Here is a review of the 10/13 sailing of the Miracle to Grand Turk, Half Moon Cay and Nassau. Many apologies for the lateness, but due to Sandy, long time w/o power, computer problems, illness, holidays, etc, it kept getting pushed to the end of the priority list. But, I figured better late than never, as I like to read a variety of reviews regardless of time passed, so here it is. This was our 11th Cruise with Carnival and 2nd time on the Miracle.

Embarkation: We arrived at the port around 10:30 and after a short wait, were checked in and moved to the Platinum lounge which was pretty much the same as the non-platinum waiting area except it was a separate room. Last time it was a lounge with more couches, but I believe they changed the location and it was more like a work in progress. While we were waiting to be called I walked to the restroom and noticed that the embarkation photo ops were set up right in the waiting area so you could take your photos while waiting for your zone to be called. I thought that was a great idea, except it wasn't made known to people waiting, you had to stumble upon it, so I don't think that many took advantage of it. We took our photo and were on the lido having lunch by 11:15 I believe. I think it was the earliest we've gotten on a ship so embarkation was nice and easy. The lido wasn't even fully set up yet for lunch when we got up there! We dropped off carry-ons in the room (not ready until 1:30) and explored the ship. I had pre-paid for a soda sticker so a certificate to get the sticker was in the room. You get the sticker at the Fountainhead Cafe which is the coffee bar on deck 2 outside the sports bar. After doing that we remembered that we had to go to the Shore Excursion desk to reserve our cabana (almost forgot to do it!). I think we got there around 12:20 and the ones still available were 1-7 and 13-15. We chose #13 and it ended up being a great choice for us.

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