Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) Costa Magica Cruise Reviews

our group... 2 adults and 3 kids (16,16 and 11) costa magica embarkation. Smooth as it can be during spring break. No problems. I was afraid of "the crowds" before we went (ship was fully booked) but was never overwhelmed by too many people being in line or so. Lounge chairs on deck. Yes we "reserved" them too by putting our stuff on them, but if you don't mind sitting on the quieter top decks ...

We just got back from our Costa Magica cruise today which started 3/25-4/1 2007 to the Western Caribbean. I went as part of a larger group which consisted of 3 families with 5 children ages 6-8 years old. I went for the cheap seats, an interior cabin on the second level (Tintoretto) and spent almost $1800 for one adult and 2 children. The room was spacious enough, very clean, and comfortable. I ...

We sailed on the Costa Magica in February 2007 along with two other couples, one of which were first time cruisers. We drove to Fort Lauderdale and spent a couple of nights in Hollywood, FL prior to sailing. Upon arriving at the cruise port, we found the lines for embarkation to be incredibly short, which was a surprise to us, as this was a sold out cruise. We literally were checked in and ...

Review of our Costa Magica cruise 2/4/07 - 2/11/07. We were in cabin 7422 aft corner cabin and our friends were in cabin 7326 you can view these cabins in my picture link. First off the embarkation was long.... Once though security we were put in line for the Suite passengers and thought it would move quickly. It did not! They only had 2 people working the line and someone had decided to do an ...

This is our second cruise with the other being on the Celebrity Infinity. We were a little afraid after reading some reviews on here but we had a wonderful week. We arrived at the port at approx 1:15 PM. We waited in line less than 10 minutes. After checking in and registering our credit card we went right to our room. We were in a Category 8, #6273 which is a balcony room. We met our cabin ...

Costa Magica Review Dec. 23, 2006, Eastern Caribbean itinerary This was our 6th cruise, but our first one over the Christmas week. We have sailed on Orient Lines, several Carnival ships, as well as Norweigian. Given that this was Christmas week, with ship at full capacity there were loads of children aboard, and the majority of passengers were English speaking North Americans. As this was a ...

Christmas 2006 cruise (Dec. 23rd to 30th): Fort Lauderdale, San Juan, St. Thomas, Catalina Island D. R., Grand Turk, Fort Lauderdale This was the 3rd cruise for my wife and myself (we previously traveled on the Caribbean Princess and Celebrity Millennium), and the first for my sister-in-law. It was our first cruise over Christmas, and we also traveled with our 7-month old son. We booked the ...

We just got off the Magica Sunday 12/03/06. We did the 7-day Eastern. We had a good time. I will say this was our 3rd cruise on Costa and we like it the least. But it still was a good cruise. I will rate the ship with a A, B, C, D or E letter grade. A being excellent, B good, C as average, D poor and E horrible. In college I had an English professor who told us not to expect A's because a were ...

I am not going to persuade anyone that this is the best cruise ever, or indeed that it is as good as Celebrity or RCCL, because it is not, however then again it costs nothing like a cruise with those companies. I have found in my 10 years of cruising that everything is about expectation. Expect the best and get something less, then one is disappointed. We have typically cruised with Celebrity ...

I just returned from a cruise on the CostaMagica, April 28 sailing to Bermuda and Nassau. I cannot believe some of the reviews I have just read. I wonder if I was on the same ship. Embarkation went smoothly although the need to register the credit card on board was somewhat of an inconvenience. The room, although I chose an inside cabin on this cruise was a good size and it was immaculate. ...