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Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 86

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Carnival Magic

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 14, 2019

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9291

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall the cruise was relaxing and enjoyable, however much prefer the Glory!

Embarkation

3 out of 5
This is always a hassle because it seems as if the port staff in Southern Florida need a refresher in customer service.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Nevile was awesome, always attentative and remembered our names, even gave us a little TLS when he saw us about the ship

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Too windy for ping pong; the kids took up the time on the rock climbing lol

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Too many games and not enough shows like on the Glory!

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Randy the room attendant was always thorough in cleaning our room and even left us a towel pet and thank you card. Carlos in Customer Service resolved a over charge with quickness and professionalism.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
there was a lot of areas that had unclean welds ( my husband is a Union Ironworker) so he notices things like that.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
The beds kept separating and for what we paid for this cruise, I expected better. Our backs was killing us. Randy our room attendant tried to make them more comfortable by using a makeshift tie off

Ship tip

Love the Dining Experience and Steakhouse.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island) Did not visit port

Weather, keeping the Bahamas in our prayers

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5
Beautiful waters and I enjoyed the Catamaran

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5
Disappointed a little looks better on TV, but the tour was nice.

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Went smooth but once again the baggage handlers were very rude, so much so we made a complaint to one of the supervisors who resolved the issued quickly and professionally.
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2 Comments

cruiseplayer    5 years ago

Aruba has gone way down also , it is dirty .

cruiseplayer    5 years ago

Well , after 70 cruises on carnival , and a few on the magic , I have to agree the magic has gone down hill ! It is not as clean as it used to. E , smells of sewage on a lot of the ship , the food in the mdr has gone way down , and the food in the buffet seemed to be more cold than hot . What a shame !

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