Carnival Miracle Review

Carnival Miracle - Eastern Caribbean

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Miracle
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mginsb8256
First Time Cruiser • Age 20s

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Sail Date: Aug 2005
Cabin: Balcony (obstructed views)
Traveled with children

Miracle Review - 8/28 Sailing.

Funny how you plan and read, read and plan, and then your vacation's over before you know it! This was our 5th cruise and second time on Carnival, and I am pleased to report that there were no major complaints. Naturally, everything was not to our liking, but as the saying goes, you can't please all people all the time.

Embarkation: This turned out to be better than expected. This particular trip ended up leaving from port everglades due to Hurricane Katrina. Since everyone was booked on a ship that was supposed to leave Tampa, Carnival bussed us down. For our inconvenience we were all issued a $50.00 credit, and honestly, I felt that Carnival was being generous because we did not stray from our itinerary once we were under way, and certainly Carnival can't be held accountable because of the weather. We were told that busses would be starting from the airport (or pier) at 10:00, so we were there (at Tampa Airport) at 8:30 or so. At that time, we were just a few "knots" of people, but slowly, as the flights started arriving, or as people started making their way from the hotels, the crowd started growing. Early on, we started forming a single, line, which in the end, helped us all get the busses under way in a timely manor. Of course, there were some "special" people who didn't think that they should stand in line like everyone else,and tried to cut in right at the front, but they were the exception to the rule. The person behind us had a lot of class, and let them in without a confrontation, which certainly would have ensued. Coincidentally, we bumped into some friends we made thru Cruise Critic, which made the bus ride to the port as enjoyable as a 4+ bus ride can be.. BUT, because everything was done on line at Tampa, and we were arriving in a steady stream, we just walked up and got on the ship. no line at all.

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Balcony (obstructed views)

Cabin 7a
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