THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL VACATION ON THE MAGIC

Lets start off with embarkment- it was fast and easy. We waited in line for 5 minutes ( we were early), went thur the ck bag and entered the walk to the second floor. Upon reaching the second floor we were told to wait, we sat down on the chairs and then it was time to do the walk, the greetings from the crew were so welcoming. ck in to mustard and now the fun begins. We hit guys (great) food, we then went to the cabin to put away our luggage. great cove balcony room(usually on spa floor balcony) but the cabin was big and the balcony was very private. We hit the sail away party which as always is fun to watch and dance with. got a message on my second drink that the casino was open and off we went. it was a little small for me but worked, after about 2 hours we had reservations at the steak house and the food was well worth the price. Steak and lobster was a great start to our first day of the vacation. we found our cabin stewart to be more then welcoming. we needed more towels (two ladies) with out a problem he got them, we needed ice for the wine, we needed a bed pillow and with out a question provided us the best customer service for the 7 days. Our bartender in the casino was wonderful, came over to us, at least every hour to ck on any more refills were needed. we did the reserved dinning so every night we had the same waiter for dinner and he knew our names and addressed us, asking questions if we enjoyed our day or night so far and if there was anything further he could of done. Mixing up the menu was his speciality(we drove him crazy). the bartender for the dinning room was on spot. he came everynight with a new mix, shots, ect and always asked if we wanted to try something new. we have nothing but praise for the magic crew . They were wonderful. We did have a small incident and told customer service and the next day it was resolved via phone call to our cabin. Our ports of call were a mix of good and not so good. we love nassas, we stayed in port and shopped and ate, our port of call to amber cove was so unexpected, it was beautiful and the port offered everything we wanted , i would go back there again and again. now we did not care for turks. we found it not to our likings. we did do a golf cart and seen the donkeys but the money they charged us for the hour and a half, i could not wait to get back on the ship. the island is very dry and dusty and with few amenitics we agreed it was not for us. a tee shirt back in port at margartaville was $55.00. it seemed very overprice and other products as well. this to me is not a welcoming port but that is my opinion. getting back to the ship, our 7 days was filled with good entertainment, people watching, casinoning and a great staff. i noticed a good amount of families, the kids were always on the slides and at night the movies were watched by all with blankets handed out by carnival. when it was time to go, you always say you will be back and we do. we come back every 6 months for the 7 or 8 days cruise and we know what we are getting so there are no surprises and if there are we hope it was for the best, if not, we contact customer relations on the boat and for some reason it is fixed and gone.

Great cruise......disembarking is a nightmare!

E just took a cruise on the Carnival Magic. I would just like to say our stateroom attendant Rozaq was the absolute best! He was very efficient, friendly and the room was spotless EVERYDAY! THANK YOU! The food was just ok. Shows were nice and there was plenty to do. The debarkation was HORRIBLE. Too many people leaving at once. No organization. People with young children, handicapped and elderly should be able to go first. It took us over an hour to disembark. We took our own luggage. This was totally unacceptable. They need to review their disembarking procedures. ALL Of the staff was great. I never ate in the dining room because it is not the time we wanted to eat. We ate on deck 10 most of our meals and honestly the food was not that great. .The coffee machine was down a few times. The eggs were horrible.

Wonderful time on the Magic!

We had the best time last week on the Magic. We had our two daughters (8 and 10), cruising to Costa Maya, Belize City, and Cozumel. Ate all our dinners in the main dining room-- the food was SO good. Perfect every time. We avoided the Lido Buffet. Sea Day brunch in the main dining room was also fabulous. We also loved lunches in the pasta bar on deck 11. Our daughters loved the water slides and the ropes course-- my 8 year old did the ropes course over and over again, she loved it so much. They also loved playing foosball and the mini golf in the sports area by the ropes course. Our excursions were fabulous-- Secret River at the Cozumel stop, Xunantunich ruins in Belize, and the Mexican/Mayan folklore experience in Costa Maya. We only got to see one of the Playlist production shows-- 88 Keys, which was great. We had a Cove Balcony on deck 2, and it was perfect and quiet. We got Faster to the Fun and were glad we did, because the lines at the service desk were long and we were having issues getting our Hub apps up and running on our phones. With Faster to the Fun we got it taken care of quickly. Embarkation and De-embarkation were very smooth. Transport to and from excursions was a bit tedious but okay. We remain very impressed with what Carnival is able to offer for the price. Only complaints are that some of the passengers get really drunk, smoke where they aren't supposed to, drop lots of F-bombs with seemingly zero awareness that kids are present, but whatever, we can roll our eyes and move on...we had a blast and can't wait to be back on a Carnival ship soon!

Great Western Caribbean cruise

The first leg of a back to back on the Magic. We are platinum on Carnival so no real surprise. Food is very good overall. Service was excellent. Tender process was very slow in Belize. 5 ships to look after is too many. We did not get off this trip but heard many comments about long wait times. Balcony cabin was very good. Quiet and close to forward elevator lobby. Costs Maya has a relatively new cruise port area with a couple pools and tons of shopping. You could spend the whole day there is you wanted to. We booked a private excursion to a beach resort about 10 minutes away through Shore Excursions Group. It was very nice. Embarkation in Miami was seamless and well organized. We arrived at 10:30 and we were onboard by 11 am. All in all it was a great time. Stayed onboard in Miami for the second leg to Southern Caribbean.