Not the experience we had expected

Item: Carnival Magic
Rating: 2.9
Author: donvaughan

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

donvaughan

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 86

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 09, 2017

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11243

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

After several cruises with carnival we are trying someone else next year. Too many cutbacks on room service and meals.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Great if you want to have a hamburger every single day.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

If you want to stand in line for 15 minutes to get a sandwich that you will not like this is for you.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Great room steward, waiters in restaurants.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Everything was clean and well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Johnny was great.

Ship tip

Bring a lot of books.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Great diving.

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Belize City, Belize

2 out of 5

Nothing to do if not on an excursion.

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Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

3 out of 5

Nice beach area you can walk to.

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Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

2 out of 5

Nothing to do with limited time at port.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Waited to leave ship with all baggage and waited one and a half hour to get off. sucked. Everyone was mad and a fight started and staff had to break it off.

6 Comments

kdlady 6 years ago

I've been on three lines now, and Royal Caribbean has been my favorite.

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Danderson404 6 years ago

I sailed on the magic last year and had the same experience on that boat. All the others were outstanding. I don’t know why there are problems on the magic. Bad management.

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eorzo53 6 years ago

After 5 trips ,i cannot believe you cannot find anything but sandwich and burger. I might not like everything but i always find something good to eat. Not sure why people so in rush to get off ship 90 min is not the end of the word and you can have breakfast and a coffee while you have to wait. I am sure they did not make you or anybody else wait to get off because they can. They just doing their jobs and people should just chill and enjoy your vacation. No reason to get mad about things you cannot control. We are heading out in 16 days and i will enjoy every minute of it and i know some might not be my liking. But hey anything beats work.

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jasawyer 6 years ago

This is true across the board unfortunately... I completely understand your point though. Hell, they are cutting back on everything and charging more.

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matthewradecki 6 years ago

I've tried royal a few times and while they have the "wow" factor going on for their ships the complimentary food and their service was really lack luster. It's and industry as a whole, unfortunately the cruises of yesterday are not as good as today.

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randyman 6 years ago

Me too!

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