My wife (35) and I (34) spent our honeymoon on the Miracle's 6/18 sailing. It was my wife's 1st cruise and my 10th. (5th on Carnival...I have been on Celebrity, Princess, RCCL, and Costa in the past).

We flew to Tampa on Saturday night after our wedding and stayed at the Hilton-Airport Westshore in Tampa. I would highly recommend this as they offer a comp airport shuttle, and a shuttle to the pier for $5pp. We took the 1030a shuttle to the pier and embarkation could not have been easier. We were checked in and on the ship having lunch by 1145A. Rooms were not available (in fact the hallways were closed off) until 130P so I recommend going easy on the carry-on baggage if you arrive at the ship earlier than 130P

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