First cruise wasn't impressed

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

2.6 out of 5
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Carnival Magic

5 Night Bahamas (Norfolk Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 04, 2023

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9272

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Was not impressed Big waste of money spoke to others and they were not impressed they had been on better cruises they have taken and told us not to be discouraged from taking another cruise

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Early arrival line moved faster than priority line did

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Didn't eat buffet, fine dine tables were put to close together had a child throw a cup of water in my direction wetting me. On another occasion ladies beside us was rude. Went to tequila bar asked for a cup of limes and instead of giving me a cup of limes the bartender with an attitude put them in my hands. Got no notification for dinner paid extra for glad we had email verification from purchase and customer service wasn't clear on exactly where the restaurant was. Food was great

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
There was no an adult section hot tub or pool and there was nothing but kids in the hot tubs and pool and the only adult section was mainly for lounging and drinking

Children's Programs

Don't have kids

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Kim who works for Carnival that takes groups to shop at the ports, be AWARE you are with her she will and did leave us in a foreign land, she was more concerned about making a sell than having the group together and stated she would come back for us and never did.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Mr, Ferry did an awesome amazing job keeping stateroom clean and cozy. Only complaint is no fault to Mr Ferry the shower lip wasn't high enough to keep the water in the shower area and the bathroom floor was always soaked cause the drain wasn't draining fast enough and the boat was rocking

Ports of call

Norfolk, Virginia

1 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5
Only because Kim who works for Carnival said she would be back for us and left us there for 2 hours in an area we did not know and had to find our way back thank God I have a good sense of direction because the locals were no help and was trying to tell us to go the wrong way.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

1 out of 5
Paid for a tour shopping and beach excursion only had 30 minutes at the beach and the tour guide who was driving the bus did not want us to get wet so his seats on the bus did not get wet and 30 minutes is not long to enjoy the beach shopping was only 30 minutes at one straw market and an hour at another straw market but it took an hour just to get food so no shopping was able to be completed it was a waste of money

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
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10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your details. Sorry you were disappointed.

JohnnyU72    1 year ago

Lies!!!!!! The magic has a serenity deck for adults!!!

tavo6    1 year ago

Thanks for your review

mhinkel42    1 year ago

Sorry you had a bad experience.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

cortneyb    1 year ago

there is an adults only section on the ship. I've sailed the magic numerous times

cruising2004    1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

cbyron3    1 year ago

You're absolutely going to find things wrong on any cruise you go on. I recommend you try something else. Sailing with 3000 other people and visiting places were people want to make money doesn't lend itself to perfection.

missnotanlines    1 year ago

Maybe cruising is not for you

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