We sailed on the Carnival Miracle from Sept. 29 - Oct. 7, 2009 out of New York. I had been on this ship before but 2 out of the 3 ports were new so we decided to go. This is my 10th cruise in 7 years - the 3rd with Carnival.

EMBARKATION / CABIN: We arrived at the pier about noon and parked the car at the pier ($240 for the week but you cant beat the convenience of being right there). We were on the ship by 1pm. I love how they have fixed up the ship terminals in NYC - nice job! My mom and I had a private balcony room (5146) and our friends were next to us (5148) so we had the steward open the door between the balconies which was nice. The cabin was clean. My only complaint we had is we never met our room steward. Usually on the first day, you are bombarded with them knocking on the door, introducing themselves, making sure you have everything, etc. but not a peep. Our cabin was always kept clean, etc. so that was great but we never saw them.

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