We were on the Miracle March 20 cruise and visited Panama, Costa Rica, and Belize. I found the best information on the Ports Board and with recommendations from previous cruisers, we did our excursions independently.

We really loved this ship. Thought that this was our best spring break cruise to date (Celebrity Century, Costa Atlantica, Carnival Destiny, Costa Mediterranea, Carnival Glory, Carnival Liberty.)

Embarkation at 2:45pm. It was empty and we got on quickly. Stayed too long pre-cruise at hotel and dropping off car at FLL and taking car rental shuttle to port was a mistake. The shuttle bus was slow (we had a horrible driver) and dropped off at all other ships before the Miracle at Pier 21. Then there was a traffic jam. My advice is just take a cab from airport and save yourself any additional stress. My daughter had her carry-on luggage searched, but she had nothing that was confiscated. We did see alot of booze on a table next to the carry-on search area. Some in our group put their one bottle of wine in their checked luggage instead of carry-on. Their luggage was searched and their bottle confiscated. Read more