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Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Carnival Magic

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 24, 2016

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9351

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The ship was clean. the food and waiters were good. The lady who cleaned the room was good. Cruise director good. We have cruised 40 + times and they now charge for and back stage for free. They now charge for activities that use to be free. Use to visit the bridge and back stage free ,now $80.00.  No more midnight buffets, or ice carvings. All they do through the day is play trivia. They use to bring in new talent for the next few days at port. Now they use their dancers, cruise director and talent that stays on board all the time, except for comedy shows. some nights no show all.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
no table cloths except on formal nights.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
nice clean cabin

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5

Montego Bay, Jamaica

1 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
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6 Comments

XPro    8 years ago

Pants you nailed it. No sweets, No Ice Buckets in the room, no white cloth in the mdr every night but still I Had a great time. PSP is what my job preaches People Service Profits but some Fortune 500 Companies get it out of order

susie0910    8 years ago

Midnight buffets are on Journeys cruises now.

DWB    8 years ago

Look at the prices today vs. 15-20 years ago. All cruise lines have cut back. Especially in the last 2 years. Their profits are considerably higher and they are still building new ships.You cannot beat Carnival's prices. Their food and desserts are as good as any standard cruise line. I'm afraid since is it becoming nothing special, I may have to find something else to do. We have seen the same old ports so much and some are becoming less safe.

mannie06    8 years ago

no midnight buffets? they had it on the sunshine

gjsmith030342    8 years ago

Amen to that! Guess the idea is to find friends on the ship, drink and gamble.

pants    8 years ago

Remember the good old days? Mid-night meals, everynight, stuff you can use in the bathrooms, sweets on the bed, every evening, 7 different shows, twice a nite, on a 7 day cruise, all gone. Now the talent show of guests is a night show, the marrige game, is a night show. But profits are up, and with oil down, profits are even higher. I should have brought stock in all the cruise companies.

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