Carnival Magic vacation

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 229

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Carnival Magic

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 03, 2016

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8258

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

We just finished our cruise on Carnival Magic.  First time on this ship.  It is a beautiful ship with plenty of places to go and enjoy.  There were a number of people on this cruise, but we did not feel crowded.  We had a balcony room on the 8th deck and loved it.  Our cabin steward was wonderful, always taking care of the room and greeting us with "Hello, how was your day" or "Remember the sun block!"  The food was very good and our wait staff was excellent.  We ate one night at the Italian Dinning and it was out of sight.  Well worth the up charge. Dr. E was our cruise director and can not say enough about his ability to run things and entertain.  This was his last cruise on Magic, I am not sure where he goes from here, but I am sure he will do well.  A couple of things that could be done better:  There was on 2 nights of entertainment in the Entertainment Show area.  Missed those extra evenings.  Actually Dr. E could have used that room for his time, which was in the atrium and not enough seats.  Pictures are still very pricey.  They need to work on the elevators and not have any "X" out.  Too many people needing to use them for any elevators not to be working.  All in all we had a wonderful vacation and certainly would go on the Magic again.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Some nights could have been a bit better, but all in all the food was very good.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Plenty to do here. A person can be busy or not - what ever they wanted to do.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Only 2 shows, they were very good - but missed the extra shows at night.

Children's Programs

Did not need to use them this cruise

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The cabin steward, and dinning staff were on top of their game.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Great ship. Loved deck 5 where you can walk around the whole outside of the ship.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was great. The cabin steward was wonderful. Always took care of the room and left us ice every day, which I ask for the first day. He always had a smile and remembered our names1

Ship tip

Make sure you take advantage of deck 5 and the walk around outside deck. It is great and not many ships have this.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
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18 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review.

Eagleeyepcs    8 years ago

John Heald posted cruise director schedule, but you can google it too

ldk5185043d87    8 years ago

How do you know who cruise director will be on Magic July 15, 2017 sailing

Eagleeyepcs    8 years ago

@monita...trust me that question isn't ridiculous! I have seen some very ridiculous questions asked on here!! Feel free to ask away. Lol

DJCalise    8 years ago

Main dining room

Monita    8 years ago

Can anyone please tell me what MDR stands for. Lol sorry for the ridiculous QUESTION! 🙈🙈

DJCalise    8 years ago

Try Italian restaurant for lunch instead. It's free! Not too bad either

reynoldssandy    8 years ago

Save it, Italian restaurant was no good. I liked Guy's burgers, we went 1 night to MDR. We went to lido deck, ate at there buffets. They had it all, steak, beef,chicken.

tammyrattee    8 years ago

Cruising on the Magic in April have a covered balcony is the rooms nice on the tenth floor middle ship do they have refrigerators in the room

Eagleeyepcs    8 years ago

@dlmccu...you will have to let me know how loud...if at all ...lanai is from balcony. Appreciated!

dlmccu    8 years ago

Sailing this weekend on Magic in balcony cabin on deck 8

danava222    8 years ago

Dr E will be back after the cruise director cinference.

stevfrn4    8 years ago

Doesn't the x on the elevator indicate the crew using it for luggage? Usually on the first and last night? Usually the stairs or a short walk aft or forward solves the issue.

levine    8 years ago

I had Dr.E as my cruise director on the magic ship last spring. The only slight problem I had with him was that he talked so fast .I couldn't understand what he was saying. I wish him the best on another ship

sassy1969    8 years ago

@bowman1... $15 a person ... But each person gets an appetizer entree & dessert

bowman1    8 years ago

How much is the up charge for the Italian restaurant?

Eagleeyepcs    8 years ago

Question....we also have a balcony on 8th deck....were you above the lanai and if so could you hear alot of noise from the lanai below?

lvhlzCT28rVaVAXImbqCx0G5i    8 years ago

He's just gone for a week to the cruise director conference.

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