My husband and I had a pretty good time on the Miracle. It was my second cruise and my husbands first, so I was really looking forward to see his amazement at how big the ship was. It was our honeymoon and I was surprised that it seemed like half the ship was honeymooners. It seemed like everyone we spoke to got married on 5/21.

One of my concerns with booking with Carnival was the ship would be overrun with noisy and unruly children and annoying college or high school age partiers. Thankfully, there weren't many children and no unruly people that we noticed. Briefly, I'll review some of the pros and cons of our trip.

Embarkation: It went really smoothly and we didn't wait nearly as long as I expected to. It was great to get to the ship early and get lunch at the buffet. We were exhausted from our wedding the day before so after lunch we took a very long and restful nap. When we woke up, our bags were delivered to our door. Read more