Carnival Miracle Cruise Reviews - Tips

Be sure if booking excursions on your own that you reserve by ship time and not island time.

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Do not purchase the internet. It is not good on this ship. It took 1-1/2 hours to check-in for our flight home using the ship computers.

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Dry dock to make it ship shape perfect. Add Guy Burger. This is a tall and long ship that rocks badly than other ships. Be ready to 2 step.

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Patience. You are on vacation. Relax and breathe. There isn't always someone there at the snap of the finger, but they are working hard and will be there shortly.

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This ship is more narrow that other ships I have been on. The staff was great and very attentive to the guests

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Trivia with Adam gets very crowded

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Eat in the dining room always! great food and service and no lines!

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The design of the ship is unique in that there is only one dining room, the Bacchus! True to its name, there are grape lights every where, beautiful!

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Wonderful experience crew was amazing and entertaining

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Serenity deck is amazing!

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Make sure you go to the shows and to the performances. They are well worth your time!

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Try as many food choices as possible!

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This ship was very unorganized...they ran out of luggage tags the day we were suppose to put our luggage out...housekeeping had to pick it up...have never experienced this before. Usually they are in your cabin...the lines were horrible getting off of the ship...we wait forever...didn't actually get off until 12:30 pm...have never had this problem! People were trying to board as we were coming off....glad we didn't have a flight or we would have missed it! But had a 9 hour drive home! And the man at Customs was very rude because we didn't have a passport, when we didn't have to have one to board the ship! He didn't won't to have to type our information off of our Birth Certificate in and told us to have a passport next time! This was the worst cruise I have ever been on! And I have been on 6!

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The most important part of the Miracle are the people are on it. With out the folks that make it sail and run smoothly it's just a boat. It is the staff and crew who make it a Miracle. Treat them like that. Also--bring a cheap bathmat for the shower. It will keep you from slipping and breaking your neck.

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The ship is smaller than most of the rest of Carnival's fleet and less crowded. It never seemed crowded as the rest of our cruises. This was a great plus!!

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Having sailed on the Vista in November, the Miracle was obviously smaller but much easier to get around. I never felt crowded. I never felt as if I could not find a semi-quiet place to sit and read. The exception to this was the Lido deck at lunch. All the buffets are on the Lido deck with dining on deck 3. More on the food later. I am not sure how to describe the decor on board. It is supposed to be a “book” theme. For example on the Lido deck, the walls are adorned with relief busts of Horacio Nelson (I think). The ceilings are low with dark mahogany and burgundy colors. The carpet and tile are multi-colored with different patterns and textures. The hallways to the rooms are wallpapered with characters from books. D’Artagnan, Long John Silver, The Mask, etc., all done in this 1930’s type graphic design. One positive about the décor. Once I remembered the character that lead into the hallway to my room, I was able to determine that I was in the right hallway. After a few drinks, anything helps. The main bar area had an atrium, but you had to look up to see and fully appreciate it. The Bacchus dining room had a multi-colored, large grape patterned, textured low ceiling design that I find hard to describe. I think it was supposed to be grapes, grape vines and such. To me it looked like a cross between the set from the orgy scene in movie Caligula and a Thai strip club. Some fellow interior decorator cruisers had no problem declaring that the design was dated and needed a complete overhaul/redesign. Many fellow cruisers did not seem to care. Sure, it was not the Vista but then again I did not live here. I am just sailing for 8 days. Both the large theatre and comedy club had good sight lines with the occasional post. The comedy club was an “Alice in Wonderland” theme with large sculptures of the various “Alice” characters along the walls. It was strange and then became a bit creepy during the “adult” comedy sets. Smoking was in the casino and on the top deck in restricted areas. I did smell smoke right outside the casino and on the top deck, but not anywhere else. If you hate the smell of cigarette smoke, please stay home. At some point, you will smell it on the ship. The most disconcerting part of the ship was the strange, constant vibration on various parts of the ship at various times. However, you did not feel it all the time. I never felt it at night. However, on virtually every deck all during the cruise the vibration was there. Sometime I would feel it on the third floor, and then I would go to the Lido and not feel a thing. The last night I ate in Nick and Nora’s, the steak house, and it felt as if I vibrated the whole time. You could feel it in the chair and see your wine vibrate in the glass. I’m no ship engineer, but this cannot be a normal or good thing. I felt that the ship was clean and well maintained. Sure, the chairs in the main sitting areas probably need re-covered. The carpet looked fine. For a ship that was launched in 2004, I thought that it was in good shape. Not sure what I was expecting when I walked on the ship. I was not “wowed” by the décor, but the easy of getting around was nice.

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Don't expect a lot of movies to watch only 4 for the week and no popcorn

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Get a balcony to enjoy the sites.

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Carry the layout map with you .. lol

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Love my balcony

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