Took My Older Sibling On Their 1st Cruise

Carnival Miracle Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 16
Helpful Votes: 206

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Carnival Miracle

12 Night Carnival Journeys Southern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 03, 2024

Ship: Carnival Miracle

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8176

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 25 days ago

Review summary

First Journey Cruise, and it went quickly. The ports were nice and alternated between land and water to keep the cruise relaxing.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Line moved quickly and room was ready when we came aboard

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Waiters for food and drink were outstanding. Very friendly.

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Friendly staff and great burger

RedFrog Rum Bar

5 out of 5

Quick service with frie day staff.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Listening to music in the common areas

Serenity Adults only Area

5 out of 5

Relaxing and great bartenders.

Guest Services / Shore Excursions

5 out of 5

Very helpful and professional.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The Veteran's Day Program was very special on the actual holiday. The singer and person on keyboards singing RnB was great.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Our room and common areas were always very clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Room steward was professional and kept area clean. He always greeted us by name.

Ship tip

There were a lot of Diamond cruisers, so we just went with flow and enjoying meeting everyone.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5
Getting to Garage Parking was terrible, with a big event still in town on Nov 3rd. The elevators were broken on the 4 and 5 floors of the Port of Galveston Cruise Parking

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5
Hurricane Rafael was coming through the area, and for safety reasons, we did not stop at this port.

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5
Some shops were closed because it was Sunday. We were the only ship in port; which made for a nice relaxing day walking around over the bridge to the other side. Beautiful and clean port.

Kralendijk, Bonaire

4 out of 5
Walked around near the pier and into the town. A small market and shops was within walking distance of the cruise ship

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
Walk the town and did the Submarine excursion that was available from on board.

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

4 out of 5
The original pier and shops were still damaged/ closed from the hurricane a couple of years ago. Very small market was set up for us that had a fence around us with limited items for sale. I think most people used excursions from the ship here.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
People came off the elevator and cut in line for Express Disembark. Didn't see any staff directing flow.
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6 Comments

javawoody     24 days ago

Thanks for the post

Sogmoore     25 days ago

Thanks for sharing

Gwbigdog     25 days ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

carolj68     25 days ago

Thanks for your review and I'm glad you enjoyed your first journey. I just got off of this ship out of San Francisco for 15 days. Beautiful ship 🚢

HeavySeas     25 days ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

cruising2004     25 days ago

Glad you had a wonderful time with your family! Thank you for your review.

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