Great cruise once you get away from the crowded venues.

Item: Carnival Magic
Rating: 4.1
Author: Larsway

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Larsway

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 69

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 01, 2020

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10232

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Decent cruise with good stops. Ship seems to be crowded but can easily find areas less crowded.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Lot of construction around Terminal 4. 1st time out of Port Everglades and maybe our last till after construction is completed.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was mostly bland and tasteless.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Lido deck with just one pool was always crowded. Serenity area was small and always full. Was able to find less crowded areas on other decks.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Comedians were very entertaining. As usual comedy club was packed and standing room only. Carnival needs a larger venue for comedy.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Room steward was great. He took very good care of us.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

A lot of venues packed on the ship. This seemed to make them smaller and filled up quickly causing long lines.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Balcony room was comfortable. Less storage in this room as compared with other balcony rooms on other ships.

Ship tip

Be patient. There are always lines wherever you go.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

Drove straight to Port.

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

No excursion. Easy port to walk around. Lazy Lizard restaurant was a great find and highly recommend it.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Took a private tour of Island. Port was nice. Plenty of sites to see.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Love going to San Juan. Great port to get off ship and explore on your own. Only complaint not enough time in port.

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Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5

Been there numerous times. A port to enjoy a beach day.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Waited for the initial group to disembark. Once that cleared no problems or delays getting off ship.

3 Comments

GerryBCruisin 3 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to share your review of the Carnival Magic.

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Fiesta83 4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Great review, glad you liked it

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