Great until the end

Item: Carnival Magic
Rating: 3.9
Author: ellerja

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Canada, New England, New York

ellerja

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 8

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5

Verified Review

8 Night Canada & New England (Norfolk Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 14, 2023

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin number: GUAR

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 months ago

Review summary

This was my first cruise and our twenty year anniversary. At this time I really am hesitant to take another cruise do to my concerns over safety.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

The terminal in Norfolk is too small for this many passengers

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Great variety of food to choose from

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

This cruise was plagued by bad weather.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

I would have liked to have had more shows to see. Bingo gets boring after awhile.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

We had a great steward named edwin and his assistant millan

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Room was spacious and had a balcony. The bathroom was really nice.

Ship tip

Check your bags!

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Portland, Maine

4 out of 5

We went on an excursion to Kennebunkport. We really enjoyed it and had a terrific bus driver.

Thumbs Up 0

Saint John, New Brunswick

4 out of 5

I was not impressed with our excursion here. It was very rushed

Thumbs Up 0

Halifax, Nova Scotia

4 out of 5

We did a walking excursion here at this port. Great tour but a lot of walking.

Thumbs Up 0

Sydney, Nova Scotia

2 out of 5

Our excursion to the highland village was terrific. However our bus ran out of fuel and it caused us to be back an hour later than the ships debarkation time. Nothing like having everyone on the ship looking at you because you caused everyone to be late.

Thumbs Up 3

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Absolutely horrendous. The ship had 5 elevators to get people to the brow. I have a torn rotator cuff and ended up carrying our three bags down five decks. People were stuck on the 8 deck for over an hour trying to get an elevator to get down to the 3 deck. All elevators were paked with people going down to get off the ship and going up to the lido deck a

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