New Cruise Review: 1-10-08

teacp · February 4, 2008

Title :: 1-10-08

Author :: teacp

Category :: Carnival Miracle

Information ::

This was probably the best cruise yet. I don't know if it was because we just needed the rest after all we have been through this past six months.

Description ::

Southern Caribbean

Embarkation

We got to Ft. Lauderdale on 1-09-08 and stayed at the Comfort Inn near the airport. Very nice hotel and walking distance to the mall and restaurants.

We took the hotel shuttle to the port the next morning and it was uneventful. When we got to the port there was a very long line which surprised us as we had never encountered that before. It moved rather quickly and we were on board by noon having lunch.

Cabin

Our stateroom was 4241 which was an aft balacony cabin. As usual we were pleased with the cabin and our stewards Carlos and Richard were very pleasant and accomadating.

The Ship

The Miracle is a beautiful ship and spotless. It seemed someone was always cleaning something. The grapes in the dining room are a little overwhelming at first but you get used to them. We had a booth for two at the late seating which was great as that is what we wanted this time.

Our dining staff was a hoot. We had Antonia as our head server and she was a sweetheart. She is getting married in June to a colleague. Her assistants name was Zoltan and he was a riot. Every night when the entertainment started after dinner he would grab me and dance with me. We enjoyed our dining experience and as usual the food was great. Ken had his usual Quail, Duck, Lamb and Veal so he was a happy camper. We got picked for the Newlywed/not so newlywed game and that was a lot of fun.

We had one problem. We had the aft balcony on the main deck and someone above us was smoking a cigar(youcould smell it) and kept flicking the ashes over railing and landing on our balcony. We would find matches and ashes out there every morning. One afternoon Ken and I were out there playing cards and down come the ashes. Well Ken had had it and yelled up to please use an ashtray. There are signs posted right there on the balcony about just that.

Debarkation

Carnival has the new number coding instead of color. I was wondering how they were going to do that being we printed ours off the internet and the luggage tags are now all blue. They leave tags with a number on it the night before the end of the cruise and tell you to put them on your luggage. Our number was 21 so you just wait in the morning till they call your number and that is when you disembark. When you get into the terminal you look for your number on the wall and that is where your luggage should be. Ours was in the proper place. We were off the ship by ten and at hailed a cab to the airport and were there by 10:30.

We had a great cruise and the Miracle is awesome

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sailingrose · February 4, 2008

Sounds like you and Ken had a nice relaxing time. Thanks

cruisetarp · February 4, 2008

Maria - sounds like a terrific cruise and as you said you really needed it after the last few months. Glad you were not disappointed and you enjoyed your cruise.

hazelson · February 5, 2008

Great read Maria - thank you.

lashl · February 5, 2008

Maria.....Thanks for the review. Know what you mean about those grapes! Glad you had a great cruise.

Steve

rogue · February 5, 2008

That was a great review, Maria. I'm glad you had such a great cruise. :biggrin:

JoeyandDavid · February 8, 2008

thanks for sharing Maria .. It really does sound like Ken and you got the down time you so wanted!! good for you....

elfed · February 9, 2008

Hi teacp,

Enjoyed your review. We were on the Miracle on the 26th January and I will write a small review too. I agree with you that it's a lovely ship.

Regards,

James.

Shari2 · February 15, 2008

Thanks for the great review, Maria!

TheSkipper · February 15, 2008

Good review, Maria. We encounted the new numbered tag system on the Spirit on 2/2. Our entire group of 70 had number 8, so all our luggage was togther. One bag was missing however and we spent an hour trying to find it for the owner. We finally had to give up as our bus was waiting.

When we got to LV the missing bag was on the bus!! :ohmy: Someone else in the group must have grabbed it and lugged it to the bus. :huh2: