Carnival Magic Review

Trice the Magic

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Magic
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Raven Days
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Apr 2015
Cabin: Balcony
Traveled with children

Note: This is the most negative review I have ever written. Normally my reviews are either very positive or balanced between positive and negative. I apologize in advance for its length. I am a detail oriented person.

About us and our hotel…

This was my 9th cruise all on Carnival and my third time on the Magic. Our destination was Key West, FL; Freeport and Nassau, Bahama’s. I had previously been to the Bahamas on my first cruise on the Fantasy in 2003. With me on this cruise was my son (27), his fiancé (25), my daughter (25), her husband (28), their four children (8, 7, 2 and 11mo) and my friend. My son and his fiancé live in Oklahoma and had flown from OKC to Hobby. I and my daughter and her family live in San Antonio and we drove down in two cars. We all arrived the night before and stayed at the SpringHill Suites on Broadway in Galveston. This was my second time staying at this location and I will be staying there again in September for my cruise on the Freedom. I highly recommend this hotel to anyone staying in Galveston. It’s only a mile or so from the port, directly off of Highway 45. I had three rooms at the hotel. I arrived at 1pm and was able to check in one of them. I had used Marriot’s rewards check in app that allowed me to pick my check in time. I dropped my son in law, my friend and the grandkids and I and my daughter headed back to Houston to Hobby to pick up my son and his fiancé.

Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin 8C

The cabin is on the port side of the ship. Very quiet area. I rarely heard my neighbors.

Port Reviews

Freeport

The worst port ever. If I ever book another cruise with the same ports, I will stay on the ship! If you go, be sure you get it in writing how much you are paying for taxi services. They will lie to you. I was told one price before I got in the van for a round trip to Port Lucaya. When trying to come back, I was told a higher price then the one we agreed on.

Nassau

Despite the American Embassy putting out a security warning, I did not see any real issues here. I did not take the walking tour I had intended, however. We stayed in the general port area. Once you get past all those wanting to sell you a tour its actually quite nice. I recommend the Pirates of Nassau Museam

Galveston

We stayed at the SpringHill Suites on Broadway. I highly recommend this hotel. This was my second time at the hotel and I will be staying again in September for another cruise. I also used Galveston Park n Cruise again for my parking. Its right across the street from the terminal.

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