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Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
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Carnival Magic

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 10, 2024

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1365

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

We had a great time on the cruise, some comments below... 1. Would like better communication. The Magic had it's incident in Jamaica days before our departure. It was very concerning for us. We did not get one communication from Carnival stating that all was well with the ship. 2. We're in our 60's. This was our first trip. Restrooms were hard to find. Need better signs/directions to restrooms. 3. We bought the drink package (wife and I). We attended the Superbowl in the Magic theatre. I got up to get drinks at the Atrium bar for my wife and I using my card and her card. No problem. Next time I went to get drinks, different bartender. He would not serve drinks stating that both parties had to be present to give drinks. I got disturbed because the other bartender that served us drinks was standing right there. This bartender was the only bartender on the entire trip to not honor the drink cards. This caused me anxiety for the remainder of the trip (8 nights) and I never went to the Atrium bar again. Point being, if you have a policy it needs to be 100% enforced or 0% enforced, if not you're just pissing off customers. Shout out to Alisha and Jason at the Red Frog Pub, they were great! Also, Darma at the Iguana bar was fantastic also!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

La Romana, Dominican Republic

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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9 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

aimee78     8 months ago

I agree about the restrooms. This was our 14th cruise, first on Carnival and I feel like I spent half my time looking for restrooms that ended up behind unmarked doors!

Gwbigdog     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

natelorip     9 months ago

Glad you had a great first cruise. Thanks for sharing.

javawoody     9 months ago

Glad you enjoyed your first cruise

Ruby13     9 months ago

Thank you for sharing

karlgrgurich     9 months ago

Seems as though a lot of cruise ship rules are not enforced

byhisgrace     9 months ago

Appreciate your feedback

HeavySeas     9 months ago

Awesome.....thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed your cruise

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