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Item: Carnival Magic
Rating: 4.7
Author: dlellis

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

dlellis

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 02, 2018

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9305

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The staff was wonderful. It was clean. Food was good. Overall getting off and on the ship for excursions could have been planned much better.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Good selection. Only issue was the first excursion day. Everyone had to be back onboard at 3:30. The Buffett lines were closed. The 3 - 4 options(pizza, sandwich. Burger) lines were very long. The ship management should have planned for this!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

We had many high school grads onboard including our son. There needed to be activities for this age group to meet and mingle.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cleanliness was great . The design not so much. Having the casino in the middle of the ship was aweful...very smoky and smelling bad. It was unavoidable! Also we were seating I the Southern dining on level 3. There 1as no direct route to the dining room..had to go through the casino or crowded level 4 shopping area the take stairs to level 3...not a well designed floor plan.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Have to get up early to save seats if want around the pools. Bring your patiences..always lines for food.

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Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Went to Ocean World - Dolphin experience. Very good time here.

Thumbs Up 3

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Getting off ship and standing in the heat for excursion...not well planned out. The snorkel trip was fun.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Enjoyed our excursion. The water was crystal clear. Took way too long to re'board.

Thumbs Up 2

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

1 Comment

KPeagle 6 years ago

I do agree with the casino being in a bad spot. If it’s going to be there, there should be options to walk on the side away from it but still on the same floor. You could smell the cigarettes as soon as you got off the mid ship elevators too. It was gross.

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They Magic is a very nice ship but the food in the main dining room was not so great the ports were beautiful over all I had a good time

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