Carnival Miracle Review

A Miraculous Disappointment

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t8te
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Nov 2012
Cabin: Grand Suite

Okay, so maybe the disappointment wasn't "miraculous" but it was disappointing. I've been on 2 previous Carnival cruises, and this is our first "Grand Suite" (though we did a smaller suite on another ship). That was our first disappointment. We paid a lot for the upgrade and the room was not in good shape. The carpet was very worn and had many stains. Even the couch had stains on it. I think what bothered me most is that we were in some of the regular balcony rooms, and the carpeting in those rooms looked fairly new. That was not the VIP treatment we were promised.

Food - I found the Lido deck buffet food less tasty and less varied than on past cruises. I love Asian food, but there was basically only one or two (at most) entrees offered, and they were never anything that I would call "typical" (like orange chicken or kung pao, etc.). So although I looked almost every day, I never ate anything from that station. The room service menu has shrunk considerably. No hamburgers and no fries - what's up with that? Very poor selections. Main dining room meals were mostly good (loved the eggs Benedict at brunch) but the desserts were very plain and bland. Our servers were the usual excellent wait staff that we've come to expect in the main dining room. So we were glad for that, and tipped heavily the last night. We went to the Steakhouse one night (Nick and Nora's) but just as soon we hadn't. It wasn't that great. One of our steaks was very thinly sliced and seriously overcooked - not sure why a steakhouse chef would have even sent it out. I wouldn't recommend it. Didn't love the "comedy brunch" concept. The comedians weren't that funny to begin with and the "teasers" they would do at brunch were more intrusive than entertaining in my opinion, which leads me to...

Entertainment - never thrilled with this on Carnival, but we saw some BAD shows. The comedians were just ok, but the ventriloquist was AWFUL. He had no material. The one "show" we went to see was a Beetle's review...very "high school musical" to me. Some of the individual entertainers were good. Piano player, one guy with a guitar who was often at the Atrium bar, and a band I saw a couple of numbers from in the Jazz Lounge - they were all good (and of course, not the ship's staff but privately contracted).

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Grand Suite

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6178 is a grand suite. It's large. I love the dressing area with the sink, the double sink in the bathroom and the big balcony, but it was in terrible condition. The rug is in dire need of replacement. It is worn and has many visible stains. I can't speak to the other suites, but this one was not "luxurious" - oh and note there is still only one electrical outlet even in this huge room. They would be better serving the passengers if they did away with the bidet and put in a small shower. The whirlpool bath tub is really difficult to get into. In fact, they've placed one of those "exercise" steps in front of the tub to help.

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