Carnival Miracle Review

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Carnival Miracle - Western Caribbean

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Miracle
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cruiserjunkie
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Feb 2006

My wife & I try to cruise once a year, usually in February. This was our 5th cruise & second with Carnival. We arrived in Tampa a day early. Being from Denver, you don't want to miss your cruise because you're snowed in at the airport. We booked a hotel room on priceline.com. We got the Wyndam Westshore for $70 including all taxes & fees. This was a bargain as this was a very nice hotel. The hotel included a free shuttle from airport to hotel. The Tampa port terminal was great. Not nearly as busy as Miami or Ft. Lauderdale.

Overall we enjoyed our trip. Some of the things we liked; I'll start with the food.....The Deli/sandwich bar was nice. It is located on the Lido deck in Horatio's dining area. They basically use a glorified "George Forman" grill to toast your sandwich. They were very good. The Lido deck grill also was good. You had your choice of chili, fried onions & mushroom for your burgers, which I thought was great. We ate every evening at the Bacchus formal dining room. The food was good & plentiful. The only complaint I had, was the dessert selection. Some nights the desserts seemed unimaginative. Our cruise last year was on Celebrity, and I always looked forward to the dessert choices. They were magnificent! The "pink" grapes in the dining room were a bit much, but you got used to them after awhile. My wife had a "sushi" snack a few times before dinner. The sushi cart was located outside the sports bar. But it was only open from 5-8:30pm. The pizza was OK, not as good as our first Carnival cruise in my opinion.

The ship was well laid out. I like having two large pools close together on the Lido deck. I also appreciated the "adults only" hot tub in the back of the ship on the Lido Deck. For some reason the kids gravitate toward the hot tubs on the two main pools and you could never get in the water.

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