First Cruise to Hawaii

Item: Carnival Miracle
Rating: 4.7
Author: markchepler57

Carnival Miracle Cruise Review

markchepler57

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 8

Helpful Votes: 153

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

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!

Thumbs up

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.

Thumbs Up 1

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.

Thumbs Up 1

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.

Thumbs Up 3

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.

Thumbs Up 1

Hilo, Hawaii

4 out of 5

We hired a tour guide who drove us around Hilo.

Thumbs Up 1

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.

Thumbs Up 1

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5