Day 2 of Cruise - Our First Day at Sea on Our Caribbean Cruise

Caribbean Cruise – Day 2 on the Carnival Miracle Cruise Ship

This was our first full day at sea. We did not have to rush to any excursion.

Waking up at about 9:00am,  we had our breakfast leisurely on Deck 9 around 10:30am.

Food was available all day so it didn't matter when we got up; we would still be fed.

This morning, I tried to exercise
restrain and had a little bit of healthy food from the breakfast buffet.

A couple of staff members came by to clean the table. One came with a beverage cart offering us tea, coffee etc. Each staff member has a name tag with their name, job title and the country from where they come.

The buffet eating area

The staff on board is extremely polite and friendly. Whenever we had a question about anything, they were willing to stop, engage with us in conversation, rather than rushing off to do their job. This is something we appreciate a lot.

For instance, we talked to a staff member from Romania, and another one from Philippine.

We asked them about excursions at the ports where this cruise ship would be calling. They gave us some excellent information so that we would have a better idea to make decision of where to go once when the ship has docked.

We also learned about their families and life on a cruise ship in general.

After breakfast, we enjoyed our time by the window looking out at the seemingly endless water.











There was endless ocean, but it was calm, sunny and warm.

In the meantime, Deck 9, where one of the swimming pools is located, with many sun tanning on lounge chairs, seems to be the activity hub  during the day.




















A lip syn contest was happening.
Passengers volunteered themselves to be in the competition, singing and
dancing to the music with the audience voting for their most favourte lip syn winner.

The volunteered contestants were of good sport putting up a good show.

Many had fun watching the contest.

While watching the show, we were pouring over all the available excursions and making decisions about which day trip we would book for the next few days' ports of call.

Today was our first day at sea. There were lots of activities happening on board. We were not bored at all.



















There were games catering to different ages.


























A lot of musical performances happening in different locations.

One of the bands at the Red Frog Pub on board the Carnival Miracle ship

Before heading into the dining room, we watched one of the shows in the theatre.

We watched the evening show at 7:30pm in the Phantom Theatre before dinner

We ordered Lobster Tail from the dining room menu.

Tonight’s dress code was cruise elegant and many passengers got dressed up for the theatre shows and for dinner in the dining room.













So did we.

Each passenger has been assigned their dining time and dining table. Our dinner time is the second seating at 8:30pm. Our table number is 230.

Tonight our dinner was excellent. We chose lobster tail from the menu provided and crème burlee for dessert. It was delicious!

One of the unexpected thing took place towards the end of our dinner.

The dining staff marched out clapping in unison and performed an amazing dance routine set to dynamic music!

Wow! We didn’t expect our waiting staff have so much rhythm and could dance so well to entertain us.


Carnival cruise ship staff make a conscientious effort to try and make their passengers' vacation a very pleasant one indeed!

After dinner, we went to have our pictures taken at some of the picture booths set up on the 2nd deck.

I met a photographer from Serbia and she was from where we attended our best friend’s daughter’s wedding. We had a great chat with her!

Enjoying our first cruise!

R.T.
At Sea
Carnival Miracle
Gulf of Mexico