Archive for July, 2008
« Previous EntriesI Got a 45 Day Letter!
Monday, July 28th, 2008I’m pretty happy right now. I received a 45 day letter in the mail today from Carnival. I wrote to them a couple weeks ago right after our cruise to leave some feedback. I just mentioned how nice the cruise was, and I mentioned some of the staff (who I also wrote about here). They [...] Read more »
More Carnival Dream Pictures
Saturday, July 26th, 2008This isn’t really new news, but I figured I share some more pictures of Carnival’s upcoming Carnival Dream with you.
(All photos are © Carnival.)
This is something I’m excited about: the outdoor cafe. I’m still not entirely sure what this is all about, but my hope is that it will be another restaurant choice. If so, [...] Read more »
Past Guest Programs
Thursday, July 24th, 2008One of the things I like best about cruising is the past guest programs. I started talking about this yesterday in my final review post when I mentioned our VIP privileges. Today I will continue further, talking about other cruise lines’ past guest programs. Yesterday I pretty much covered Carnival’s past guest program (for Platinum at [...] Read more »
Carnival Miracle July 4 Cruise Review - Part Seven: The VIP Treatment
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008As I’m sure I’ve mentioned before, this was my first Carnival cruise as a Platinum member. We were told there were only twelve parties onboard (including us) that had Platinum status. I will talk about some of the perks we enjoyed as Platinum guests:
VIP Check-in: Probably one of the best perks. We were able to go [...] Read more »
One Last Photo Post
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008This is the last photo post of my review. Just a couple more random images I decided to share.
A picture of most of the ship on the first day. It would have been a good picture if the camera strap didn’t get in the way… Oh well.
A picture of the water taken from our balcony. [...] Read more »
Carnival Miracle July 4 Cruise Review - Part Six: The Last Day
Sunday, July 20th, 2008This part of the review will have to sections. The first section will cover disembarkation. The second section will cover what happened after disembarkation.
Disembarkation
We opted to do normal disembarkation this cruise. For the past few years, we’ve done self-assist, where we carry off our own bags. This time, however, we chose to have them taken [...] Read more »
Another Photo Post
Saturday, July 19th, 2008I wanted to share some more pictures with you, so here we go!
This was a great “bow” picture of our Miracle. I think this was taken in San Juan.
Here’s a picture of one of the pool areas (mid-ship) on the Miracle. It was always quite crowded. I don’t like swimming in those pools, so it [...] Read more »
Carnival Miracle July 4 Cruise Review - Part Five: The Activities
Friday, July 18th, 2008There were plenty of activities on this cruise. There’s not a whole lot to say about them, but they were all very good.
Our favorite activity this cruise was the trivia. We did quite a few trivia sessions. Some of them, off the top of my head, included general, history, sports, slogans, etc. A lot of [...] Read more »
A Photo Post
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Taking a short break from the review, I’m going to share a couple pictures with you today from the cruise. (We have to mix things up a little, you know?) You can click on each picture for a full size image.
Smooth seas
This is one of my favorite pictures. It’s not too often you see the [...] Read more »
Carnival Miracle July 4 Cruise Review - Part Four: The Staff
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008First I will talk about the staff in general. After that, there are a few people I’d like to mention specifically.
The staff on the Miracle were very nice. People often complain about rude or unhelpful crew on their cruises. Not the case on our cruise! Every crew member we came in contact with was very [...] Read more »