Carnival Magic

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 41

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Carnival Magic

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 03, 2017

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1274

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This was my first cruise on this particular ship. I have been on the Dream and the Breeze among other smaller ships as well. The food was great, room was great, staff was great! My complaint is the whole "ticket" debacle when wanting to see a 18 plus comedy show. Every night was different and the staff didn't seem to fully know what was going on. Sometimes we waited in line for a ticket at the dance club and sometimes we were sent straight to the comedy club. It was irritating. I didn't like the limited room service menu. The Dream and Breeze had a FULL menu that I didn't have to pay for. Only sandwiches? hummm.   I felt Camp Ocean was a little "off" as well. Sometimes what our schedule said was not right. We were told the children would have to be picked up for lunch but they would be served dinner however we had to wait until 6 to take the kids to the buffet (and check them in) instead of taking them to Camp Ocean which caused issues with 6 o'clock dinner reservations.  I know these were minor complaints. The ship was fantastic. We had a blast and will surely do it again!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Ate at buffet, taco bar, Guy's, deli and even the steak house. All was fantastic!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Order bottled water ahead of time for your room. Go to the back of the ship for buffet. Omelette line was always shorter. Everyone always stops at the first line and forgets there is another one further back. Eat at the steak house! You wont regret it and it is worth every penny!

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
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4 Comments

glcollins    7 years ago

room service is still free for continental breakfast items and drinks. also free is the usual sandwiches (blt, etc) they come with your choice of chips or pretzels. can also get hot chocolates, milk, coffee teas, cookies, veggies w/dip. only room service things you have to pay for is seafood items. items that costs $$ are listed with the price.

revgeorge    7 years ago

We heard about the tickets and was told that it was because they had to be sure no one under the age of 18 got in.

TNTGreen    7 years ago

Not sure when you sailed on Dream or Breeze but now all of the Carnival Ships you have to pay for the hot food from Room Service.

glcollins    7 years ago

You had to get tickets for a comedy show? We just got off of the Legend and their over 18 shows started at 8:30, no lines, no tickets

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