August 29, 2008

Why we choose Carnival Miracle? We live on Long Island and have a 2 year old son. Carnival Miracle leaves from New York City and offers a camp for 2 year olds and will change diapers. We being me, my husband, 2 year old son & my parents. We had only cruised on Royal Caribbean before. I've been on 3 cruises prior to this one.

Embarkation We were at the pier at 12:45 and were on the ship at approximately 1:30 pm. My only grip was we had to stand and wait on a long line to with a 2 year old. When we approached the end of the line they kept bringing a 5 or 6 handicapped people to the front of the line. They have a line for each deck number. I understand that they need to accommodate handicap people however they should do the same thing for people with small children under 5. My son was screaming bloody murder and it is very frustrating when you think you're at the end of a very long line and out of nowhere a line of 5 or 6 wheelchairs cuts in front of you. I didn't see them sending any of the handicap people to the front of any of the other lines just my line. I didn't complain but this needs to be improved. Read more