Carnival Magic's New Features...

So John Heald posted this on his Facebook page:

i will be the CD on the Carnival Magic and talking of that...........next week we will reveal all on my blog about some brilliant new first time features.

I know he's been mentioning that there will be new features for quite a while now. Looks like we'll be finding out what they are "next week." (How often do we hear that? :p)

What do you think these new features could be? The current deck plans don't really reveal anything new. Could they have possibly left some things off the current deck plans?

Sounds very interesting.

The new features will start being announced on Monday, according to today's blog.

Next week is going to be very exciting for those of you who have been awaiting more news on the Carnival Magic. If you are one of those…….I think you may like next week……starting on Monday’s blog.

I'm curious to read about what these are going to be. :cool:

It will be interesting.

Who knows what they will incorporate on the Magic but in my book I don't see any changes that will alleviate too many people in basically the same public space as the Conquest class. They justed added another passenger deck (about 500-600 more people) without adding more public space. I am sure it will be a nice ship but not one I will be on.

I think there may be some changes to the Lido buffet area. John mentioned this on the Dream bloggers cruise during a Q & A session. I can not understand why they haven't already made changes on the newer ships to improve the flow of people in this area.

I'm very interested in what changes there will be, as long as these changes don't push the first sail date back at all. :D

Yay, finally! Can't wait to hear all about it! :D

The new features will start being announced on Monday, according to today's blog.

 

 

 

I'm curious to read about what these are going to be. :cool:

That's a really neat avatar. Did you make it?

That's a really neat avatar. Did you make it?

Yeah I made it in Photoshop. :) Thanks.

Who knows what they will incorporate on the Magic but in my book I don't see any changes that will alleviate too many people in basically the same public space as the Conquest class. They justed added another passenger deck (about 500-600 more people) without adding more public space. I am sure it will be a nice ship but not one I will be on.

I guess you are.

Of course there is more public space on Dream. There is Lower Dream Street and a Promenade Deck that wraps all the way around to name a couple.

I live here in Houston and have no desire to ever sail the Magic. I would rather fly/drive 1200 miles to Florida than go on another Conquest style ship. That's how much I dislike them...

New Cigar Bar......:)

I live here in Houston and have no desire to ever sail the Magic. I would rather fly/drive 1200 miles to Florida than go on another Conquest style ship. That's how much I dislike them...

New Orleans will be so much closer with Conquest!

I'm very interested in what changes there will be, as long as these changes don't push the first sail date back at all. :D

Me, too! I am on her the week after you. Hopefully no delays. Looks like they have a cushion of time built in. Then we will come back and tell everyone what they missed.:p:cool:

On the Dream they finished the sea trials weeks before the first cruise.

will these announcements be on the Carnival page blog or on this guy's personal blog? If the latter, does anyone have a link? So excited to find out more about the ship!

I live here in Houston and have no desire to ever sail the Magic. I would rather fly/drive 1200 miles to Florida than go on another Conquest style ship. That's how much I dislike them...

I'm flying 4,000 miles to get to the Magic next summer. :cool: I didn't realize that it was a Conquest style ship. Looking forward to the cruise.

We are on the first sailing out of Galveston, so I guess we'll know more then.

Doug

Lets hope there are some substantial upgrades. I just don't think Carnival is thinking far enough outside of the box. After touring the Dream, I thought she was a nice enough ship, but it felt just like being on a Destiny/Conquest Class ship with a few tweaks. I think they really need some exclusive "only available here" features like RCI has with Oasis, and NCL will have with Epic. To quote old school MTV, they need something "buzz worthy".

Lets hope there are some substantial upgrades. I just don't think Carnival is thinking far enough outside of the box. After touring the Dream, I thought she was a nice enough ship, but it felt just like being on a Destiny/Conquest Class ship with a few tweaks. I think they really need some exclusive "only available here" features like RCI has with Oasis, and NCL will have with Epic. To quote old school MTV, they need something "buzz worthy".

To compete with RCI would be very costly and force Carnival to raise its prices. That just doesn't appear to be part of Carnival's business model. The Magic is a modified version of the Dream and the Breeze probably won't be much dfferent. RCI's strategy is a bit risky and they are less profitable than Carnival. It will be interesting to see if they can fill both the Oasis and the Allure and, at the same time, not canibalize their other large ships. All of this extra capacity can only be good for us customers and keep prices for all lines down.

will these announcements be on the Carnival page blog or on this guy's personal blog? If the latter, does anyone have a link? So excited to find out more about the ship!

http://www.johnhealdsblog.com

Lets hope there are some substantial upgrades. I just don't think Carnival is thinking far enough outside of the box. After touring the Dream, I thought she was a nice enough ship, but it felt just like being on a Destiny/Conquest Class ship with a few tweaks. I think they really need some exclusive "only available here" features like RCI has with Oasis, and NCL will have with Epic. To quote old school MTV, they need something "buzz worthy".

Here it is:

 

http://www.johnhealdsblog.com

Thank you!

I chose her for the itinerary and price and given that it is a port intensive one (12 days in the Mediterranean with 9 ports) the ship itself becomes almost inconsequential.

So the first announced feature is a pub! The Red Frog pub, with a "signature" beer called Red Frog.

According to John there will also be something new with water, something new with food, and "excitement and outdoor fun." Hmm... :cool:

The idea of a pub sounds interesting. I wonder if it'll be free or an extra fee.

To compete with RCI would be very costly and force Carnival to raise its prices. That just doesn't appear to be part of Carnival's business model. The Magic is a modified version of the Dream and the Breeze probably won't be much dfferent. RCI's strategy is a bit risky and they are less profitable than Carnival. It will be interesting to see if they can fill both the Oasis and the Allure and, at the same time, not canibalize their other large ships. All of this extra capacity can only be good for us customers and keep prices for all lines down.

Carnival Dream: $599

RCL Freedom of the Seas: $489

Both out of Port Canaveral.

Can you be more specific about how RCL has to charge more for similar ships? This claim is simply not supported by the current prices showing on their respective web sites.