Costa Magica Review

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CostaMagica - Eastern Caribbean

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Costa Magica
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Sheryl
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Feb 2007

My husband and I cruised on the Costa Magica in Feb. The ship is fairly new and kept real clean. The location of our room was unbelievable, it seemed we NEVER walked anywhere. We were right around the corner from the elevator and mid ship so everything was right there. Upon arriving at the port to start the cruise we arrived about 11:30 and were about 50-75 people back but they opened the doors about 11:40 and everyone filed in thru security. That part was real smooth and absolutely no problem getting right to our room. We booked this cruise last minute and got late dining so we went right to the area designated for questions on dining and got our name on a list to be changed (which was granted). We enjoyed a nice lunch at the buffet and walked the ship getting used to the layout. Our bags arrived about 2 hours later (perfect) and I cannot tell you how friendly everyone was on the ship as far as crew goes.

This was our 2nd Costa Cruise and had only cruised Princess before. The "flavor" of the ship and friendliness is above average. Our Waiter from India "Venky" was the best I have ever come in contact with. He was exceptional! His personality made it so you couldn't wait to go to dinner and not just for the food. The interaction between the waiters and entertainment staff and customers was very nice. The little extra activities like "Italian Night" and "Toga" night was alot of fun. Our room was just average we booked an inside cabin and had plenty of space to store everything....nice to have room under the beds to put suitcases. Only complaint in this area was the shower...for some reason the water leaked out of the shower everytime onto the bathroom floor so that was a constant mess. Food was real good only complaint was on some of the entrees the helpings were real small. But there was never any problem with getting enough to eat :).

Entertainment was VERY good. The singers and dancers are very talented and very very entertaining. Our only complaint was not enough shows. there were 2 nights out of the 7 where they did not even have entertainment and that was a big disappointment as we looked forward to the shows. We did one shore excursion on the Dominican and it was so-so. It was to a private Island (boat ride over and a welcome drink for 48.00) It was just OK as there really wasn't anything there but some sand and beach chairs and some little shacks with locals selling knick knacks for an outstanding high price. Our children did not cruise with us but I noticed on a couple of different occasions the children doing different fun activities.

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