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  1. Yes, you can bring a 12 pack of sealed 12oz (or less) non-alcoholic cans per person on board at embarkation as well as in each port if you like. On our October cruise we brought a 12 pack of Coke Zero and a 12 pack of Red Bull on at embarkation. It was a 15 day cruise so we also restocked once we got to Hawaii.
  2. For us it depended a lot on how fast we were moving. We were in the very forward deck 5 balcony on Miracle to Hawaii in October. We were clipping along pretty good on the way out and back and the balcony was basically unusable. Super windy and cold. We even had a block on the forward side by part of the ship. When we were going more slowly in Hawaii it was better but still windy. We definitely did not get the use out of the balcony we normally do.
  3. 27 Waterfalls of Damajagua - IGUANA MAMA SHORE EXCURSIONS Second vote for the waterfalls in Amber Cove! Definitely in the top 3 excursions we have ever done!
  4. We did the 15 night Hawaii on the Miracle this past October. Flew into Long Beach from Denver (Southwest) and stayed at the Renaissance in downtown Long Beach. Long Beach airport is super small (8 gates I think?) and it was really crowded the day we flew home. Possibly from a bunch of other cruisers also trying to get home. No where to sit at the gate so we ended up sitting in the open-air breezeway between the 2 "concourses". Our flight didn't leave until 4pm so we hung out at the Long Beach Exchange for quite a while. Long Beach Exchange (thelongbeachexchange.com)
  5. I can't help with menu's but I think my husband brought home most of the Fun Times. I don't really want to take pictures of every side of all 15 days but if there is something specific you are looking for I can check.
  6. Interesting. How long ago was this? We went on Miracle right after the menus were released (weren't even available on the app yet) so I wonder if it was just a training/newness of concept issue?
  7. Yea, we were told everything on the vegan menus for all meals was order ahead only. We ordered both breakfast for the next morning and dinner for the next evening at dinner each evening. The very first day we went to see the maitre'd during their open hours and they had the menu available for us to order for the first evenings dinner.
  8. Did you ask the night before for the following evening? They won't let you order same night. We did have some evenings it wasn't available but we were thinking it is because they probably only have 7 nights worth and our cruise was 15.
  9. There are some amazing vegan chesses now but whatever Carnival used did not melt well. It tasted ok but I also have issues with that weird texture so I mostly picked things without the vegan cheese or asked for it without (breakfast sandwiches). My husband doesn't mind the texture as much so most of those pics were of his food. We just picked up the new oat milk Diaya last week and highly recommend!! It melts super well, tastes great and has much better texture melted than anything we have had so far. We even made quesadillas and mu husband was in heaven! 😄 I still prefer Vio Life for unmelted applications but that is just my preference.
  10. We did not book a time, just showed up and let the wait staff know we had pre-ordered. I think we only had one super early morning and we skipped the dining room and just got some fruit and stuff from the buffet. My husband was able to get almond milk in the dining room one morning and I know they had soy but I am not sure about oat milk. We don't do a lot of plant-based milks aside from using them for cooking occasionally.
  11. Yay! That is my review! Glad you enjoyed it! OP - Please feel free to ask any questions and I will try to answer as best I can. 🙂
  12. We just did this cruise in October. Miracle is great and very unique in it's décor! We loved it but have heard others call it "ostentatious" or "gaudy". Lots of fun areas to hang out in for whatever your mood is. Dinner was pretty casual for the most part. Hubby wore nice jeans with polos most nights and dockers type slacks with a button down shirt on formal nights. I wore casual skirts with nice short sleeved tops on causal nights and semi casual cocktail type dresses on formal nights. There were people dressed more nicely and more informally than us each night. The captain, his wife, some of the officers and their families ate dinner in the MDR (late seating) at least half the nights and were all dressed very nicely each evening (evening dresses, full hair and makeup for the ladies, uniforms for the officers). Let me know if you have any specific questions and I can try to answer them!
  13. This is opinion only but I can give you a pretty direct comparison from our experience. We sailed the Reflection last December (11 nights) and the Miracle this October (15 day Journeys). They are very different experiences in pretty much every way. Décor - The Reflection was what you would probably consider upscale and subdued vs the Miracle which is colorful and what some have termed as ostentatious. We actually completely loved the Miracle's décor and are firmly in the "keep Miracle weird" camp! Cabin - We had a larger "hump" balcony on both ships. Balconies on both ships were fine, no complaints. Even though the Miracle is older (built in 2004 vs Reflection in 2012) we found it to be in better shape overall including the cabin. We had zero issues with our Miracle cabin but an ongoing balcony door issue and a squishy bathroom floor (somehow got water under the flooring every time we showered) on Reflection. They tried to fix the door twice and we finally gave up and rigged up a way ourselves to keep the latch closed so that it didn't whistle constantly. We also found that the Miracle cabin felt more spacious. Not sure if it was an actual difference in room size or just size or orientation of the furnishings. The space between the wall and the foot of the bed was the most obvious difference. Staff - The staff on the Miracle was way more friendly. I actually don't think we ever saw our cabin attendant on the Reflection but Jerrymil on the Miracle was our favorite cabin attendant ever! He was present during the day, upbeat and always greeted us by our names. We even found out that he loved ginger ale and tried to grab him some whenever we were off ship. 🙂 Dining staff on the Reflection was nice and helpful but all of our wait staff on the Miracle was just a step above. Our assistant waiter Wanwipa even brought us a cocktail each night to pair with our dinners! We did breakfast in the MDR most mornings and even staff that only had us one time remembered our names and greeted us when we would see them at dinner or in the buffet. Food - We are vegan so not sure I will be much help here but we did enjoy the additional free options (Guys, Blue Iguana, Pizza) on Miracle. The reflection doesn't really have anything along these lines so it is really just the buffet for breakfast and lunch. General- The overall age of the passengers was much older on the Reflection. We felt like we were one of the younger couples on board. Possibly due to this there was basically no nightlife at all on Reflection. Everything, including bars and hot tubs closed super early (8 for hot tubs and bars by 10 most nights) so there was not much to do after. We much preferred Miracle in this respect as there was always a late hot tub open for an after dinner soak and the bars stayed open so you could grab a drink and find some entertainment after 10pm. We also appreciated all the different areas of the Miracle that provided nice places to sit and play a game, read a book, etc. No matter what time of day you could fine a lively space or a quiet retreat. Overall you can probably tell we much preferred the Miracle in all aspects. We have cruised Royal, Carnival and Celebrity and I doubt we will ever go back to Celebrity, just not our jam. Hope this helps. Enjoy the Miracle!! 🙂
  14. You order it from your dinner waiter at the same time you order your dinner for the following evening. If you don't go to dinner I think you could probably go into the dining room during dinner service and ask the Maitre'd if you could order with them. When you go to breakfast in the morning you just need to let your waiter know that you pre-ordered breakfast the night before and your cabin #. Try to grab them when you order drinks because it does take a little more time than the normal breakfast.
  15. So we think that they probably only have 7 nights of the vegan menu and because our cruise was 15 we only had the option some nights. Not 100% sure on that though. Our servers did not seem to know why either. We would have been fine just doing the rotation twice if this was the case. We know the whole thing is still super new and getting rolled out so we were not too surprised it didn't go completely smoothly. It was a mix of sea and port days. The vegan breakfast menu was available every day but it varied between the Port Day menu, Sea Day non brunch menu and Sea Day Brunch menu. 1st 2 had fewer options which I am guessing follows the standard menu.
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