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Item: Carnival Magic
Rating: 4.4
Author: Cruise4Sue

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruise4Sue

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 38

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 26, 2022

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7455

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Great cruise. Loved the back-to-back sea days which were very relaxing. I would recommend this cruise to family and friends.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The main dining room was fine. I was a little disappointed in the food this time some reason. The buffets were fine. I think they need to be separated out a bit because there were people waiting in line for food that came after the first section of the line.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

I really enjoyed the separate casinos. I also liked that most of the casino was non-smoking. I was a bit disappointed in the shows though.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

I was not a great fan of the the Carnival shows that we attended in the evening. I really enjoyed the comedian/magician.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

As always, the staff were wonderful. Ruel was our room steward and he was great. Always had an ice bucket in our room as I requested. He was very friendly and even offered to put a fan in our room for us. I didn't even know you could do that. He just offered without us having to ask. That was a nice extra touch. Dominick was our waiter and he and his team were great. My husband likes iced tea with is meal and Dominick and team were sure to have it there for him as soon as we sat down each night without us ever having to ask for it. Good job to both Ruel and Dominick!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We don't spend enough time in our cabin to really comment about the size and functionality of the room. I will say that it was fine for us and Ruel always had it impeccably clean.

Ports of call

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

I was not impressed with Aruba as I thought I would be. We stopped at Eagle Beach at the end of the tour we were on. The beach was beautiful. However if you are a person with some mobility issues you may not be able to get to the water. There was quite a little dropoff from the beach down to the water. Also, I wanted to purchase some aloe products on the island but there were so expensive I was not able to. I don't know what I was expecting, but Aruba was not the lush tropical island I was hoping to see.

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Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Curacao was very pretty with beautiful coastlines and green spaces. We had a very nice tour and I would probably go back there.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

We were one of the last ones off the ship and we did not have to stand in long crowded lines. We were able to find our luggage very easily and leave the terminal with no problems.