Comparison of the Carnival Magic and MSC Seaview Cabins Sailing Out of New York Was FantasticĪs we sailed away from New York I had my first taste of a Carnival deck party, these happened quite a lot during our cruise, and more than on any other cruise line I’ve cruised with. It was very similar to my Costa cruise cabin, so I was prepared for that. If you compare this cabin to newer cabins on cruise lines like MSC or P&O, I definitely think the style is outdated. I had no idea at this point just how big a part of a Carnival cruise the Cruise Director would be and I also had no idea how much of a big part the casino, bingo, and cookies would be on the cruise but it was fun to find out. Our Cruise Director was called Ryan and he started every announcement by calling us his Carnival Magic Family. When the announcement was made that our cabin was ready we headed to our room on deck 7. I find that a lot of the newer cruise ships have lost a lot of outside space in favour of ‘STUFF’ and stuff that usually costs extra, but really all I want on a cruise is enough space to sit, a ship that’s clean, and service that is good. I was instantly impressed by how much outside space there was. Our cabins weren’t available until 1.30 so we went out onto the top deck. I hope cruise lines never go back to the big ‘everybody-at-once’ safety drills. It was much better than the muster drill I had on my Costa cruise way back in 2018 where we all had to stand on the promenade deck in lines, most cruise lines did require you to do something like this in the past but luckily the pandemic has changed this on most cruise lines for the better. It took at most 10 minutes and they just explained to us how to put on a lifejacket and where to go in an emergency. It’s the law that a safety drill must be done before the ship sails away, or shortly after. We embarked around 12.30 and were sent to our muster stations to complete a short safety drill. I enjoyed my Costa cruise but there were definitely some disappointments like the buffet food was by far the worst food I’ve ever had on a cruise before but I hoped this Carnival cruise would be better than that. I did wonder if this cruise would be like my Costa cruise, but with Americans instead of Italian guests. I’m not sure if they’ll be keeping the big statue that the Costa Luminosa has in the atrium though, so many people had touched the bum and the nose of the statue that the colour had changed. In fact, the Costa cruise ship that I sailed on, the Costa Luminosa has now been transferred to Carnival and will be sailing for Carnival soon. Costa is owned by Carnival and, as a result, the ships are very similar. I Took a Similar Cruise With Costa in 2018Ī couple of years ago, I took a cruise with the Italian cruise line, Costa. It’s definitely not to everybody’s taste, and it isn’t really to mine, but it absolutely set the scene for our Carnival cruise. The atrium was so bright and so colourful. I saw a comment from Paul saying that I looked like I was in a pinball machine and I couldn’t agree more, especially with the lampshades on the ceiling. Walking into the Carnival Magic we were instantly in the middle of the atrium. They definitely don’t do anything by halves – it’s all or nothing, and photography was one of those things. There were quite a few things on this cruise that I was used to on other cruise lines, but Carnival took them much further. Your travel agent and cruise line will let you know anything you need to know before the cruise, just make sure that you check your emails and your spam folder!Īs soon as we checked in, we had our first photo taken in front of the backdrops that they have set up. We also had to show our ArriveCan apps which we needed to enter Canada, and we needed to show Covid tests, but these aren’t required anymore. We had entered most of our information into the Carnival Hub app before the cruise and so all we had to do at the terminal was show this barcode and go through security. Once we arrived at the Manhattan cruise terminal, embarkation was incredibly easy. Me With The Carnival MagicĪs far as Carnival ships go, she’s not one of the oldest, but not one of the newest either, so I hoped that this would give me the best overview of Carnival. Built in 2011, her maximum passenger capacity is a little over 4.5 thousand. The ship that I had booked my cruise on was the Carnival Magic. I’d heard bad things about Carnival’s food in the past and heard that the ships were outdated, not all of that was wrong, but more about that later. I didn’t know how I’d find cruising out of New York, and I didn’t know how it would be being an English person on a very American cruise. The cruise was 7 nights long, visited Canada, and I booked the cheapest cabin on the entire ship.
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