Carnival Miracle Review

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Review for the Mexican Riviera Cruise on Carnival Miracle
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louanne93
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Aug 2016

A little background about us, we are in our late 40’s and this was our 11th cruise. We have cruised Carnival, Royal Caribbean, and Princess. By far, we LOVE Carnival. Simply because it’s FUN! We loved Royal as well, and will cruise them again. I think we have another 15 years before we will cruise Princess again. Not a bad cruise just a mellow cruise. We are just not ready for that yet! I had all the excursions paid for and I purchased $500 in cruise cash, and $200 in bar cash. I don’t drink (for medical reasons only, in my heart I am still a party girl!) and my husband drinks beer only. We love to gamble and spend a lot of time in the casino.

DAY 1 Embarkation- We arrived at the port at 10:45. When we parked I thought to myself “This is great! Parking right up front, boarding is gonna be a breeze with FTTF!” WRONG!!! Check-in with FTTF was a piece of cake! Only a few people in line, so when we went over to the boarding line we were right up front. And then we wait, and wait, and wait… We were at this port in April for a short cruise with FTTF and were on the ship by 11:30. Not so this time! I was so bummed. Due to Border Control we did not board until almost 2pm. I thought to myself, please don’t let this be an indication of how our trip is gonna go! We went straight to our cabin and it was ready of course. We had cabin 8238. I had my portable cooler and went directly to find my steward for ice (I am addicted to ice). When I was pregnant with my twins, I became addicted to ice. Good thing because the Dr. said some women get addicted to dirt! I’ll take ice any day! Everyone I ran into said, just call room service and ask for a few buckets of ice. So I went back to my cabin and called room service. No answer. I called 5 times and all it did was ring, and ring, and ring… Ugh, again I thought to myself, please don’t let this be an indication of how the service is gonna be! So my husband went up to the lido deck with my little red cooler and found a server to fill it up with ice. That server was very happy with the $5 tip for the ice!

The cabin was fabulous! Very spacious and a perfect balcony! We unpacked and went up to the lido for lunch. Finally, I can relax because hey, I’m on vacation! It was packed, but we found a table. We had burgers, fries, and chicken strips. They were VERY good. We walked around a bit and found a nice little spot in the Serenity area. We met a nice couple, chatted for a bit, had a beer and went back to our cabin to get ready for the muster drill. Because we were waiting for people to still board the muster drill wasn’t until 4:30. We knew to be one of the last people at the muster drill so we would be the first to exit the crowd! The announcement said that the cabin stewards would be checking under the beds. Lol! I guess they found a little kid hiding under the bed! After the muster drill we went to the Red Frog pub. This was a GREAT place with great service. It was not crowded so we could unwind. We actually saw some people from our last cruise in April. The beer that Carnival brews is great. That is all my husband drank every night! Now I need to know how to find that beer for home.

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We took a water taxi to Stone Island and hung out on the beach for the day! We loved every minute of it. It is actually our favorite place to be!

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