I wanted to take my family on a cruise for Spring Break this year. I have 5 year old twin boys and thought a cruise would be a good way to see some sights while leaving plenty of time for relaxing, and hopefully take advantage of the included child care (so Mommy and Daddy get some vacation time too!). They took their first cruise last year, 5 days on RCI Navigator of the Seas, and did pretty ...
This is my 8th Cruise and 5th on Carnival and my husbands 3rd cruise. I must start by saying it was my favorite ship. It was most like a merge of Carnival meets RCL beautiful ship with a unique charm and theme to it. It is a smaller ship with only 2100 passengers and thought that was so much better then some of the larger ships such as the Splendor or the Glory. I felt the ship was more quaint due ...
This was our 5th cruise with Carnival. We had sailed on the Legend before and loved our suite, so booked the same cabin on the Miracle. We actually liked the Miracle better than the Legend--the decor was more to our taste. The dining room was the only area we thought was too much. We flew into Orlando 4 days before our cruise, and drove our rental car down the morning of the cruise. We used ...
We flew from Portland, OR to Ft. Lauderdale the night before our cruise on Feb. 6. Booked the Days Inn at $69.60 a room, as we are members of their Choice program. Was a little wary after reading so many negative reviews on Trip Advisor and Cruise Critic. But, they now have hteir own van which was waiting for us as we got our bags. The 5th floor rooms (we had another coule with us) had good views ...
This was our 5th cruise..All Carnival and 3rd time on Miracle. Wife (43) and myself (44) were sailing with a number of good friends who we will sail once a year.
This was the 8 day cruise out of dry dock. I enjoy the ship and the ports very much. Just a few things I wanted to point out. First just coming out of dry dock I thought things didn't seem as "neat" as they should be. Behind the ...
- Background Information:
We are professionals (me 49, she 45) with two teenagers (18 & 16) who have traveled widely in the US and Canada, Europe and the West Indies (often to the Abacos in the Northeastern Bahamas where we have been vacationing for about 10 years). Abaco is about the furthest thing you can get from a cruise. There are only about 250 people on the whole island we visit ...
I thoroughly enjoyed my very first cruise. Carnival staff was very helpful and friendly and there were plenty of activities to keep you busy throughout the day and night. I even enjoyed the nightly shows even though that type of entertainment has never been my cup of tea.
Our cabin was always well maintained and was practically sound proof. The only noise I heard was the occasional shifting of ...
This is the review for our Carnival Miracle vacation for my friend Jen and I, for a sailing date of November 2, 2011 for a 8 night Eastern Caribbean cruise. This was my fourth cruise, second aboard Carnival, with the other two being Princess. I am 31 years old. I planned this trip around traveling with others I have cruised with in the past. I must admit, that I was hesitant to book this cruise ...
I hadn't had the opportunity to cruise any of the Spirit classes yet, so I decided to book the 8 day aboard the Carnival Miracle to Sint Maarten, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts. I will give a day-by-day below, but for those who just like the 'down and dirty', the next 2 paragraphs are for you:
POSITIVES:
Just about EVERYTHING ON THE SHIP! Seriously! I was pleasantly surprised to have such a ...
There were four of us traveling together - myself and my husband (mid 50's) and our friends - another couple - 40's and 60's. All of us have traveled a lot and have about 5 or 6 cruises behind us.
We went down a day early into Fort Lauderdale because you can never count on the weather in the Northeast in January. It actually snowed two days before we left. We all stayed at the Days Inn ...