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Carnival Miracle Cruise Review

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Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Miracle

10 Night Alaska (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 02, 2022

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8145

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

My sister and I did this cruise, planned x 3 years, started out horrible with the cold room, but once our room was changed, everything else looked up. It was a wonderful cruise and we both had a great time! All our excursions were absolutely amazing!

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Not very smooth, waited in line 2 hrs, which was fine, but then was told to go to the back of the line since we were 30 minutes early. You can imagine how long the line was by then. Some of the cruise staff were so stressed, yelling at people to get out the line. There is always a better way then to yell at people.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Main dining room was clean, staff very attentive, buffets were clean and food was good. Hardly any wait time for the main dining room since we had "Your time dining".

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Kept busy with the activities, lots of trivia, live music and karaoke which was fun. Even went to fitness room.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The stage shows were fantastic!! Loved every second of their performances. All the Musicians were all wonderful, Katherine and Marcus were awesome!

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Our room steward Rudy was wonderful. Very attentive. Entire staff was fantastic, especially Vesna Vidakovic, Asst guest service mgr, she addressed our complaints of our very cold room seriously when everyone else said "we'll look into it". After complaining and being in that room 3 nights, we couldn't tolerate it another night. We decided to sleep outside the casino, one of the warmest places on the ship. She actually came to our room to see what we were complaining about. The heater was broken, maintenance said they couldn't fix it tonight, so she offered us another room for the duration of the cruise, it was similar to our previous balcony room. We moved to the warmer room at 1am. The sad part is that we waited 3 nights in the cold room before we were moved, but grateful to her and the staff that gave us blankets and robes.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship is smaller than some of the others we have been on but very nice, clean all of the time! Common areas always clean and maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Mentioned already.....We were moved into this cabin after 3 nights in a freezing cabin. 100% better! Room was kept very comfortable and warm.

Ship tip

Have a wonderful time, many sea days so plenty of time to do everything.

Ports of call

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Excursion to the glacier, walking trail. That too was great

Victoria, British Columbia

5 out of 5
Had a walking tour, guide was fantastic, beautiful city!

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
We had an excursion on the train, it was wonderful, our tour guide was great!

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5
We had an excursion to the top of a mountain using tram, it was wonderful, it was snowing at the top. Came down and saw authentic Indian dancing. Very cool!

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

5 out of 5
Beautiful to see!

San Francisco, California

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy peasy! Couldn't have been easier!
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9 Comments

bmad    2 years ago

Thanks for your review. What type of trivia? Was the time and location clearly defined in activities schedule?

Cruisingchic    2 years ago

Thanks for your review.

JustCruz    2 years ago

So the morale of the story is to show up at your assigned time? Don’t show up 2-1/2 hours early and hope to get in.

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing

CurlyCruiserYAY    2 years ago

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback and glad you finally got a warm cabin. Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of the cold cabin.

Popdog    2 years ago

Thank you for your review.

Ramsey1986    2 years ago

I’m glad you enjoyed your cruise but sorry you didn’t have a heated comfortable cabin for your entire cruise. Thank you for taking the time to share your review. 😎🚢☀️🩴🏝🪸🐠🌺

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