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Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
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Carnival Magic

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Norfolk Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 16, 2023

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7214

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

Thought this was an excellent cruise and plan to go on more cruises. Loved leaving out of Norfolk.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth process, staff did exceptional and were very professional and pleasant. Unfortunately we cannot control how some other pessengers act!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
I would rate everywhere excellent-main dining rooms, Guys, Lido, the deli had phenomenal sandwiches. I was not overly impressed with the seafood shack-food not as appetizing or as much as shown in pix. Not worth paying extra for

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Pools and spas beautiful -Need to do a bit monitoring those vaping not in designated areas

Entertainment

5 out of 5
AWESOME. Dustin-the cruise ship director was incredible. Loved all the shows we saw-FLick, Rock n Roll, the singers and dancers were great. The World show, the movies, the string band trio-awesome. Motown and country nights great and I even hate country music

Children's Programs

No kids with-but great presentations at the end-and what I saw looked very full

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
They were all incredible. Loved Anthony our room steward and his lady helper-so friendly and helpful with everything. Such very hard workers yet always with a smile and sincerity.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Exceptionally clean

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Perfect-very clean. Loved the balcony.

Ship tip

Wear your masks! and use hand sanitizer relentlessly

Ports of call

Norfolk, Virginia

5 out of 5
no excursion, nice port

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5
Bus tour a bit longer than needed to be. Then we were unable to do anything else. Wished the bus tour included actually going into the fort not seeing from a distance!

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
No excursion-but this place was beautiful. Wished we knew there was a resort there

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Loved this bus tour-excellent guide. Beautiful beach-would prefer rum cake over spice!

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Could use more elevators, perhaps having some staff there to help with some of the customers and process may have helped.
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