Carnival Magic Review

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Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Magic
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hubb3329
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Apr 2013
Cabin: Aft-View Extended Balcony

First of all, be warned. If you plan on anything other than the meals and water, tea or juice, then your trip is only half payed for by embarkation time. Knowing what I know now, Carnival is the king of the extra and up charge. So you've only begun to pay for your trip by boarding unless you intend on doing nothing.

Our waiters were great. As well as our room stewards. If nothing else the ship was very well kept. Where it fell apart was bar service, ( can I say slow, lethargic, and generally rude and uncaring)... The drink nitpicking was down right annoying! Can I get this drink or not? The attempts to up sell to drinks outside of the drink plan, ($700 for two people for seven days), was down right obnoxious and bartenders seemed to get offended and work even slower when turned down. Why should I buy an extra drink when I have purchased your very expensive drink plan? However, let me say this. If you did not purchase the drink plan ( which includes sodas), you are going to have a heart attack when the credit card bill arrives.

Food.....One thing I can say about other cruise lines, is I've walked away talking about how good the dinning room food was. Here? Not so much. Lets just say the steak at Golden Corral on steaks nights blows this away. I'm sorry to be mean, but this is the simple truth. The lido deck was a logistical nightmare. Again, if this was your only cruise you would think this is how all ships do it. As for the food on the lido deck? Eggs out of a carton, pastries stale after a couple of days, no variety. There was no one on this boat cooking fresh food. Enough said.

Cabin Review

Aft-View Extended Balcony

Cabin 8M

Great room! Our steward Rai was attentive and amazing! If the rest of the staff is taking this good of care then I don't see how there are negative reviews of the cabins. However, when it come to interior rooms. You get what you pay for. They're just no fun.

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