Carnival Magic Review
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After sailing the Conquest out of Galveston for the past 4-5 year, we were excited to have a new ship coming to Texas.
The ship was late getting into port, so things were a mess at the terminal. We were really glad to have the VIP boarding (10 previous cruises with Carnival).
The ship is a really nice ship. With the name "Magic" I was expecting it to be a bit gaudy, but it was really nice. The outdoor areas are good, but it was kinda cool this week, so not many folks were hanging out at the pools. My son and I really enjoyed the ropes course.
Cabin Review
Cove Balcony
The room was pretty typical, but we did have a "Cove Balcony" room which was pretty neat. These are balcony rooms down on the 2nd deck. Very close to the water. They do have an outer water tight door that I guess they close in high seas, but we never had to close it even though it got pretty rough one night.
The only issue we had with our room was the next door neighbors going out on their balcony at 6am each morning and letting the door slam. I guess the 2 folks in that room would each go out once. Person 1 out... BAM, Person 2 out... BAM. Person 1 back in..BAM... Person 2 in ...BAM. We usually had at least 4 slams each morning. This was pretty annoying as the balcony door is right next to where the head of our bed was.