Embarkation: We flew into Ft. Lauderdale the morning of the cruise and took a taxi directly to the Port. Do not pay for cruise line sponsored transportation in Ft. Lauderdale. The port is very close to the airport and it is much cheaper to take a taxi.
We had priority check-in, so the check-in process went quickly. I will say that this terminal did not have a priority lounge which I heard ...
We were on Carnival Pride, chose this cruise because we could drive to Baltimore and not have to fly anywhere. Getting on the ship was easy, no problems at all with passports! Room on the 8th deck was ready and clean and Randy was a very nice guy. Loved all the towel animals on our bed every evening and the towels on the top deck on Thursday! Not sure if the balcony was worth the money because ...
This report is going to be a little different because it's more about cruising when handicapped than about the cruise itself. I find there isn't enough information on cruising when mobility is an issue plus we don't do a lot of the activities - we enjoy our big balcony a lot. Because of health issues, flying has gotten harder and harder for me, so I love sailing from my homeport of Baltimore on ...
All Carnival cruises (I have been on 15) are great but the cruise director on this one made it extraordinary....worlds above even the best cruise directors before this. Service excellent. Dining room staff very attentive and warm chocolate melting cake - one of the top foods ever. Did not try the steakhouse but did not feel the need to as the main dining room was all I could have ask for. ...
This was a REALLY fantastic cruise for us. We've sailed before on the Magic and this was my 4th cruise (first as an adult and without kids along) and my girlfriend's second. The last time we sailed, we had an interior room, along with 2 kids - that was cramped. This time around we sprung for a balcony room on Deck 7; we loved the balcony so much, we aren't sure we will ever cruise without one, it ...
Giving this an "average" is generous. It had moments of average and many moments of below. I have to agree with EVERYTHING the person below me said about this cruise. User: Dkeill. In fact we are standing in that line in his picture. We have been on 2 other cruises, one Royal Caribbean and one Carnival Dream. We have NEVER experienced anything like this. It was one thing after another. We did ...
Our family of 10 sailed on the Carnival Dream 18 months ago and had a great time--first time our family had all cruised together. Experience was so good we all wanted to do it again. We chose the Carnival Magic because it its similar to the Dream, seemed even better, when we were searching ships. We found the date available to us, the price we were willing to pay, even though we paid extra to ...
So to start our vacation off, Carnival informed us on Thursday afternoon that they not be going to Progreso at all. Instead, we got to spend a day along the beautiful shores of Galveston. Don't get me wrong, I live in Texas and love it, but Galveston is not my idea of a place to go for crystal clear water and an all inclusive beach getaway. The cruise went very well for the most part. My ...
Our 9th Carnival cruise and we have always been satisfied but this time things were a little different....the food was mediocre and NO lobster. Always had lobster regardless of length of cruise. The ship is clean, personnel friendly, the entertainment has gotten mediocre and they should have revamped the elevator digital readouts. People were scrambling to see which elevator arrived only to miss ...
My cabin was nice. My cabin steward did a great job. After that, the service was at best below average. The dining room and bar service was horrendous. It took us as long as 2 and 1/2 hours to have dinner on 3 different nights. I think the food was the biggest disappointment. Low quality and poorly prepared and cold when we finally had it served to us. The waiter just kept making excuses ...