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Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 6
Helpful Votes: 84

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Carnival Magic

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 09, 2016

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11225

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

After the first night in the Southern Lights Restaurant, and having very poor service, we moved to the Northern Lights and it was total 180.  Service was terrific, wait staff knew our names and drinks every nite.  The experience could not have been better.  Our room steward was also terrific. We did not need to ask for anything.  Our three boys, 21,22,24 all loved the boat.  Night time entertainment was limited as far as shows go.  The illusionist and comics were great, but the magician was doing tricks i learned in middle school.  The magician was also the comedy club manager, so maybe he was just a fill in for a real magic act....  I highly recommend the Carnival magic.   I was not impressed with Belize and will probably stay on the ship next time.  We enjoyed the Paradise beach in Cozumel and the YAYA beach in Costa maya.  made an unexpected trip to Key West instead of Roatan due to a medical emergency.  We were fine with this.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Great Cabin. Close to everything important.

Ship tip

the "at sea" brunch is not that great. The BBQ shop on 5th floor is great, just not open too often.

Ports of call

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

1 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
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10 Comments

eddieconniewebbgmailcom    8 years ago

Belize is a place I wouldn't want to get left at !

eddieconniewebbgmailcom    8 years ago

Is ya ya beach the beach near downtown where the flea market is ?

jlow    8 years ago

Northern lights Anytime dining was amazing. The service was impeccable and food delicious and served promptly. We went at 530 opens at 545...stood on line for 15...but always got the staff we wanted, and they made our table of 8 very happy

DJCalise    8 years ago

How do you go about changing dining rooms??? We're cruising next month so I'll keep this in mind

donald1lane    8 years ago

Wish we would have changed restaurants, the service was horrible! Did miss not going to Roatan!

robinh69    8 years ago

BaltimoreJerry we were on that cruise with you! Fantastic time. I'd have to guess our boys ran into each other...we were traveling with five 21 year old young men including my son and four of his friends.

ew1972    8 years ago

Thank you, we are booked for next sept can't wait to go!

cruisersfromMI    8 years ago

We had to do the same on our cruise in April

twangster    8 years ago

Was on the Magic Oct '15. Same magician and I agree with your assessment of that show.

arickter    8 years ago

Thanks for the review Baltimore jerry!

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