Good but not Great

Item: Carnival Magic
Rating: 4.6
Author: theinkykitty

Carnival Magic Cruise Review

theinkykitty

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 21, 2019

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7315

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

It was a good cruise but it wasn’t the greatest. The issues with the food was the biggest letdown of the cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Embarkation was incredibly smooth. We waited maybe a total of 10 minutes before getting on the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was lacking, which makes me sad. I had a cupcake and the buttercream frosting was lacking any kind of sugar. It tasted like pure butter. The cheesecake was lacking sugar as well. There wasn’t a whole lot of variety in the buffet. Pizza was great and the Carnival Deli had a fantastic chicken sandwich.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Plenty to do - lots of trivia, lots of guest-oriented activities with the cruise director.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Everyone was very pleasant

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

It was clean for the most part. Our shower still had hair on the wall and there was trash in the trash can still on day 1.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Good location, good size.

Ship tip

Anticipate long lines.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Resort for a day at Riu Palace Antilles was well worth it!

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Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

The Curaçao Ostrich Farm was a lot of fun!

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La Romana, Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

The Monkeyland excursion was the highlight of our trip! It was so much fun.

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Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Jack’s Shack is awesome!

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Super smooth and easy getting off the ship. However the terminal at Ft. Lauderdale offers a Global Entry lane but you cannot use it unless you carry your actual GOES card with you.