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Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 57

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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Carnival Magic

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 24, 2019

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 12025

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We so enjoyed ourselves with a large group it is hard to find things everyone agrees on. We did not have that problem on the cruise

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very quick and efficent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining was excellent. Buffet had good selection. Guys burger too greasy. Guys smoke house was a homerun. Seafood shack not so good

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Ismail in the Northern dining room was most excellent. He spoiled us every evening, has a great personality. Kutul our cabin Stewart maintained our room immaculently and the turn down service was so appreciated

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Always saw people cleaning and shining the common areas. Great care by employees

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Loved our cabin! Bed was comfy. Stewart was superb. Hated the light switch above the bed. We could never figure out how to read in bed with the card out and with the card left in my husband would roll and hit the switch with his hand and EVERY light would come on... at 2am no buenos

Ship tip

There’s so much to do. Be selective, you cannot do it all

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

4 out of 5
We stayed and rode the big bus excursion. Worst thing ever! Stay away from any reccomends for them

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5
The port was pretty. The town was so dirty. We did an excursion through shipmate and rode the tram to the mountain top. I was so put off by the vendors there. They were very agressive. Julio our guide with urban adventures was a very impressive young man whose English was flawless. Toured cigar factory Vivonte and rum factory Macorix and had lunch downtown.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5
Again the port was nice. Town not so nice. Hired a tour right outside gate where people were dancing after my daughter parasailed. Guy took us to some sleazy bars he was obviously friends. Just not a real knowledgeable guy except to talk of himself( 9 kids by 6 wives)I didn’t need to know that. I wanted to know the city. Just felt this guy was scamming us every inch of the way. One bar a young woman just showed up with jewelry to sell did not feel safe in this whole thing. Said his name was chihuahua but lady in bar said” what did he tell you his name was” then started to laugh. Not a good experience

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
Beautiful! Absolutely stunning. Again hired a tour outside boat. Guide was knowledgeable and very professional gave us a lot of history and a solid tour of his city

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5
Port was very nice! Hired taxi to take us to excursion at bohio dive resort. Loved the beach and the snorkel at the wall. Rest of family hired golf cart and wandered island. Wonderful Time

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Took a long time
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2 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

AuntPinkie    5 years ago

It has been a long time since we sailed on the Magic, so this was helpful. We will be sailing on her in January.

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