing miss you by rolling stones and aerosmith n petty lol we like booking steak house on all cruises too,,,cant beat the meal,,,its great!! happy cruising! we went on 11 diffrent zip lines in honduras it was so fun fun,,,did the superman zip,,,,it was awesome!!

tlucy    5 years ago

Hi Reelynn....I saw you when boarding and I felt so bad for you! I was going to say hi but you were very busy looking for your papers. Glad you had a great cruise...we did too!

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