It was OK

Item: Carnival Magic
Rating: 3.2
Author: jodiany

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

jodiany

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 04, 2018

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9310

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

I have cruised with Carnival 6-7 times and I was disappointed with this particular ship. In the past, my cruise experiences have been exceptional but this one was just mediocre. This is unfortunate as we traveled with 21 other guests 6 of who had never cruised before and their expectations were high but they were not impressed with this ship. The boat was very rocky, food lines were long and the food and entertainment were just OK. We purchased a drink pkg and discovered when you went over, you COULD NOT buy additional drinks, this was disappointing.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Main Dining room staff were exceptional, the food was just OK with the exception there was a good selection. Buffets Line ups were very busy and long, not all the buffets were open at any one time.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

2 out of 5

The entertainment were Just OK. There was one comedian who was very good, but other than that the entertainment was poor

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

I would suggest choose another ship

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Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

3 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

11 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Darrelljones 5 years ago

Cruising isn't for everyone, Carnival isn't for everyone, but we love it. It beats setting home for vacation. Can't wait until May and the Magic.

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SilverD 5 years ago

Agree

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2CruznBums 5 years ago

Maybe they were trying to "share" drinks on their drink pkg.

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wkbryant65 5 years ago

Well I have only cruise the magic for the first time this month and I found it to be an awesome ship however I was not impressed with the dining room menu. However with the other eateries it was awesome the lines would be long when you’re trying to feed thousands of people everyday. I don’t believe I waited 10 minutes at most for anything. I took it as it came I was in no hurry I was on vacation and while waiting in line I met some great people and has some great conversations. So with that the ship lived up to my expectations even with having to miss to port I book the same ship and room for my trip in October. 😎🚢🚢🚢

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mason2x 5 years ago

I passed out after 8 drinks. Couldn't imagine 15 or more. Oh my liver!!!

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cbyron3 5 years ago

15 wasn't enough? How do you remember anything about the cruise? Pretty sure it wasn't the ship rocking.

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Getlost 5 years ago

Carnival, Holland America and Princess all have a 15 alcoholic drink limit in a 24 hour period....For good reason I’m sure.

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neilm12 5 years ago

The boat is very small in a big ocean it will rock not sure what you expected it to do I’ve never been on a boat that didn’t rock 🤦🏼‍♂️

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tbysty 5 years ago

This is not a new stipulation with the drink package

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DerekMire 5 years ago

Shows one cruise

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Very nice cruise ship!

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