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Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 12

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Carnival Magic

5 Night Bahamas (Norfolk Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 09, 2023

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6507

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

All in all we had great cruise and we enjoyed The Magic and will sail on her again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Embarkation itself was fast and painless we were in and through in less than 15 minutes. Getting into the Cedar Grove parking lot was a nightmare. Over an hour to get into the lot. Once we parked it was smooth and painless and we were onboard in less than 30 minutes.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Food was as expected. Steakhouse was good, Guys Burgers are amazing. Buffet was hit or miss. Room Service offerings were excellent and worth the extra cost.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Hot tubs were good.. we opted for the less used ones on Deck 5 and never had an issue with overcrowding or a lot of small children.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff and Service were amazing. Gede our favorite bartender at the Tides bar on deck 10 was phenomenal as were Rey and the others. Nengah our room Steward was amazing and always greeted us with a smile and a kind word.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything was clean and well maintained we never saw any mess left for long.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was perfect. Plenty of room for everything and we never felt cramped or crowded. We spent several hours each afternoon recharging in our room and enjoying the balcony. Highly recommend the aft balcony rooms.

Ports of call

Norfolk, Virginia

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5
We chose to walk on our own with no excursion booked. We did some shopping and then walked the few blocks to the Rum factory. Walked down the hill to Junkano beach where we spent some time enjoying the beach and the water.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5
Highly recommend Swimming with the Pigs at Crystal Beach. Our tour guide David was amazing and everyone was so friendly and welcoming. We would 100% do this excursion again.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Disembarking was fast and easy until we got to the terminal to collect our bags and one was missing. We found it after about 20 minutes it had been placed in the wrong collection area. We opted for an Uber back to the Cedar Grove lot instead of taking the buses.
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