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Carnival Magic Cruise Review

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Reviews: 20
Helpful Votes: 120

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5
Carnival Magic

7 Night Bermuda (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 15, 2022

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8252

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Carnival Staff other then the Cruise Director are Great.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Got a Great price for 7 nights but like the saying goes - "You get what you pay for". With out the Port/Taxes and Gratitude charges, paid under $250 per person. The Cabin Stewart's and Dinning/Ledo Deck Buffet Workers Beyond Great workers. The Cabin was very small but served the purpose and the Cabin Stewart's worker were Great. The Dining Staff was also Great too. As for the Dining Room BBQ and the Short Ribs were fantastic, they melted like butter in your mouth and perfectly cooked. The Prime Rib and Filet Mignon was ok but not as good as in the past on the ship. Had the Mongolian Grill 5 out of the 7 nights. Best everyday food on the ship. Pizza used to be a 10 prior the the pandemic. Now I would say it's a 2. Don't know what they did to make it so bland? My guess cheaper mutz and weak sauce. Looks like their still using the Caputo flour. Ryan Rose the Cruise Director was very disappointing. Was very unfriendly and would not make any verble or eye contact with people with children. But rather pick and talk to ladies around his age. Like a guy looking for his next date. At the past guest party for Platinum / Diamond. Mr Rose spent about 15 minutes on stage, and basically talked like he had to use upto a certain amount of words to earn some sort of paycheck. Then said here is a short video of the history of Carnival and after the 8 minutes video and the lights came back on he was nowhere to be found and all the loyal pass guest passengers started to look around into confusion and then making conversation with other passengers to make sense of the awkward feeling of being left alone. In the past the Cruise Director made it feel like the past guest that reached the Platinum and Diamond status were very valued to me organization. The same for the Ledo Deck White Dress party. He just disappeared after 30 minutes of listening to unmotivated talk. I guess he thought he was the best thing since slice bread. He did nothing to make the Cruise fun. We have done 26 Cruise, with 17 on Carnival so far since 1987 and would have done 2 others but was cancelled due to the pandemic. Without any doubt this was the worst Cruise Director we ever seen. From a scale of 0-10 Not using the 1-10 scale due to I could give the Cruise Director and credit due to how much he did do. Cruise Director 0. Cabin Stewarts 10. Dining & Lido Buffet Works 10. Dining Room Magician 10. Food in Dining Room 7.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Small but serve the purpose a dynamite Cabin Stewarts.

Ship tip

If you have this Cruise Director your on your own so I would plan ahead to know what to do cuz you're not going to get any eye contact for from him unless your in his age group and female.

Ports of call

King's Wharf, Bermuda

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
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