Eastern Caribbean Cruze on Magic

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 46

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5
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Carnival Magic

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 04, 2018

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10211

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Overall had a great time, next time will seek a newer ship with better pools and a design that does not flood the rear of the ship with exhaust fumes and smell like a vegas hotel(stale cigarettes). Service and food were great, except for 2 bad dinners.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Lines were way too long, felt like a hurd of cattle. however we got upate most days, and this may have better if we got up earlier. Food was pretty good overall. Dinner each evening provided great service, and was very good most nights, however 2 nights the food was terrible.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
Good for the most part, great gym and spa, but the pools were WAY too small for the amount of people. We never got in the pool because it was gross. The back pool was in the exhaust from the shipp and stunk . The hot tubs were like warm at best. Got in once and was very disappointed.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Good, but have seen much better on other cruzes

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Shipp was old and smelled like stale cigarettes as soon as you walked on. This seemed to be emanating from the Casino, which stunk up the whole ship due to a bad ventilation design. Hallways had a mildewy smell. Room was nice and didn't smell bad.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Would look more into ship age and design.

Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

1 out of 5
Did the rainforest waterfall excursion, was excellent, the best of our trip. Dominican Republic was beautiful.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5
Everything look dry and not very green, snorkel and keyack excursion was disappointing and kind of boring.

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
San Jan was very beautiful, no significant signs of hurricane damage. Should have done tour of old San Juan, but did rainforest ATV tour instead, which was great, 2nd best excursion we did.

Grand Turk Island

1 out of 5
Beautiful water and beach. Did the reef snorkel and stingray tour. This was great, but not our favorite excursion.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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8 Comments

trisha    6 years ago

Was on Magic last May. The show Flick was excellent. As for a smell, didn’t seam a problem. We really enjoy our cruise , sorry it wasn’t up to your expectations.

shadow8800    6 years ago

We enjoyed the Magic sorry to hear you didn't better luck next time.

scotttro    6 years ago

The magic was built in 2010 and refurbished in 2016.

jaga622    6 years ago

We were on the magic in may and had no issues at all. Yes the casino smells but that is to be expected since they allow smoking therr

janiceburkhardt    6 years ago

Sorry you didn't have a better time

ginalacombe    6 years ago

The Magic isn’t old.

Sandidoodle    6 years ago

This is not good news we have an aft balcony booked next year.

SammyAddison    6 years ago

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