We've been back from our cruise for a couple of weeks, but are still reliving our vacation memories! No other way to say it, this was a wonderful cruise experience! My husband and I have cruised twice before, but this was the first cruise that we've taken our children on, and they were really looking forward to it.

Embarkation was great, very quick and easy. We arrived at the Tampa Port at about 11 a.m., quickly checked in and sat in the waiting area to wait for our number to be called so that we could board. We were in group #7 and though that we might have a long wait, but we were actually on board in about 40 minutes from the time that boarding began. We made our way up to Horatio's for lunch and waited until 1:30 to go to our cabin. We were told while waiting to embark that a general announcement would be made when guests could go to their cabins, but we never heard it if they made it. Just waited until 1:30 and headed downstairs.

We were struck everywhere we went by the beauty of this ship! We've cruised older CC ships in the past, and none compared to the Miracle. With the single exception of the Bacchus dining room (wow, what were they thinking???) the entire ship was lovely and not as "loud" as we were expecting. Read more