First time cruise from NYC

Item: Carnival Magic
Rating: 4.1
Author: mschmittlein

Carnival Magic Cruise Review

mschmittlein

Contributor Level: Second Mate

124 Days Till Next Cruise

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (New York Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 03, 2022

Ship: Carnival Magic

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Cruising is not the same as before vovid but is getting there

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Read some reviews that lines were long, confusing, etc. We experienced none of that. My guess is many who had trouble didn't have all their paperwork/vax info in order. We followed the steps in the Verifly app as suggested by Carnival and had absolutely no issues

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Guys burgers are smaller than pre pandemic, pizza hours shortened. Otherwise all was great

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Some of the audience participation stuff that was fun pre-pandemic not fully up to speed yet. Also, cruise director was no show (sick?) so that energy was lacking. Not blaming anyone for these two things but having cruised many times before covid they were missed.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Cruise director was no show (sick?) so we missed his energy. Piano bar was great. Commedians were funny

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Always friendly and helpful

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

We have been on the Magic 4 or 5 times. Love the layout. Getting a little old and could use some sprucing up but we would hop on it again in a second

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5