Carnival Magic Review

Magic Valentine's/Mardi Gras Cruise 6470

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Magic
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musicgal
6-10 Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Feb 2013
Cabin: Premium Vista Balcony

I am writing a review before I finish unpacking from our 2-10 cruise to the Eastern Caribbean from Galveston on the Carnival Magic. Rates for this cruise were a little lower than other weeks in the late winter/early spring time period and we took advantage of that fact to book an aft wrap on deck 6. Cabin 6470 is an aft wrap, otherwise known as a premium vista balcony on the port side of the Magic. It has some great and not-so-great aspects which I will get into in a bit.

It was a relatively nice day for embarkation from Galveston, but I had waited too late to book our customary EZ Cruise parking (showed full online) and we ended up at Discount Cruise Parking on Harbourside right off I-45. They handed out sodas and beer as we waited in really long lines to board one of a few shuttles from their location. By the time we arrived at the pier... lines were moving decently and check-in progressed at a good pace. We still didn't get on the ship until after 1:30 pm. This process would have been miserable in bad weather, so I suggest parking with a lot that has more shuttles and a closer proximity to the pier to cut down turnaround time.

Once onboard the ship we made our way to the cabin where we unpacked immediately and met our steward. The room seemed freshened well, and our steward did a good job of providing us with ice. Bon Voyage had delivered the items they were allowed in port (sodas) and our gold pins were on the counter. We walked out on our wrap balcony which was expansive and the largest personal balcony we've ever had. We had two loungers... 4 chairs with room to spare. On Magic, none of these upper balconies overlooks the water; they just overlook other balconies or decks- and I found that to be a disadvantage, although our location only overlooked the promenade deck which was not crowded at any time. A lot of people could look down on us though all the way from the Lido on 10. So although there a little corners where you could actually get privacy... you need to be careful on that balcony as regards your attire.

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Premium Vista Balcony

Cabin 9C

6470- Aft wrap with 3 closets- great storage- expansive balcony- sofa- chair- smallish bathroom- not made for handicapped cruisers- some noise at night from nightclub below- mostly quiet the rest of time due to location at aft. Far from lido and pool activities. Close to piano bar, night club, Red Frog, hot tubs and taste bar for alternate breakfast. Will be walking a lot and we used room service frequently.

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