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Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Carnival Magic

6 Night Bahamas (Norfolk Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 14, 2023

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6434

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Cruise was great overall. Disappointed in the disembarking process.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Great! Everyone was very friendly. We did feel very rushed through.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Wonderful! All of the food was great! Dinner portions in the main dining were small.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Pools and hot tubs were always crowded. Not enough pools on board for that many people.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Excellent!!! We loved the 80's rock show and all 3 comedians were phenomenal!!

Children's Programs

We had no kids with us this trip.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Stateroom steward, Putu was great! Waitstaff was great. Guest Services was not friendly at all. Joe, the Cruise Director was delightful!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Ship was clean! Outdated, but clean. It would have been great if the staff would have explained how to get around the ship. We stayed lost and confused the first couple of days.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Perfect size for the 2 of us. Loved the balcony, except people would always smoke on the deck below is which blew right up to our balcony.

Ship tip

Research how to get to all of the places onboard.

Ports of call

Norfolk, Virginia

5 out of 5
Nice. Shuttle service from Cedar Grove parking was nice and convenient.

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5
We went shopping. Island was dirty and looked like it was under construction.

Bimini, Bahamas

4 out of 5
Beautiful, with beautiful beach area.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5
Nice, with lots of shopping! Dolphin Encounter excursion was the highlight of our entire trip. Loved it! Highly recommend!

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Horrible!!!! We missed getting our luggage set out in time. My elderly mom, who has a ton of health problems was forced to carry all of her luggage off by herself. I wasn't much help since I was carrying all of my stuff! Took 4 hours to get off the ship. Elevators were packed and the whole process was completely disorganized! We were rested and rejuvenated from the cruise until the disembarkation fiasco!!
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7 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

byhisgrace    1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback

DONNAKRA    1 year ago

I actually just disembarked the magic and we had a great experience! The problem was you forgot to put out your luggage. It’s not fair to give them 1 star when it wasn’t there fault.

lsbs    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing. 4 hours to get off the ship? Glad that you enjoyed your cruise.

cortneyb    1 year ago

thanks for the review, but disembarking was horrible because YOU forgot to set the bags out in time. I've sailed the magic many times, never had an issue disembarking

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Sorry you missed the deadline for putting your luggage out. Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of it.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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