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Carnival Miracle Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 8
Helpful Votes: 164

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
Carnival Miracle

15 Night Hawaii Carnival Journeys (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 02, 2017

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

We stayed one night pre-cruise on the Queen Mary then boarded the Miracle. It was a neat experience! Four sea days to Hawaii proved to be too many sea days for me, what couldn't I do? Hawaii is beautiful and we are glad we went there. The weather turned cold and rainy upon our arrival in Mexico; we were only thrre for a few hours because of some law; we were quite ready to go home.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We stayed aboard the Queen Mary the night before embarkation. The Queen Mary is a beautiful ship; full of grace and style.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We sailed with our friends so most of activities involved playing card games and board games.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Our cabin was very nice! I could imagine how passengers in the day would have loved this stateroom.

Ship tip

Enjoy the Serenity Deck, it is the best!

Ports of call

Kahului, Maui

4 out of 5
After a chaotic disembarkation, we boarded a bus that took us up 10,000 feet to the top of a crater whose name I will not try to spell. It was 84 degrees at the port and 34 degrees on top of the crater. The week before had white out conditions from snow on top of this crater.

Honolulu, Oahu

4 out of 5
We visited Pearl Harbor and Honolulu. The Pearl is humbling. We were there on December 8 so many of the wreaths were still in place from the previous day's memorial.

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

4 out of 5
We rented a car and drove to a coffee plantation, stopping at points of interest along the way.

Nawiliwili, Kauai

4 out of 5
Kauai was our favorite port. The natural beauty of the island was a welcome sight. We booked a helicopter tour with Blue Hawaii Helicopter Tours. Beth, our pilot was wonderful and an excellent pilot.

Hilo, Hawaii

4 out of 5
We hired a tour guide who drove us around Hilo.

Ensenada, Mexico

4 out of 5
We only stopped here because of the law requiring us to visit one foriegn port during any domestic cruise. We don't have anything against Mexico, we were just ready to go home after two weeks in Hawaii.

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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3 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review

JustCruz    4 years ago

We were on the same your 2 years prior, only 1 sort of rough day the entire trip. Really enjoyed the Cruise, sea days and ports.

jenyfur    4 years ago

Can you tell me how the seas were crossing back and forth? I’ve always wanted to do a crossing but worry about it being rough

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