Carnival Magic Review

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Carnival Magic- The Apologetic Ship

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Sail Date: May 2015
Cabin: Balcony

Carnival Magic. The apologetic ship! We put chicken tenders on the main dining menu the first night along with horrible comfort food of bad meatloaf , we're sorry. We can't open the kitchen early with thousands to feed before going ashore very early, we're sorry. we didn't give you room service because we got overwhelmed with the thousands looking for breakfast on the early morning ashore at 7am, we're sorry but we can't change hours. We have our buffet guys walk around and talking or on cell phones while you need coffee, we're sorry but get your own. Oops, almost fell. We put the lido buffets between the 2 small swimming pools with wet butts puddling the floor, we're sorry but we indeed put up small signs. We made you line up for thousands of feet to get off the ship with no one directing and clusters of people lost and confused, we're sorry but we are confused too. We announce an emergency over loud speakers in your room and hall x 3 from 5:00am -5:30am, we're sorry to disturb your sleep because some drunk went missing for a bit. Will they know to call that number? We made you get a tender ticket at the time you were to get off the ship that kept you aboard for another 1 1/2 hours in the dining hall, we're sorry but it would have been too organized if we had done it the night before. The tender lines kept us happy as we watched everyone walk around the entire ship in a line fussing and cussing. We wanted to make sure you left the cabin so we set the thermostat higher and even your clothes took 2 days to dry, we are not sorry for your comfort. We gave you thin walls and loud TVS so you could not get sleep and listen to the children running down the hall and the staff talking outside your door while you are napping, we're sorry. Our guests feel like they belong on a cattle farm with herding them in long corrals, we're sorry. The comfort (cheap) food with a couple of nice dishes sporadically is in our budget, we're not sorry the meatloaf, chicken tenders and kids meal are on your main dining menu. We try to sell u everything, we're not sorry. We try to entertain at cheap rated quality and comedy, we're sorry we don't have real entertainment. A "Fun ship" without entertainers, we're sorry we have bingo for entertainment as a show. We provide small hand sanitizers in the dining rooms but no one is there to encourage people to use it, we are used to having norovirus breakouts. We put the basketball court above our Italian specialty restaurant so you can be jarred out of your seat by the bouncing ball effect and the chopping of fruit below to meet in the middle of your paid dinner, we're sorry. We put you a serenity (adults only) section for you to relax right by the kids screaming down the slides, we're sorry our design is so poor. We also put the only work out stations on top deck next to the basket ball courts, we're sorry it raining or blazing hot. We also give you last weeks port schedule to different ports on the automated line and we took off the days restaurant menu you were looking for, we're sorry and even guest services couldn't get it put back together. We also put the main dining menu for 7 months ago even though it changed, we're sorry but our techie can't keep up. We charge $14 each for 4x 6 pics, we're sorry but we make our money like that and waste a ton of ink on pics people don't want. We put you on hold for 20 minutes when you call anywhere on the ship, we're sorry. We're also the noisiest, least efficient, most crowded ship in the cruise line industry. Only good thing we have done is provide clean fresh sheets and good cabin stewards, sorry but we expect more from these staff than those in the main dining and buffets. We got you there and back safely. And when you get home, know that we will always send the survey to the person who did NOT pay for the trip. WELCOME ABOARD. Come get your apologies.

Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin 8D

Cot was hard for 3rd person, had to request padding. Very few clothes hangars. Took 2-3 days for bathing suits to dry. Restricted views due to partial walls and then an ocean view like. Curtains blocked light. Towel animals was nice. Had to request extra pillows to get one that was acceptable. NO PLUGINS hardly. Bring extension cords.

Port Reviews

Galveston

The parking and shuttles are confusing and chaos with 4000-7000 people unloading and the other 4000-7000 people loading since the Carnival and the Navigator of the Seas are in port together. Not much direction from anyone. they have shuttles with baggage slots and shuttles without baggage to just get to your car for pickup; who knew unless you stood in line for 30 min in the rain (tornado touched down in North Houston while disembarking). The bad weather and porters standing in the rain with the baggage carts. Crazy!

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