I was apprehensive taking this cruise as it was my first time on Carnival. My other cruises have been on Royal Carribean (out of Miami and Galveston), my husband has cruised before as well on 10+ cruises on multiple cruise lines. We chose Carnival this time because our son was going to be coming for the first time with us and had heard great things about Camp Carnival.
After reading the reviews about the new Magic ship and its first few trips from Galaveston I was worried as people seemed quite unhappy. Honestly I realize that people will be upset about issues like port changes and poor service but overall I think people are being WAY TOO HARD on everything else. We had a really really great trip! I would cruise on Carnival again and on the Magic any day.
Service was great, the staff always seemed chipper and happy and to any parents wanting to learn/hear more about Camp Carnival....IT'S AWESOME! Our son didn't want to leave (he was with the youngest group of 2-5 year olds). They were always having great funfilled activities for them and half the time our son wanted to eat dinner at Camp Carnival (which is offered every night). They all go eat together and have there own kids menus. It was nice for us to enjoy a few dinners alone and know that he was having a fun dinner too.