bluejay555

We did this cruise last year with our teenagers and loved it. We have also done Alaska with Princess and while Carnival isn't as elegant, we had a wonderful time! We love Carnival. There was so much to do and it was very laid back. Leaving from San Francisco is awesome, sailing under the Golden Gate bridge and past Alcatraz, but the Pacific is very rocky and lots of people were feeling sick the first couple days. It was also very foggy. I did a review on our cruise if you're interested.

I was just on the Miracle and the free stuff was the same pastries offered at the buffet: croissants, apple turnovers, those cinnamon roll things. The good stuff- cakes and donuts- cost money. There was only one line for everything.

My husband makes the best sausage gravy so I am spoiled, but yes, the carnival chefs have some work to do 😂

That's a bummer. Hopefully it picks up. I didn't even know about our facebook group until I met some people at the hotel in San Francisco that told me about it.

Too funny! I love that you found yourself in my picture!!!

Princess was wonderful...the food was great, the room seemed a little bigger. But it was more quiet and more formal compared to Carnival. Carnival is much more laid back and friendly in my opinion.

That's exciting! On what cruise line?

Fair enough. That just means you need to do it all over again soon on a diff line 🙂 I have been on Princess to Alaska and it’s just an all over different vibe.

I have to agree with this. We actually commented and laughed about the workers constantly mopping the lido deck. We decided their job was impossible and never-ending. That deck is never dry, even in Alaska with way fewer swimmers and kids running with drinks sloshing everywhere.

I'm sorry you had problems. What were the deficiencies that caused you to cancel 3 future cruises? They must have been pretty bad! I guess I was in my own little bubble of cruise ship happiness lol

Thank you! I appreciate that. Have a fabulous time on your end of season Alaskan cruise, I hope you post another review.

Right?? 😂🤦‍♀️ Thanks for following along, and have a great cruise next yr!!

It’s so true!

Whaaat? That's a huge group! Love that! Thanks 🙂

So I forgot to tell this story. the other ship out of San Francisco was the Ruby Princess. We left at the same time, sailed side by side up the coast, and returned to San Fran on the same morning. Except...the Ruby Princess crashed into the dock upon arrival. I read that there was a medical emergency on board and the docking was rushed. Who knows. We had a family on our plane that had been on the Ruby Princess and they said they felt it hit and ran out to their balcony to see what had happened. I joined the Ruby Princess facebook page to get updates (I'm nosy lol) and found out the ship had to have a patch welded on, and couldn't sail away until Sunday. They were supposed to leave Thurs. They got to come and go as they pleased, using the cruise ship as a hotel for 3 nights while enjoying San Francisco, and lost all ports but Ketchikan and Prince Rupert, and would receive 75% off, plus 75% off a future cruise. If they chose to leave instead, they would get $100 back, plus 50% off a future cruise. From what I gather, most chose to stay on. I would have too! Anyway, I thought that was so interesting...