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snowy owl

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grandmallie

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we are sailing the 27th of November , I havent been on this ship, have been on the Legend,but have been to St Marteen, and St Lucia, when we went we did the ship tours to the beach,that was our first cruise,now that we have met friends that we are cruising with we are doing private tours of all the islands,

I am looking forward to Maho beach just to see the planes:eek:

looking forward to sailing ,and we have gotten a couple of price drops which makes it all the better:D

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CruiseJunkie4

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We went to Costa Rica, Panama and Belize on the Miracle. I thought the Miracle had the best tasting food of all the ships I had been on. We had such a nice time that we're going to cruise her again in February 2011 to Grand Turk, Dominican Republic, Curacao and Aruba.

 

Although I prefer the layout of the Conquest class ships, the Miracle was an excellent cruise.

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willy32465

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I'll be on the 6/24 sailing out of NY:D Sooo excited. Ports of call are Puerto Rico, St Thomas and Grand Turk. I was very excited about this itinerary...and still am....One question though.....

 

Did i make a mistake by not booking the normal route....turk, private island and nassau. I have been to Nassau....BUT is the private island really dumb to miss. They only do my itinerary 3x this year apparently.....

What do you think.

Thanks

K

No you didn't make a mistake. A cruise is what you make it. If you get the chance to go to Half Moon Cay jump at that. You will love it. I was not impressed with Puerto Rico but Nassau and Grand Turk are very nice. We did nighttime horseback riding in San Juan. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS! Grand Turk we jus shopped and sat on beach. Nassau we did Sandals once , Atlantis once and the Island Tour. Any questions ask away. Enjoy your trip

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VickiD59

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Going on the Miracle this July 18th with a family group of 12 of us (more to come I hope). Sailing out of NYC was a big draw for us, no plane flights to coordinate etc, but for the month of July, there weren't very many cruise choices. The PR, St. Thomas, Grand Turk itinerary had the most "we've never been there before" options for our group. Other than my immediate family (hubby and (2) 20 somethin sons), everyone else in our party has cruised many times, so we sort of let them pick the destination. I've been reading everything possible on all the ports to try and plan a course of action. I don't want to be too structered in arranging excursions that we're locked into something, but then I don't want to wing it either and then miss out because we didn't plan ahead. Puerto Rico doesn't really seem like it has anything to do? I keep reading about, "walking and shopping". Is it worth getting off the ship if that's all there is to do?

Excursions seem like they can get costly, especially with a big group of people. I just don't wanna go overboard (YIKES!) with the planning and realize we made poor, albeit expensive choices. Anyone have any suggestions, I'd love to hear any points of view re: our ports of call.

 

Vicki :)

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Hammerman417

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We went to Costa Rica, Panama and Belize on the Miracle. I thought the Miracle had the best tasting food of all the ships I had been on. We had such a nice time that we're going to cruise her again in February 2011 to Grand Turk, Dominican Republic, Curacao and Aruba.

 

Although I prefer the layout of the Conquest class ships, the Miracle was an excellent cruise.

 

CruiseJunkie4 what weekend in Feb. are you sailing? We have a great rollcall for the Feb. 7 sailing. We are doing a B2B but alot are just doing the second leg.

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snowy owl

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I wanted to keep this current so who is the cruise director and do you know if he will be in June? We are cruising June 16th. Very excited. Just was wondering about the main staff. This will be the first time cruising in the summer we usually go in the winter to get away from the snow and cold. :)

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We've did Bannister Island last year in Belize. Have also done Goff's Caye and the Altun Ha/River Wallace tour. Loved Bannister Island the best and 2nd was Altun Ha/River tour.

 

Panama, we've done a private tour and then the ship sponsored RR tour. I would opt for a private tour.

 

Costa Rica - we did a couple of River ride excursions both ship sponsored.

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There was a mini-fridge in our balcony cabin. It had the usual assortment of mini-bars items. You operate the safe with a credit card, or any other card with a magnetic strip.

 

My wife and I were on the ship when it hit the pier. I was working out and did not feel the bump. Heck of a couple of holes in the ship though.

 

Carnival cruises continue to be excellent travel options. I just wish the company that operates the casinos would train their dealers to be more friendly, and ditch those horrible continuous shuffle machines. Oh, and install an ice cream machine closer to the casino.

 

The art glass around the ship is very interesting and beautiful.

 

If you get the chance to visit St. Lucia and St. Kitts, jump at that opportunity!

 

We're going on the Miracle (southern) in March......what is the best things to do in those ports???? St. Marten, St. Lucia, St. Kitts.

 

Thank you!

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Has anyone been on the Miracle for the Panama, Costa Rica, and Belize route. Any reviews or suggestions would be nice. We are going on our 8th Carnival Cruise on the April 5th cruise.:rolleyes:

 

Yes, we did that tour 2 years ago. Fabulous! Unfortunately we didn't make it to Costa Rica as there was port strike and we were diverted to Honduras instead. Do the cavetubing in Belize. Incredible! We did a private tour for this. And definitely do the Gatun Locks in Panama. We just rented a cab in Panama.....a bit sketchy, but worked out well in the end.

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Crazy4Koko

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Has anyone been on the Miracle for the Panama, Costa Rica, and Belize route. Any reviews or suggestions would be nice. We are going on our 8th Carnival Cruise on the April 5th cruise.:rolleyes:

 

 

I can make recommendations for Panama and Costa Rica..

 

 

Okeydokey Tours in Costa Rica.. can't go wrong with any of the tours with his crew...

 

We went with My Friend Mario in Panama. You can read about our particular excursions in my Freedom review...link is in my signature.

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freddymale

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I wanted to keep this current so who is the cruise director and do you know if he will be in June? We are cruising June 16th. Very excited. Just was wondering about the main staff. This will be the first time cruising in the summer we usually go in the winter to get away from the snow and cold. :)

 

it's malcom he is there for all of 2010

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AngelKappie

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We are going on the Miracle on Thanksgiving week 2010, the new itinerary Aruba, Curacao, DR and Grand Turk! CANT WAIT!!!!! :D

 

Very much looking forward to a ship bigger than the Ispiration with about the same amount of people and smaller than the Freedom, easier to get around, especially with my teen kids!!!

 

Some day would LOVE to go out of NYC. The summer months when my kids have no school the prices are SOOOOOOOOO high, could not swing it! We booked the Thanksgiving cruise back in October so happy we did the price has gone up soooooo much since we booked!

 

Love that the Miracle has 3 pools plus the slide and kiddie pool! SWEET! ;)

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Lydia B, Any chance you doing Spencer's tour in St. Lucia on Tue., Mar 16? If so, would you be interested in doing the water taxi back to the ship after beach/snorkel time. Daughter and I want more time at beach for snorkeling and would need to take water taxi back but don't want to pay for just the two of us (expensive). If there are four or more people, it's $30.00.

 

vicki

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Does anybody know if the Miracle has the Ceasar Salad and the Pizza 24 hours? I would love to know, because I'm obsessed with Carnival's Ceasar Salad.

 

 

yes.. and the salads are quite good...

 

 

Also- there is a small rotisserie section in Horatios

 

 

Old San Juan in PR is beautiful with great architecture... Very historic plus the old fort is worth a visit...

 

 

I believe there is a mini fridge in each cabin... I could be wrong.. been on 3x and each time had one

 

 

Also -Re the grill.. (outside and latenight).. there are other options available that are not put out.. Grilled Chicken sandwiches...

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