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Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5
Carnival Magic

7 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 03, 2019

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Over all it was a nice cruise. This was our 8th cruise and in comparison to the other carnival cruises this one did not hit the mark, but only in comparison to our other ones. Due to the very greasy food and not allowed water activities for kids under 2 or not potty trained was odd to us. But mainly the food was terrible.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy and fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
The food was extremely greasy and not much of selection. Very disappointing!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
If you have a child under 2 know ahead of time they are not allowed to touch the water of the pool or splash zone even if wearing a swim approved diaper.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The main shows were not as good as they use to be very dull and not every evening like in the past.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
The kids club was amazing and had so much to offer my 3 year old

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Always so friendly and welcoming and doing everything they could to accommodate and please us.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Yes most of the time it was clean and the layout was very good

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
It was perfect and fit all our needs as a family of 4 with two small children

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

3 out of 5
The hotels were not very clean

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
We went to the turtle farm we very much enjoyed this with our small children. We got to interact with the turtles by holding them and feeding them, we also enjoyed their swimming pool and aviary.

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
Loved this port our absolute favorite! We booked a private excursion with a local and it was amazing. We had to walk out to meet them but as soon as we crested the hill they were there welcoming us and got us into a air conditioned van and drove us to a private glass bottom boat ride which was phenomenal, we went to a chocolate factory place which was nothing big but the chocolate was very good, then we went to a private beach we’re we were treated like a king and queen with private loungers, front row to the water and there we enjoyed a beautiful beach with a free drink to start us out with. We can’t wait to go back.

Belize City, Belize

4 out of 5
Just mainly shopping here after riding the tender boat for 20 mins if you wanted to do an excursion you were looking at another hour or more bus ride to get there.

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
We went to the dolphin excursion which was great as well we highly recommend this excursion for young or old. But wear water shoes because the platform is grates and it hurts your feet

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Went very smooth and only had to wait about 20 minutes to get through customs but we were off the ship around 8:30-9:00
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1 Comment

lauren9982    5 years ago

This was how I felt! It was a good cruise just not as good as others!

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