Carnival Magic Review

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Magical Time on the Carnival Magic

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Magic
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BenjiRodney
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Dec 2016
Cabin: Balcony
View from the Rainforest
Christmas Tree in the Atrium

This would be my 15th and I would say best cruise on Carnival yet. Only issue on the cruise were the very rude people when it came to trying to get an elevator. They didn't care how long you were waiting, if they wanted or in front of you they would push your way through.

Flew down to Orlando 2 days early and stayed on site at Disney at the Pop Century Resort.. Took in Disney Springs, Disney World and Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. Had a great first visit to Disney.

Made arrangements through PortCanaveralConnection.com to pick us up at the Resort. Big mistake. They showed up 45 minutes early, okay no big deal we can rush and besides we will get to the port quicker. Wrong. The other party to be picked up told them they would not be ready until 11, another 1 1/2 hours. The driver went ahead and took us as we had already paid ahead of time on line. He took us to a drop off point near a Denny's on the other side of the airport, where we were moved to another bus that then began making pick-ups from airport hotels. So now are we on our way. No, time to go to the airport to finish filling the bus. Side note the way we threw the luggage around in the trailer behind the bus was something to see. So fast forward three hours after being picked up we make it to the first drop off at the Carnival Sunshine, the driver pulls out two bags and wants to know whose they are because they are leaking and wet. Great he's busted something with the way he's tossed the bags around. Didn't think anything about it and neither of them were mine. Got mine and handed then to the porter and went to check in. When mine arrived one of them was soaked in mouthwash. Assuming it was from the leaking bags as mine were in the trailer with the wet one's the shuttle driver pulled out.

Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin 8E

Nice location on Lido, close to all the activities. Only drawback was the connecting room allows for you the hear your neighbors conversations and television.

Port Reviews

Port Canaveral (Orlando)

Fast quick easy embarkation and debarkation.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata)

Did a top 10 tour, okay, needs more photo stops.

St. Thomas

Shopping and Senor Frogs. We previously did island tours on past visits.

Grand Turk

Lunch and shopping, too crowded and hot/humid to enjoy the beach, so back to the ship and the water slides.

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