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Carnival Magic

Carnival Magic Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 6
Helpful Votes: 35

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5
Carnival Magic

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 28, 2018

Ship: Carnival Magic

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Had low expectations for Carnival, but was surprised by quality food. Ship was dirty and old. Entertainment was well below average. Cookie was the best cruise director ever.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Way too easy. Needed to be a little more difficult. Weird comment, but seemed not to care much.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining was average to above average, but the Hamburger place, the Blue Iguana place and the Pizza place were all three amazing. Best of any cruises I’ve been on and all on one ship.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Average at best.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Entertainment was well below average and comedy shows were way too crude.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Cookie was the best. Dude was awesome.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Below average. Dirty ship. Old.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Nothing memorable

Ship tip

Hamburger place was awesome. Pizza place is very good. Blue iguana was great. Order Lava Cake with peanut butter. Outstanding.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5
Nearly mugged there. Not fun.
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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Seamless
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9 Comments

Fiesta83    4 years ago

Better luck next cruise
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dpavao    4 years ago

I can not speak for your experience but we just got off the Magic last weekend and the ship was spotless. Someone was cleaning all the time. As for the age of the ship, it really isn’t that old but the decor is not for everyone. The newer ships are designed by a different person now so maybe you would like the fresher modernized decor better. Try the Breeze, Horizon, Vista or the Panama, they have a more modern less Vegas like decor. Everyone has different tastes but I hope you are not totally turned off by Carnival. Happy cruising.
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grandmarnnurse    4 years ago

I will be on the Magic in April for a B2B. The ship is not that old, believe me. There are plenty far older. This ship gets rave reviews consistently. I agree about the fabulous food. We enjoy it thoroughly. We felt the comedy shows were great, but we like raunchier the better. Never too crude for us, and we are senior citizens! As for the shows in the theater, well, I agree with you there. As we have also sailed RCCL and NCL, and experienced Broadway caliber shows in their theaters, we were not impressed with Carnival’s playlist productions. With that said, the overall all day and evening entertainment EVERYWHERE on Carnival is far superior than the other two lines. There is music playing literally in numerous locations, and trivia every afternoon. Not to mention the awesome Dive In Movies.
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Cruiserike0322    4 years ago

We were on it a year and a half ago. It was one of our favorite ships
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bsulfridge    4 years ago

The Magic was old? Couldn't get past this.
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cbyron3    4 years ago

Well being your cruise was more of a year and a half ago, not sure how valuable the perspective it.
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jennydeer74    4 years ago

Did you want embarkation to be more difficult? I'm confused.
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cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Glad you had enjoyment from the cruise and that the food was better than expected.
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bobduck1993    4 years ago

I am happy that you enjoyed your ports of call!
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