Carnival Miracle Re-Route Causes Havoc
Sunday, September 7th, 2008An article was posted over at The Cruise Log by Gene about the re-routing of Carnival Miracle due to Tropical Storm Hanna. What happened was, the cruise, which is exactly what I sailed on a couple months ago, was supposed to go to the Eastern Caribbean (Grand Turk, San Juan, St. Thomas), and was re-routed to [...] 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 »
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 »
Carnival Miracle July 4 Cruise Review - Part Three: The Ports
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008This part of the review will probably be short because I don’t have a lot to say about the ports. We didn’t really do much at the ports, which is why there’s not much to say about them.
First Stop: San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan was nice I guess. We just shopped a little. I’m not [...] Read more »
Carnival Miracle July 4 Cruise Review - Part Two: The Food
Monday, July 14th, 2008One thing I noticed on this cruise was that the food quality had increased from the past few years. (Or maybe it was just because I hadn’t cruised in so long anything would taste good!) Either way, the food was great.
Up at the buffet, there was a lot of variety. Despite all the variety, I [...] Read more »
Carnival Miracle July 4 Cruise Review - Part One: The Ship
Sunday, July 13th, 2008I will be dividing my cruise review into several sections. I will talk about a different aspect of the cruise in each post. Today I will start with the ship itself.
We sailed on the Carnival Miracle. I already knew I would love the ship because we sailed on a sister ship, the Carnival Legend, last [...] Read more »