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Carnival Magic Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5
Carnival Magic

6 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 17, 2022

Ship: Carnival Magic

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

All in all great time just wish they cleaned and organized more and the world still needs some social distancing

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Embankment was very smooth used verify app ...but then you have to sit and wait to be let on shop made no sense if your checked in let people on board instead of causing lines

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was ok drinks were ok ...did not like that I purchased drink package and could not use on your own island ...again makes no sense ...

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Normal activities nothing spectacular

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Shows all the same cast , all same theme just different types of music

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Very short staffed ..NO EXTRA COVID cleaning at all ...tabels sat dirty ...everyone used same utensils on buffet bars no cleaning of machines in casino ..very disappointing that a company who was shut down for so long has no protection for passengers in place. Needless to say 3 of 7 people in our party went on vaccinated and negative and came home positive...

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Covid cleaning and social distancing needs to still be in place

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Again short staffed only cleaned room once a day and one day did not even come

Ship tip

Make sure you protect yourself from covid and other germs because they don't....be prepared to wait in lines ...be prepared to not take advantage of the drink package on their own island.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

3 out of 5
Waiting for boat ride over was a long un necessary line ...food area was total caios very unorganized food was not so good either would have been better off going to eat back on ship

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

3 out of 5
Not much to do

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5
Not much to do

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth but again you cause people to sit and wait instead of making things flow
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9 Comments

SRAlbritton    2 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to share with us. Sorry you had a bad experience.

GoCCL    2 years ago

Time to stop blaming Covid

GriffFamily    2 years ago

Sorry about your Covid experience. I liked having everything back to normal.

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate your view

TomU    2 years ago

For us, it was a pleasure to see things getting back to normal but I understand Covid is still a serious thing to some people. It was dropped in planes the day after our return flight and we wish it was before. It's a flu that will be with us forever just like the Spanish flu is still with us 100 years later. Everyone has to weigh risks and live their life's as they see fit. We are moving on and accept the risks.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Oops 😬

MichaelW    2 years ago

You’re traveling in a confined environment for many days, COVID is everywhere on the planet, and you’re surprised some of your sailing mates tested positive after your cruise. Let’s be realistic, it’s out there, and we will all have covid once, twice, or more vaccinated or not. If contracting the virus is of major concern, cruises, resorts, and the like are travel options you should not choose. Maybe a mountain get away would be best.

CruzeFan    2 years ago

Definitely sounds like cruising isn’t for you. Covid is on most ships now (75 of 108 per CDC website), just like anywhere else you will go. It is something we all have to learn to live with.

bienfang10    2 years ago

Cruising is not for you. U sound like judge . jury. Execusioner. U judge instead of enjoying the cruise.

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