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Carnival Cruise Line

Carnival Miracle

Spirit-class cruise ship · flagged in Panama. Browse upcoming sailings and route previews for this ship.

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Tonnage
88,500
Capacity
2,124
Built
2,004
Length
293.5 m
Upcoming
59

Reviewer read

A solid, middle-of-the-fleet ship. It falls behind on ship quality.

Carnival Miracle rates higher overall than 64% of the ships we track. Value is its strongest showing. The weak spot is ship quality.

Why reviewers choose it

  • Value7.3

    Higher than 75% of ships · 1,022 ratings

  • Service8.8

    Higher than 61% of ships · 3,571 ratings

  • Entertainment7.7

    Higher than 59% of ships · 3,493 ratings

  • Embarkation8.5

    Higher than 55% of ships · 2,442 ratings

The one caution

8.4out of 10 for ship quality

Higher than only 27% of ships. The typical ship scores 8.75.

Everything else, in two lines

Nine are good without being remarkable: value, service, entertainment, public areas, cabins, embarkation, activities, fitness and disembarkation. They rate higher than 52% to 75% of ships.

Two fall below the fleet: dining (higher than only 36% of ships) and ship quality (higher than only 27% of ships).

Cabin grade barely matters here. The inside, oceanview, balcony and suite grades all score between 8.27 and 8.50. Pick on price and position, not on rating.

Family has too few ratings on this ship to compare with the fleet, so it is shown without a comparison.

Three places worth knowing about

  • Lido deck The one people argue about58% positive · 118 comments
  • Serenity deck The space people mention most79% positive · 80 comments
  • Red Frog Pub The best-liked bar on board91% positive · 43 comments

Reviewers named 12 places by name. These 3 are the ones where knowing changes anything — the other 7 are all liked by 67% to 87% of the people who mentioned them.

Who says it suited them

First-time cruisers (275 of 301), families with teens (47 of 68), couples (46 of 51), seniors (44 of 56), large groups (20 of 22), solo travelers (12 of 16) and budget travelers (9 of 9).

No group described it as a poor fit.

What we can’t tell you

How it handles mobility needs
Too few reviewers mentioned accessibility here.
How it suits families with young children
Too few reviewers here described sailing with young kids.
Whether it's good value today
Reviews describe the fare people paid, not the one you'll be quoted.

Every category, compared

The mark on each bar is where the typical ship sits.

CategoryRatingCompared with other shipsEvidence
Disembarkation8.8Higher than 52%1,229 ratings · broad
Service8.8Higher than 61%3,571 ratings · broad
Embarkation8.5Higher than 55%2,442 ratings · broad
Cabins8.5Higher than 55%3,665 ratings · broad
Ship quality8.4Higher than only 27%2,385 ratings · broad
Public areas7.9Higher than 55%1,204 ratings · broad
Activities7.9Higher than 54%1,715 ratings · broad
Entertainment7.7Higher than 59%3,493 ratings · broad
Dining7.6Higher than only 36%3,599 ratings · broad
Fitness7.4Higher than 54%924 ratings · broad
Value7.3Higher than 75%1,022 ratings · broad
Family7.3Too few ratings to compare25 ratings · too little

4,152 published reviews · 210 from the last three years · 25,866 individual comments read.

On the chart

Upcoming sailings on Carnival Miracle