Review: Carnival Miracle in the W. Carib. June 2005 (long)

> Hi very good review . We'll be on the Miracle on august 21. 5th time on
> Carnival and 60th over all cruise .. Just some ?? is the slide open .
> and did they change the time in some of the ports ? And yes there are
> alot of people who don't like carinval . But the 5 times we were on her
> we had the most fun . Carnival is like going to Vagas alot of people
> don't like going there too !!
> To each his own .
> Ken G..........>


Hi, Ken,

Did you say 60th?! Wow! I hope your week on the Miracle is a great
celebration of that milestone!

We never did the slide, so can't help you out there, except to say that
every day's Caper posted the time the slide was open, i.e., I didn't see any
published notice that it was closed. In reviewing the Capers, the slide time
was 11:30a-4p on At Sea days and 2-5p on port days.

As you know, they switched Belize and Cozumel. I think they did lengthen the
time in Costa Maya. Here are the days/times from our cruise:

Tues-Grand Cayman-7a-4p, last tender 3:15p
Wed-Costa Maya-noon-8p, on board 7:30p
Thur-Belize-8a-5p, last tender 4p
Fri-Cozumel-8a-10p, on board 9:30p

Diana

wonderful review diana. i'm so glad that you and the finally got to
experience on of my favorite class of ships.

howie

D Ball wrote:
> Our family of four ranging in ages 12 to 75 cruised on the Carnival Miracle
> out of Tampa to the Western Caribbean from Sunday to Sunday, June 12-19,
> 2005. This was our 12th cruise, 1st on Carnival-we've now been on all of the
> mainstream lines except HAL, which we will try in the Baltics next week!
>
> In a nutshell, the cruise far exceeded expectations! We were most impressed
> with Carnival's food and all-around exemplary customer service. We were
> least impressed with the ship's "fictional icons" theme décor. I now
> understand the love/hate Joe Farcus debate and thought the ship was
> downright ugly, with the exception of two public spaces: Mad Hatter's
> Lounge, which was appropriately whimsical, and Nick & Nora's specialty
> restaurant, which was evocative of an era. We were solidly in the "eew, it's
> awful" camp with regard to the nightmarish Bacchus dining room. WHAT were
> they thinking?! But all in all, this was one of our favorite, most
> satisfying cruise experiences.