Carnival Miracle Review

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Carnival Miracle - Eastern Caribbean

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Miracle
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KG-CRUISER
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Aug 2007
Traveled with children

This was my 27th cruise, first time with carnival. Me my wife and children were amazed at how many people thought that this was the most Fantastic ship/cruise ever. Either our expectations were too high from passed experiences with other cruise lines or these people have never been on a cruise before or any other cruise line other than carnival and just don't know any better. People that we talked to who were on other cruise lines with and with out children in the past said that they were not happy and will never go carnival again.

We had 2 joining cabins on the 7th deck plenty of room had the balcony partition opened, nice touch. On the 1st day the toilets in both rooms and at different times of the day were clogged. This seemed to be an on going problem through out the cruise. They were constantly working on the pipes in the hallway and had a large blower drying the hallway rugs for days. I did get a letter from Carnival apologizing about this. Also some in the past on the cc board mentioned about the rugs throughout the ship were stained. This was so true. I also had a faulty Hair dryer (frail wires) Blow in my hand. Called the front desk, immediately a maintenance guy arrived Removed the draw that the unit was in and replaced the hair dryer. Funny how I never received a letter for that inconvenience. On the Lido deck by the pool I myself had stepped on what appeared to be a piece of blue glass, I pulled it out and discarded it in an ashtray. Later on in the cruise I found another piece on the floor by the pool and brought it to the attention of their infamous Pool security guard and was told that it was a piece of tile that broke off from the pool. I was like, Are you kidding me... It wasn't that noticeable due to the pattern and colors of tiles on the outside of the hot tub, but there were tiles missing all over it. The pools are very small and only 4 ½ feet at max depth. The pools are salt water, didn't bother me but other people were caught by surprise.

As far as chair hogging goes, Wow.... I have never seen any thing like this before. By 7:30 in the morning I would have to say about 98% of the chairs in the pool area were covered with towels, books, sunglasses, one left shoe and then the other shoe on another chair and various other items. And there was virtually no one around. People were hogging rows, and sections of chairs that they never used. You could just help your self to their towels and take them back to your room and home at their expense of $22 =) Carnival has a serious issue with chair hogging and they just turn a blind eye to this. For some odd reason the deck hands start collecting the chairs at about 3:30. I found myself retrieving chairs from the stacks that they made. I understand that some point of the day they need to collect the chairs but 3:30 is a little early. FYI the main pools close at about 7:30 the pool in the rear is open till 10:00 I believe. Also between both main pools there are 4 bars only 2 were opened the other 2 I never seen opened. Breakfast Get their early, Lunch go late. You will find your self walking in circles especially if you are trying to find a table for 4. Word of advice is find a table first, sit down then take turns getting your food. You will find that the food stations make the same thing every day, Day after Day after Day.

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