first cruise, not good .

Item: Carnival Magic
Rating: 2
Author: bigdog213

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

bigdog213

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 14, 2015

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11214

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

first cruise and very likely last on Carnival. comedy shows, dance and singing programs excellent, rest pretty much downhill from there. ship was extremely crowded, buffet selections were very routine, little variations for breakfast selections and lunch, also had to pretty well stand in line for everything, wait to get your food, wait for beverage bars, wait for tables, etc..... what you had to choose from Monday was pretty well what you had to choose from the rest of the week. burger and hot dog bar was pretty good but then again stand in line for that too, pizza bar open all the time but pizza was about like the cheapest frozen pizza you get at walmart. sit down restaurants pretty good but then again selections not up to par. Debarkation process at Montego Bay was horrendous. based on this experience, will not cruise on Carnival again especially in June.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

see review.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

don't

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

probably too much extra money for a balcony room.

Ship tip

no real issues with ship itself, bad experience was not fault of the ship or staff.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5

just boarded ship and got off when arrived back in port.

Thumbs Up 0

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

cozumel is nice.

Thumbs Up 0

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

grand cayman is highly recommended.

Thumbs Up 1

Montego Bay, Jamaica

1 out of 5

deboarding process process was horrendous here, very congested, would not care to return

Thumbs Up 0

2 Comments

Kdo18 9 years ago

Gee crowded in June? Did you ever think that kids are out of school in June so families take vacations then ? If you get on a ship with 3000 people you are bound to have some lines, I'm sorry they didn't part and let you go first every time. If you cruise another line Mr. Wonderful I hate to tell you , it will be the same way. Rent a private yacht, by yourself.

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sdg1979 9 years ago

A comment like this I don't understand. Carnival provided you with entertainment, food and a place to sleep while taking you to places that you most likely haven't been to before. When you bought the cruise, you had to notice that the ship carried some 3000 passengers not to mention crew. Then you complain that it's crowded, and the food isn't that great. What the heck! You are in the middle of the ocean. be glad it wasn't 150 years ago. Take the food with the bad. Have some fun. Open your mind. Relax. Don't be so critical about the small stuff and maybe you would have had some fun....

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