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Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 58

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
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Carnival Magic

6 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 05, 2019

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7463

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Carnival is a good line. I'll do it again maybe not Eastern but either Southern or Hawaii to change things up. The Ships crew is excellent and the dinners were great. I was not impressed with Guy's burger joint. Tried it the first day I was on the boat and the burger was very dry. The taco / burrito bar was really good.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent, lines kept moving.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Restaurant Dinner was really good, buffet and breakfasts not impressed. My biggest complaint is forcing all stateroom users to buy the drink package. Wife maybe drinks 1 or 2 a day so package is worthless. They don't trust me to buy drinks for my wife if I have the drink package.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Lots to do, if you are bored it is your own fault.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Lots of different types of entertainment going on throughout the ship.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The people are awesome!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The crew kept the ship sparkling clean. Design could be a bit better forcing you to traverse levels at times if you are trying to move from forward to aft and you are on the wrong floor.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Overall excellent, Shower could be a bit bigger and a footrest in the shower would be very handy.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
Loved the snorkeling and swimming with the dolphins. Diamonds International was more hype than reality. A lot of talk about great prices but wasn't impressed.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5
Not much there but snorkeling was fun.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
The snorkeling and swimming with the Sting Rays was awesome.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
If you want the experience with swimming with the dolphins get the VIP package well worth the cost.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Again lines flowed nicely. Our custom agent was professional and nice. If at all possible do not book your plane for an early flight. Removes a lot of stress.
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3 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

2CruznBums    5 years ago

But if u buy the drink package everyone in the same cabin has to purchase it too. Only one person in the cabin cant get it alone. That is stated in the rules.

grandmarnnurse    5 years ago

Nobody forces you to buy the drink package. That is totally optional. We never buy it as we don’t drink enough to make it worth it.

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