Southern Cruise

Item: Carnival Magic
Rating: 3.9
Author: tjt7

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

tjt7

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 21, 2019

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1246

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Good cruise. Not great. Water was rough on the way down. Room was very warm, hard to sleep. Ports were great. Would do again but with either a different ship or higher deck.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Pizzeria del Capitano

5 out of 5

always a favourite

Piano Bar

1 out of 5

disappointing. was looking forward to this but the player used a loop machine with vocal drums on almost every song and took away from the piano.

Lobby and Atrium Bar

4 out of 5

beautiful. Set up well.

Lido Marketplace

3 out of 5

deli was ok.

RedFrog Pub

2 out of 5

buffet not very good.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Sportsquare

4 out of 5

loved pool and pong

Mini Golf

4 out of 5

kids loved it

Entertainment

3 out of 5

We really wanted to see the country show but they had a major malfunction with the stage so it was cancelled.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

cabin was ok. room was very hot, ac not working well, and lots of smells on deck 1 of sewage.

Ship tip

book a higher deck.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

one of our favourites. love Margarittaville.

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La Romana, Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

7 Comments

Fiesta83 4 years ago

Kool

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jazziearms 4 years ago

Love magic always higher decks no movement for us but everyone is different anything below 4 makes me dizzy lol we stayed on deck 8 freezing ac plus a fan one tip I learned take an old sail n sign card or any card and leave it the slot inside to keep ac on the whole time if not it goes off when u take card out we had to do this bc my sons breathing issues and worked perfectly

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CruiseladyGail 4 years ago

Love magic been on 4 times always had great cabin ocean view love ocean plaza bands

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jaga622 4 years ago

Midship deck 7 for me

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Agree with all the advice

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kruuuuznutt 4 years ago

I never travel without a small fan. Did you know the A/C controls are on the ceiling? Most people don't realize that. It's hit or miss with room temperature. Was just on the Fantasy, Riviera deck, and froze my butt off, lol. But yes, always take a small fan. ;)

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kellies26 4 years ago

Definitely book a room higher up.

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