Not able to sail as a family

Item: Carnival Magic
Rating: 1.7
Author: CarnivalDont

Carnival Magic Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

CarnivalDont

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

1.7 out of 5

Verified Review

6 Night Western Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 31, 2024

Ship: Carnival Magic

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7327

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 months ago

Review summary

Nothing we booked was as a group. When we asked about being put together the excuse was that we were in separate cabins. I saw everyone else together. Even our excursions were separated. Again told we were at separate times because we were in different cabins. I saw lots of families together and surprise surprise they were in different cabins.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

2 out of 5

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Don't Go book any other company

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Ports of call

Miami, Florida

1 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

3 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

10 Comments

Msuttle12 5 months ago

You should have linked your cabins together so dinning and excursions would have been combined. Unless your group was too big to accommodate.

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Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Wow, thanks for sharing

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natelorip 7 months ago

Sorry it wasn't everything you wanted it to be. We just cruised with a very big group and we were able to make dinner reservations together and many booked the same excursions. It is what you make it and you do have to plan ahead.

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javawoody 7 months ago

Interesting

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carolj68 7 months ago

It is u who would have had to invite each and every person in your party. U have to be listed as cruise Companions. Have been on 25 cruises and we always sit together because we do our homework and make sure we are together. All on the same deck always next door or across the hall or down the hall. Sorry it didn't work out for you.

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bigdaddyscott 7 months ago

We’ve never had a problem with that and we’re about to go on our seventh cruise next week through carnival. We have traveled with friends with family does my husband and I or my husband and I with our kids we have always been able to get our rooms together if that’s what we preferred. The key is when you very first book your cruise it is up to you and your family to request your rooms together otherwise it is very difficult for them to have to switch around brooms that are already booked all over the cruise to accommodate one family. They did not put that request in from the beginning excursions they never give you a promise that you will be together the larger the group group the harder it is to be with your family. That’s just how it is because you have all different kinds of people in group.

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hunny68 7 months ago

This is odd. We met another couple within a couple of hours of getting on a cruise and we typically met them for breakfast, had dinner with them, saw shows, etc.

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HeavySeas 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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sfcvan 7 months ago

You should do your research prior to sailing. If you had list all who sailed as your Companion Group you would have been together, it's w5 of us an dine together not same table but next to each other. You also could have gone to customer service and they would have arranged it also. So poor planning on your part, and you bash the Cruise Line and give a poor rating, so I guess your rating for planning was just as bad, if not worse.

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karlgrgurich 7 months ago

It’s up to you to organize those things. Best to do before you set sail

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