It was fantastic, cold, rainy, everyone got sick last half of cruise (head cold), food became boring near end of trip, but over all, it was really fun!

Carnival Miracle Cruise Review to Alaska

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Miracle

14 Night Carnival Journeys - Alaska (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 10, 2023

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5181

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Started out food was fantastic, until it was the same thing over and over, so then by about 9 days into cruise, food wasn't interesting any more. Elegant nights were awesome! The paparazzi were interesting and fun to do photos with, which of course, we bought more photos than we needed to. The excursions and trips to town were overall interesting. Looking forward to next cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quick, nice, easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
All food was wonderful until 2nd half of trip when the same things were getting boring to eat, but the wait staff in the dining room was SPECTACULAR!!! And everyone on the ship was amazing.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Didn't do much on the ship this trip, too cold to swim. But did a massage (that was extremely awesome), enjoyed Elegant Nights, was interesting to see Aurora from ships' deck. Overall, it was an amazing trip.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Didn't attend shows. Instead, we brought games to play on the Lido (cards, dice, etc).

Children's Programs

No kids, just 4 adults who think they are kids.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone was amazing!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything was well maintained all over the ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Comfortable, private, the obstructed view wasn't a problem, Stateroom attendant Par was amazing through the whole trip. I requested more hangers and got some, I also requested a warmer blanket, got it too.

Ship tip

Bring more magnets to hang stuff on the walls. Bring a charging brick, as you only have one outlet to plug into on the desk and no USB outlets provided in your room. And if you are doing Alaska, bring plenty of warm clothing, rain jacket, umbrella, other things to keep warm and dry. We didn't bring enough, so had to purchase while at ports.

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5
Left Sept 10 2023. Was rainy and chilly.

Sitka, Alaska

5 out of 5
Sitka Sept 14 2023: Rainy, cold, super windy. Diner at Sitka Burger & Crab Shack was amazing 3 pounds of King Crab.

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Juneau Sept 15 2023: Not as rainy, Went Whale Watching - Amazing! Ate at Red Dog Saloon, went up Goldbelt Tram to top of Mt. Roberts.

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
Skagway Sept 16 2023: Rode Scenic Train up summit (was 40 degrees at summit, but train car was heated), Beautiful ride. Dinner at Skagway Brewing.

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska Did not visit port

Icy Strait Point Sept 17 2023: 4 of us traveling together, my hubby and I didn't go ashore but other 2 went, said it wasn't worth visiting.

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska Did not visit port

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Sept 18 2023: had photo shoot with glacier planned, but too foggy for captain to feel comfortable to drive into port, so boat turned around and no one went on shore. But the Ice burgs were amazing to see.

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5
Ketchikan Sept 19 2023: Rainy but there was sun at times. Walked town, plenty of shopping, nothing major to see or do at this location.

Prince Rupert, British Columbia

4 out of 5
Prince Rupert Sept 20 2023: Walked around, went to Walmart. Port was ok, it was pretty but not much to do.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Sept 24 2023: Easy, simple.
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