I believe anyone that could complain about the beautiful, new Carnival Magic just likes to complain!

We boarded 3/25 during the Spring break periods of Chicago, and Louisiana, among others, I'm sure. Embarkation was very easy. We arrived at 11:45am, dropped our luggage off, and went to the Lighthouse parking ($55.00 for the week). Very quickly brought back by their shuttle.

Once inside, the line for security was very quick. Sent to a table for our bags to be checked (for the water, soft drinks, and wine we brought). This table had one person checking bags, and a long line of people, so we just skipped. Had another friend who stopped there, and her shrink-wrapped 12pack of water was unpacked, and the carefully hidden rum in the middle bottles was confiscated. Seems that when they shake it, if it is not water, it will bubble. There was no communication from the security screeners and the booze checking table person, so they don't know or care if you stop or not. Read more