Just returned from our second cruise on the Magic. Service was great as usual and we had a great time. Embarkation went pretty smoothly. It seemed like the line through security went must faster than usual then we had to wait about half an hour before our zone was called and we were on the ship around noon with the room being ready around 1:00. We ate in the buffet about 3 times, had room service a couple of times, ate all but one meal in the dining room in the evening and had breakfast in the dining room each morning. It seemed like they pushed drinks more than usual in the dining room, even at breakfast. Most of the time we had Ana's team. She was fantastic as were the assistants in Northern Lights. Our balcony room was kept spotless by the amazing Jennie. On the ship we spent most of our time on the balcony or on the decks. We had the two most forward rooms with my sister & her husband in 7210 and we were in 7209. We think next time we would not choose these rooms as in the evenings several nights the wind was so strong that we could hardly open the balcony door. The pros to the room was that there was a deck in between our rooms which we could get to easily and probably could have taken our chairs over to it and sat out there with more room as there was not much traffic there. Our balcony had a cover over it as I think the bridge was above it so it didn't get too hot. The 5th deck below had about 98% empty loungers all of the time. We took in a few shows in the evening. The magician was amazing, the Carnival dancers were great and the comedy was very entertaining once he got past the lame start of his show. I think his name was Michael James, We also went to the cooking demo Monday which was great and you got to sample 4 dishes.

Key West - We had booked online City View trolley for about $18 each and it took about an hour and was very informative. My husband and sister weren't feeling well so we went back to the ship early. I think my granddaughter had passed on a bug to us since she had been sick.

Freeport - We booked the Garden of the Groves excursion from Carnival and it was very enjoyable. After going through the garden we went to the marketplace and got some souvenirs. Marilyn at the garden was very informative and a bit of a comedian. Read more