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Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

3.5 out of 5
Carnival Magic

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 07, 2018

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6207

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

WE ARRIVED AT OUR SCHEDULED TIME AND STILL WAITED 2 HOURS TO GET ONTO THE SHIP. WHEN WE DISEMBARKED IT WAS WORSE. IT TOOK THREE HOURS TO GET OFF. CARNIVAL HAS NO IDEA HOW TO MOVE PEOPLE EFFICIENTLY. THEY NEED TO TAKE LESSONS FROM DISNEY AND ROYAL CARRIBBEAN. I NEVER WOULD HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM ON EITHER ONE. THE PORT OF MIAMI IS A JOKE. THEY HAVE YOU DROPPING OFF IN THE SAME PLACE AS PICKUP AND BECAUSE THEY TAKE SO LONG TO DISEMBARK, EVERYONE IS ARRIVING AT THE SAME TIME. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET RUN OVER BY THE CARS TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT. IT IS SOOOOO BAD. I WILL PROBABLY NEVER TRAVEL OUT OF MIAMI AGAIN AND CERTAINLY NOT ON CARNIVAL. THEIR BILLING DEPARTMENT CHARGED MY ACCOUNT TWICE AND OVER DREW MY ACCOUNT ALOT. THEY REFUSED TO COMPROMISE OR COMPENSATE FOR THEIR MISTAKES. BAD BUSINESS PRACTICE. DONT TRAVEL CARNIVAL!!!!!

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Ship tip

DONT TRAVEL ON CARNIVAL THEY KNOW NOTHING AND EMBARKATION OR DEBARKATION YOU WILL WAIT FOR HOURS

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

1 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

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
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12 Comments

justusfour2014    6 years ago

If you have a problem with how you disembark, you should contact US Customs as they control the process. Carnival has NO control over US Customs.

hev12    6 years ago

They have a program you can buy called faster to the fun for extra money. Well worth it. First on and off ship

TXatsea    6 years ago

Minnow, Royal has their own private terminals in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and Galveston

jaga622    6 years ago

We had fttf. On the shuttle to our car at 7:15. Then a long 8 hours home

bienfang10    6 years ago

So much faster. No declarations. Nice. Debarq. Go straight for the car. Then a long 2 1/2 hr drive home::))))))

DP24    6 years ago

Sorry you had a bad experience. We had the complete opposite traveling with Carnival... quick on and quick off. Royal Caribbean was not so pleasant.

chadley77    6 years ago

We cruised out of Miami on Carnival Liberty in 2014 and it went pretty well.

chadley77    6 years ago

Love Carnival and have cruised 3 times on Carnival, the Liberty, Magic and Sunshine. We had a suite on the Sunshine and loved it. Never had any problems on Carnival whatsoever. So don't pay attention to people who complain. We have been on Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas and NCL Star. Carnival is my favorite still.

TXatsea    6 years ago

I agree, Carnivals debarkation process sucks compared to some other lines.

kpellapatrick    6 years ago

No problem embarking in Canaveral but disembarking was a cluster people everywhere and no where to go they kept shuttling us from one side of the parking lot to the other while waiting for our rides- granted there was a large group of 18 of us but still it was crazy and nerve racking - looking forward to seeing how MSC in Miami’s process goes reviews so far are positive

TNTGreen    6 years ago

Port of Mi

imgurahl    6 years ago

Loved the Magic and had no issues with Embark/Debark when it was in Port Canaveral.

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