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Item: Carnival Miracle
Rating: 3.2
Author: philpott3

Carnival Miracle Cruise Review to Mexico

philpott3

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

Verified Review

6 Night Mexican Riviera (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 21, 2022

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 6103

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

We won't be cruising Carnival again. It just didn't accommodate our needs or our schedule. Nice people though

Embarkation

4 out of 5

A bit slow and Verifly wasn't accected even though it was recommended by Carnival itself

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Definitely not designed around east coast schedules. Buffet opened hours after we woke up and MDR even later. Selection on buffet was the same food every single day

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

The aft cabins are up against the kids club. It's loud, very loud. It made for very tough sleeping conditions. We asked to be moved but never heard back from guest services. Being kept up until my 3am, every single night, was ridiculous. These rooms should come with a noise warning

Ship tip

I'm always cold. Inside the ship, I had to wear sweatshirts and hoodies. If you are easily chilled, take warner clothes

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Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

4 out of 5

Ensenada, Mexico

2 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Only those with luggage and needing to make flights were supposed to be allowed off the ship early. That wasn't the case, leading to white a few confrontations between cruise terminal personnel not being prepared and passengers that wanted their luggage, come hell or high water. What was supposed to take 30 minutes or less, took almost 2 hours

7 Comments

dkantouth 2 years ago

Now I know Why I dislike Caribbean cruises. The time change and food being cold because I am still sleeping when it is made. 🙄

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JustCruz 2 years ago

If our personal planner wants to choose our room, or if we do. I always look at the deck map above, below and same floor to see what is around. As far as the dining opening time, doesn’t matter which time zone you are from. They open at the same time on all ships “Ship Time”. Sorry it wasn’t what you expected.

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tondon2005 2 years ago

Wow!!! Thanks for the review. We are getting ready to go on this ship for the 3rd time.

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cbyron3 2 years ago

Buffet opened about 7. That was "hours" after you woke up? Are you from the east coast of England?

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marjan131313 2 years ago

Maybe cruising for vacation isn’t for you

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Popdog 2 years ago

Thanks for your review.

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javawoody 2 years ago

Thanks for the review

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