Mike & Tracy’s continuing adventures: Carnival Miracle 8 day Eastern Caribbean

[MikeyA53]

YAY! You're back! I love your reviews!!!!

 

 

Thank you. :)

[MikeyA53]

My sister and I have a CC group going on that sailing, and your review is posted on the roll call

We all are eating up every word and photo...

Thank you so much for taking the time to do reviews.

There are a couple that seem to do them very well on CC and your adventures are top of the list :)

 

 

 

Thanks, you seem to have a really nice group, wish we could go. Mike

[MikeyA53]

Mike, great review. Brings back memories from our cruise last February on the Miracle. Great ship...not too crowded and good layout. We are booked on the Miracle for a 15 day cruise to Hawaii next April, I guess we really like the ship lol!

 

I see you are from NB. What part? We live in Fredericton. Interesting to see you drove to NY for your cruise. We are thinking of doing the same after our next cruise. You know all about the high cost of flying out of NB or travel to Maine for a flight to Florida.

 

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Thanks, we're from the Woodstock area. Mike

[MikeyA53]

Aren't you glad you sailed the week you did? Love the Miracle --our all time favorite Maitre'd was on Miracle --he was a nice looking "no hair" man like yourself.

We just got back from Destiny cruise Miami and had to rent a car to get home thanks to Sandy.

Hope everyone is safe post "Sandy"

 

 

I hope you had a good cruise in spite of Sandy. :)

[MikeyA53]

Mike, I'm another one of the Canuck "lurkers" who subscribes to every one of your reviews:). I really enjoy all of your reviews -- the complete ship tour, food porn, family photos, and port/scenic photos. You and your family have great attitudes and always seem to have a great time. I just may have to add the Miracle to my "next cruise" list when it moves to the West Coast. Looking forward to the rest of the review...

Mary Anne

 

Thank you Mary Anne, glad you liked them. :)

[Sevencruiser]

Yes, they are a wonderful couple. Love to cruise with them again.

 

I agree too. We've sailed with Juli & JR as well. Good people.

Mike, thanks for the ships tour along the way. We're looking at Miracle for an Alaska cruise with the whole family, so seeing so much detail of the ship will help us inform the part of our group who will be new to Carnival.

[JaniceB]

Every once in a while Tracy says give me that camera. :cool:

 

I bet she does! :)

 

 

Really enjoying your review as always!

[izzy19]

Hi, we are going on the same ship in February and have been enjoying the pics and review...just wondering how far the ship made it after the first night as it will likely be quite a bit cooler when we go in February...

[itscrackers25]

Hi, we are going on the same ship in February and have been enjoying the pics and review...just wondering how far the ship made it after the first night as it will likely be quite a bit cooler when we go in February...

 

 

DH and I are February to. have been told not until the second day ;-(

[jesron1269]

Great review and only really on day three! We sale the Valor this Thanksgiving so after reading nearly 20 pages of this cruise I am going to check out your b2b2b2b review this evening! Thanks for all your efforts!

[Kerryman50]

As mentioned earlier our cocktail party was organized by James and Kerry, a.k.a Kerryman50. They did such a wonderful job organizing the whole thing.

 

The nametags were made by Pam on our roll call. Very nice!

Thanks Mike. We enjoyed doing it and was our pleasure meeting such a nice fun group of people.

Pam went far and above on the name tags, they were very nice.:)

[Jimmy Geegitz]

What happened to the pics?

[silverfoxcruiser]

Glad you like it, sometimes I wonder if most people like the complete ship tour or not. :)

Well, in my case, you can stop wondering!! I absolutely love all the details in your reviews!! Silver

[Pamangela]

Thanks Mike. We enjoyed doing it and was our pleasure meeting such a nice fun group of people.

Pam went far and above on the name tags, they were very nice.:)

We made a good team, James. Great organizing everything.

Mike, such a wonderful photograher!

Everyone on this cruise? FUN Party animals!!:D

One of the Best. Cruises. Ever.

 

Love to you all. I check every night for "Another Episode from Mike & Tracy" :D

[in which I do love to see everyone in your pics ...as well as the view of the ship from another's eyes...]

 

Love from me,

the "Night Owl". :cool:

xoxo

Edited November 2, 2012 by Pamangela

[sarahleebones]

Thanks Mike. We enjoyed doing it and was our pleasure meeting such a nice fun group of people.

Pam went far and above on the name tags, they were very nice.:)

 

We made a good team, James. Great organizing everything.

Mike, such a wonderful photograher!

Everyone on this cruise? FUN Party animals!!:D

One of the Best. Cruises. Ever.

 

Love to you all. I check every night for "Another Episode from Mike & Tracy" :D

[in which I do love to see everyone in your pics ...as well as the view of the ship from another's eyes...]

 

Love from me,

the "Night Owl". :cool:

xoxo

 

Oh Dear....I offered to do our tags for our cruise with James :eek: You've really raised the bar Pam lol. Well, I have 4 months to figure out what to do for ours ! ;)

[MikeyA53]

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We left the party under the influence of alcohol. We were meeting the kids for the past guest party in the Phantom Lounge. As most parents would do we tried to act sober in front of them, (I think I fooled them). You can probably count on one hand the amount of times they have seen us in this state, so you can imagine they will take advantage of it to tease us.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Feeling snackish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tracy told one of them she liked his mask.

 

 

 

 

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I guess we weren’t done drinking yet, got to love those new full size drinks they now serve at the past guest party.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Captain and his officers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then it was time to learn some new dances.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Looks like Tracy still wants to dance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting Dominic and finding out he’s from the same city where Tracy grew up, Cardiff, Wales, UK.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arielle helping Mum back to her cabin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Getting fresh air

 

 

 

 

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[MikeyA53]

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After sobering up a bit we made to dinner at 7 pm. A magician came to our table, he was excellent. I only got a few photos of the starters and entrees, either they were too quick or I was too slow in getting the photos before they dug in.

 

 

 

 

 

Beef Carpaccio

 

 

 

 

Caesar Salad

 

 

 

 

 

Grilled New York Strip Steak From Aged American Beef

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Then it was time for the waiters to dance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Montree and Anjaya came and asked the girls to dance with them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Chocolate Bread Pudding

 

 

 

 

 

Almond and Phyllo Roll

 

 

 

 

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[MikeyA53]

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After dinner Tracy, Arielle and I headed to the Phantom Lounge for the ‘Laugh-A-Palooza Show’ starring comedians Michael Dugan and Donald Mcenery. We made it to the early show starting at 8:45 pm.

 

On our way to the lounge we stopped at the Taste Bar. It’s open on sea days from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

 

 

 

 

Very tasty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The show was presented by Cruise Director Cory Rogers. I liked him, he seemed to be everywhere throughout the cruise. On other cruises I seldom saw the cruise director unless he was hosting a show.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He brought a lady up from the audience and started serenading her. He’s actually a good singer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[MikeyA53]

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A singing dual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first comedian was Donald Mcenery.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Dugan

 

 

 

 

I enjoyed them both, overall a good show.

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