Embarkation: Lines went pretty quickly once we arrived at the Cruise Terminal. The only day was that the terminal had a system failure earlier in the day and we had to wait about 20 minutes in chairs before we were able to board after checking in.
Cabin: We had a balcony Cabin and will always recommend that for anyone wanting to travel. Utilize your personal outside space when you can, we had Champagne and Coffee on our balcony. Our (4) year old son thoroughly enjoyed hanging outside while cruising or in port
Waterworks: The Magic has the Carnival Waterworks Area on Board. Our son loved playing with the water toys and the smaller slides available. The (2) large water slides were only open on Port Days due to the high winds. The wife and I went down both of them and highly recommend for children of all ages.
We were in Cabin 6210 on the Carnival Magic. We loved the appointments in the Cabin (Bathroom, closets, bed, etc).
We had a Balcony Room, on the aft side of the ship. It provided amazing sunrises on way to the islands and then sunsets on the way back from Cozumel to Texas. The only negative is that we were in the front of the ship so we felt every wave crash as we had 40 mph winds on the way from Texas to Montego Bay and the same on way from Cozumel back to Texas