All Things Miracle!!!!

[trvlmil]

Malcolm is on his way back to the Miracle.

[Stooz]

The cruise director list didn't have anybody listed for my cruise on November 30th. So I wrote John Heald and he said Malcolm will be on my cruise.

 

 

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[asand5554]

The cruise director list didn't have anybody listed for my cruise on November 30th. So I wrote John Heald and he said Malcolm will be on my cruise.

 

 

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Please tell me about Malcolm. A great cruise director can make a big difference.

[Stooz]

I've never cruised with Malcolm yet. My first time on the miracle.

 

 

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[Grlpowers]

I am so excited! We booked the Miracle for jan 2013 last night.

 

I looked through this post but i have a couple questions. Do they keep the retractable roof over the one pool open or closed during winter sailings?

 

I have a 4 and 6 year old. Can they be in the same group for the kids club. I know some lines let the kids switch groups so siblings can be together.

 

Are there people spraying your hands with sanitizer when you enter the buffet area like on NCL?

 

We sailed on nlc gem out of nyc last new years and loved it even though it was cold. We are sailing late jan. this time and i hope the miracle is as fun as the gem was.

[cruisegirl73]

Yay! I just read your post immediately regarding Malcolm and I was just thinking of it. So glad he is heading back to work and feels better. I still have two months and with the holidays rolling around I know it will go really fast. With the cold weather and the bulky sweaters, it's hard to remember I will be needing summer clothes in Feb. Everything is packed away and if I want something new, I will not find it in the stores.

[hihello]

Malcom is great! We had him on our Miracle cruise in July. He is very social and you see him around tons!

[ahottoddie]

Four of us from work have booked a balcony cabin on the Miracle to Alaska for Aug 27th...Looking forward to it, now even more after reading reviews and thought from fellow cruisers familiar with the Miracle!:rolleyes:

[Janine]

Anyone ever do Your Time Dining on the Miracle? Just wondering about the pros and cons.

[ahottoddie]

All three of my cabin mates for our Alaska cruise have always done my time dining, but none on the Miracle...The flexibility of going at different times really is a plus on shore days when you might want to spend more time in port or on an excursion...They said that they have never run into a problem getting seating when they desired, but other postings I have read do state that if there is a delay it is not long, and could easily be filled with a quick trip to the bar for a drink...:cool:

[cruisegirl73]

I have a question. I will be on the Miracle in a few weeks and I have not booked any excursion yet in the Bahamas. Has anyone here ever done the dolphin excursion through Atlantis? The last time I went I did it at Blue Lagoon. This time I wanted to try something different. It says the excursion is only 3 hours but we have a few hours left after that until being back on the boat. For those of you have done this before, what did you do when you were done with the dolphins? Were you allowed to stay on the beach area or were you kicked off and sent on your way?

[meanjean80]

I have a question. I will be on the Miracle in a few weeks and I have not booked any excursion yet in the Bahamas. Has anyone here ever done the dolphin excursion through Atlantis? The last time I went I did it at Blue Lagoon. This time I wanted to try something different. It says the excursion is only 3 hours but we have a few hours left after that until being back on the boat. For those of you have done this before, what did you do when you were done with the dolphins? Were you allowed to stay on the beach area or were you kicked off and sent on your way?

 

Everyone's experience may be different, but for me, the Atlantis Dolphin excursion was possibly the worst excursion I've ever had in all my years of cruising. Below, from a review I wrote on my return:

 

We’d already toured Atlantis in the past, so we were mainly there for the Dolphins. We had a 9:30 tour. We were told to be there at 9am. We were there at 8:45. And we were then told to wait. Which we did. In the hot sun. Until about 9:45. With no explanation. As we watched the other Dolphin tour leave far ahead of us.

We were now hot and cranky when we got our wristbands. Why did ours say 11:45 if we had booked a 9:30 tour? We were told not to worry about it. Eventually, they walked us out of the pier area to a slew of waiting busses, where we were crammed in and driven to the resort. We then were assigned an escort, who made sure to tell us that her only purpose there was to walk us to the Dolphin area, this was NOT a tour, and to please keep up. Not easy with a group of about sixty people. We were then walked over around and through the entire resort area, about twenty minutes total. It’s about 10:20 when we get there. Only to have the woman at the desk look at our wristbands, tell us we were “too early” and suggest we walk…all the way back through the resort…to the aquarium, which our wristbands give us access to.

Can we say lack of communication? Why not just tell us when we were first dropped off that if we had later encounter times, we should not follow the escort group but hang back at the aquarium and get ourselves there by 11:40 (the time we were told to come back)? We’re adults, we could have done that. What we were NOT willing to do was to walk, fifteen minutes back in the hot sun, to the aquarium, to have maybe half an hour before turning around and walk fifteen minutes back to the Dolphins. So in defiance of suggestion, we found a couple of chairs in the observation area that were in the shade, and stayed put until we were called.

At this point things seemed to get better. We got our wet suits, and were broken up in to groups of 9. We waded in to the water (it was the shallow water excursion) and met our Dolphin, Machai. We had about 45 minutes in the water with him, got to do a few different things, each in turn. It was a great experience, right down to having him splash water all over us. Great fun.

But the pro-Dolphin buzz wore of quickly. Apparently Atlantis is the one place on earth a Carnival photographer can’t go. Only Atlantis photographs were available. And the cheapest package advertised was seventy dollars for five photos (two 5x7 and 3 wallets, I believe). There might have been single photo options available, but the line to get to the kiosks to view your photos was five or 6 people deep at each one, and everyone taking 10-20 minutes to locate and request their photos. Donna and I (people who have no problem spending money on photos) gave up in frustration, and headed back to the bus and back to the ship, where we were much happier.

Mainly this was an Atlantis problem…but it’s a Carnival problem too, because they are the ones suggesting and booking the reservation. They need far better organization than what exists now.

[cruisegirl73]

Thank you for responding meanjean80. I have heard negative things in the past too regarding the Atlantis Excursion. I'm second guessing now and I'm wondering what might be a better option that day? What do you think?

[Cavners5]

My fiance & I will be getting married on the miracle Jan 5th, 2014! several family and friends will be joining us as well! I am so excited! This will be my first cruise ever but my fiance's third! lol :)

 

 

happy happy happy :) thank you for making this thread!

 

CruiseBride, congrats....we are sailing with her in February of 2014. We are from Carson City!!!! This will be our second cruise (DH, DS-16,DS-11,DD-7 and myself). We are also traveling with 3 more of our family members who are first time cruisers (DS-27,DD in law 24, and DS girlfriend 16). We are all so excited, and planning our excursions now......:D