Alaska cruise on the Miracle

Carnival Miracle Cruise Review

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Review: 1
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Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Carnival Miracle

11 Night Alaska (San Francisco Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 15, 2024

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 4 months ago

Review summary

We thought Alaska would be a “bucket list” cruise and we would only go once. Now that we’ve gone, we can’t wait to visit again!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Sailing out of San Francisco was quick and easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
There were many options available as far as MDR, Lido buffet, Sea day brunch/port day breakfast. All were good and wait times were reasonable. Late night snacks were fun to see what was offered each night.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
The usual trivia, karaoke, comedy, deck party, etc. Nothing out of the ordinary for a Carnival cruise. They did have a naturalist on board for the duration of the cruise. She had a few lectures and walks around the ship to look for sea life. She was amazing and we learned so much from her.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our MDR team worked so hard at making our dining experience each evening the best they could. We really enjoyed talking with them and they did an outstanding job.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
She’s an older ship but we embraced the decor and had fun just looking at all the design/scheme. Ship was clean and well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Be advised that if you are in port for a long amount of time, the tides may change. This means the deck that you get off of in port may not be the same deck you get back on. We made the mistake of running our shopping bags back to our cabin before our excursion began and they had to close off the entrances and exits to switch decks. We narrowly made it to our excursion but if we had known they literally close the doors and move everything to a different location we would’ve just stayed off and carried our bags with us.

Ports of call

San Francisco, California

5 out of 5

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
Rode the train and did some shopping.

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5
We did the zip line and had a blast! Would definitely do again.

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
Lots of shopping right off the ship. We did the lumberjack show and ax throwing and it was so much fun!

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Went whale watching and saw several whales along with a few seal lions.

Prince Rupert, British Columbia

5 out of 5
Loved this port!!! The only complaint is we weren’t there long enough. Would like to go back and visit again.

Cruise Tracy Arm Fjord, Alaska

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Disembarkation was simple and quick.
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5 Comments

Sogmoore     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog     4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

HeavySeas     4 months ago

Awesome.......thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

javawoody     4 months ago

Thanks for the feedback

cruising2004     4 months ago

Glad you had a wonderful time! Alaska is so beautiful! Thank you for your review.

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