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Have been on the Miracle 4 times, all 13 day cruises to Alaska, Panama Canal and Hawaii. Very few kids, and an older cruise crowd. The longer the cruise the age factor goes up, kids go down. All 4 we never saw any misbehaving on the ship. The Miracle is an older ship, but it’s a nice ship, 

Just off the Nieuw Statendam ( Jan. 14th ). There was continuous music in BB Kings Dance Club, the band was fabulous. Also continuous music    and dancing in the Billboard Lounge. Good band there too.

There is a water way from the rear of the pool area up to the bar. I enjoy the pool at Amber Cove. Get there early to grab a lounger under a shaded area. There’s a restaurant, and you can rent umbrellas. Out in the sun, it gets very hot. 

Ours came a week from sailing. This was January 1st this year.

41 minutes ago, Sea42 said:

I'm so glad you enjoyed your cruise but boy what an awful way to end a nice trip! Glad that you made it home eventually!

41 minutes ago, Sea42 said:

I'm so glad you enjoyed your cruise but boy what an awful way to end a nice trip! Glad that you made it home eventually!

Hi neighbor, we are here in Rockford. Was really frustrated for two days.

This was my wife and I first Holland America cruise. We have been a loyal Carnival cruiser. The flight to FLL went without incident. We arrived at our motel around 6pm. We ordered in and then went to bed, we had been up since 1:30am. Next morning we shuttled over to Port Everglades. Caught first look at the ship, very impressive. This is my general impression of the ship. It’s classy, beautiful, clean. The staff was great. The entertainment was really good. The band in the BB King dance Club was fabulous, as was the entertainment in the Billboard Club and the other rock and roll club. Food was delicious at all the venues. The Grand Dutch Cafe has good coffee and free snacks. Our ports were Amber Cove, San Juan, St. Thomas, and HMC. Have been to these ports many times so we just wandered around the ports. The 7 days went by to fast, for the last few years we have done only 10 to 14 day cruises. All good things come to an end, its disembarkation day, which went smoothly, off the ship by 8:30am. Caught a cab to our Hotel, we stayed over one day, planned to wander around Ft Lauderdale but it rained  all day This is where the chaos began. Monday we were up very early to catch a flight home. No problems until we landed, exited the plane in Tampa to catch our flight to Chicago. As soon as we reached the gate for our connection an announcement was made, all flights to Chicago have been cancelled until Wednesday. Scrambled for a two night stay. That evening an e-mail from Southwest now booked us for a 7am flight the next morning. Up early again. Arrived at FLL, again our flight was cancelled. Back to the hotel. Thinking’s have not quite settled down. My wife was pulled off our booking and placed her solo for Wednesday. I had to now get me on the same flight. All worked for Wednesday with the great help from the Southwest representatives. Finally got on a flight home with a few minor delays along the way. Finally home after another 11 hours of traveling.  Last thing I’ll say, is we loved Holland America and will defiantly sail them again.

Just a couple of suggestions. Flying the same day. Catch the earliest flight and a non stop if possible. Leaving early and arriving early leaves you a small buffer in case there’s any flight delays. Just curios, where are you located?

1 hour ago, nwcruiselover said:

One more suggestion is to check Carnival’s website several times a day looking for a cabin that becomes available because of a last minute cancellation.  If you see one, grab it right away because it won’t last long.

I have seen cruises sold out on Carnival and other booking sites have the same cruise open for booking. So my suggestion is to search all sites that offer cruises, you might get lucky.

The largest ship we have sailed is the Conquest class. Would now like to do a cruise on the larger Panorama and Jubilee type ships

Slightly crazy. I would not bet on getting off at 7am, but  it could happen. Too much could go wrong in a very short period of time. If you have a backup plan go for it.

3 hours ago, MistyRo76 said:

Thanks! 
 

I assume there are no major noise concerns in that area from the bridge? And looks like  nothing above the cabin. 

3 hours ago, MistyRo76 said:

Thanks! 
 

I assume there are no major noise concerns in that area from the bridge? And looks like  nothing above the cabin. 

No noise very quiet. 

The scenic view is just what it says. An amazing view. From what I remember there should be enough room for three. The draw back is you must lower the full window shade at night. The bridge is right above you and the lights from the cabin reflect up to the bridge. No morning sunshine until you pull up the blind. 

There is really no safe parking except the port. There’s mixed reviews. Some say it’s safe others say it’s not. I would never park downtown.

In the past we have held private get togethers  in the Library, the piano bar which was in its own room, and the aft pool bar area. Sorry to say none on the Marci Gras. Where ever you hold your meet and greet check with guest services that no one has reserved the area.

On 11/7/2023 at 9:31 AM, Ricks said:

I tried to search a bunch of different ways….. but nothing coming up..

So question is 

 

Coming in Monday Dec 4th on NCL Bliss, is it doable to get to FLL airport from Miami port for a JB flight leaving at 12:20pm.

 

thanks for any input 

As mentioned above, you are returning on a work day, could be I-95 traffic. Don’t delay debarking the ship, get to FLL asap.

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I would skip the train and book a whale watch out of Juneau. You can book an independent whale watch right on the dock, you can’t miss the vendors.  Skagway and Ketchikan are nice to walk around and have lunch. Our first trip to Alaska, we just walked around the towns, only 1 excursion that was in Skagway, a bus tour. 

32 minutes ago, hockeyluver said:

I have already told her that a few times,  she will be at the same port so they just need to walk over to the right terminal.   We will already be on the ship since we are doing a B2B.   

After you check back in you can then leave the ship. Go meet her when she arrives.

1 hour ago, hockeyluver said:

My sister is concerned they wont be able to board the ship.  We are doing a journey cruise in January.  Me and my brother in law in one cabin,  my hubby and sister in another.   We are doing the 2 day before on the same ship (b2b),   they are doing a 7 day on a different ship (SBS).  I told her I would ask here to get your insite on this.  I told her as long as they have thier bording pass they will be fine.   She is worried because we will already be on board.

Thanks for your help! 

To calm her worries, meet up at the terminal based on whoever has the latest check in time and check in together. Make sure all have boarding passes

Good afternoon cruisers. Sitting here at home on a cool afternoon watching college football, going over the paperwork for our upcoming cruise. Can anyone who has departed from Port Everglades terminal 26 recently tell me if they are enforcing  the check in times and if so do they have a line for early arrivals. 

1 hour ago, 1stresponder2086 said:

Thank you.  I appreciate your information 

The first thing I would do unless you do not care what check in time you get is be on the Carnival web site 14 days prior to sailing, at midnight EST. Grab your time then you can fill out the rest of the info as stated above. 

On 10/28/2023 at 3:12 PM, latebuyer said:

I’m not new to cruising, but once had a horrible experience with a guaranteed cabin. However there is a cruise i’m interested in that has 500 off, but is a guarantee. What have other experiences been like? I know i slept a lot better when i was able to choose my own cabin. Price is hard to beat though.

Have had one a few years ago. Switched from an OV to a balcony. When we got the balcony I was disappointed. It was an obstructed view. When I looked up the location it was towards the rear of the ship and the obstruction was a lifeboat about 6 balconies forward. No obstruction at all. This January we are cruising on Holland America with a guar. ocean view, still waiting for it to be assigned. Not worried where it will be, but would like to see what we were given.

4 hours ago, Stryker50 said:

Has anyone had this problem. I log in to my carnival acct. Go to mamaga booking, enter booking number, enter last name and it says booking combination not found, tried wife's name same thing. She logged in tried it and got right in. Does carnival not like me?

4 hours ago, jsglow said:

My thoughts.....

1) typo,

2) temporary website glitch. I know there were real challenges in the couple weeks after the IT reboot back in September. I think those are mostly ironed out.

 

Take 'some' comfort that the computer recognizes the cruise. Perhaps the problem is with how you are personally accounted for.

 

If it persists, absolutely call the 1-800 mother ship. That shouldn't happen and customer service should be able to get to the bottom of it.

 

Either that or she's taking her new boyfriend and is about to have a 'chat' with you! 😳🤣

If you are using different computers to log on to Carnival, try a different browser from the one you are having the problem with. This sometimes work.

99.9% no

We are OV people, while balcony’s are nice, we don’t spend much time in the cabin. All we need is the morning sun coming through the OV window. We have done quite a few Carnival Journeys OV14 day cruises and on sea days we are up on deck looking at water, the same water you see from the balcony.  

Wonderful photos. I noticed a certain young lady had a great trip to Charleston.