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Family of 6 - 4 boys 17,13,9 and 6

2 Adjoining balconies deck 9 aft

Port Canaveral

Amber Cove

ST. Thomas

San Juan

Grand Turk

Port Canaveral was very nice, clean and organized. We had Faster To The Fun so getting on board was a breeze.

Once on board we hiked to our rooms which were ready as well as our luggage.

Rooms were what we expected, it was nice having the adjoing balconies. Wife, my 6yr old and I in 1 cabin and my 17,13 and 9 in the other. Beds were very comfortable and I was pleasantly surprised at the shower pressure..better then most hotels!

Room temperature could have been colder though we did sleep under the covers most nights. Some of the best sleep I have had in awhile!

Rooms were serviced twice a day, morning and night. The room steward was attentive and friendly as well as most staff. Not over the top but never really saw anyone not liking their job.

The ship is huge, took us several days to find everything and had to consult the "you are here map" several times.

The ship was clean and well taken care of. Workers were always cleaning something.

The pools are small though never too crowded to get wet. The water park was very good, specially the spray area. Hot tubs were crowded at times.

The food was above average and could always find something for everyone. We did the steakhouse one night and while it was very good, I wouldn't spend the $200 again as the food in the MDR is plenty good as well as the buffet.

Guys burgers are some of the best we have had and the pizza was tasty.

The ice cream machines are the hardest working things on the ship and it shows...

I being a heavy soda drinker purchased the bottomless bubbles and honestly with the ability to bring on soda and the lemonade there was really no value in it. The bar tenders rather service the drinkers then the soda people and it showed. The bar service in the MDR was bad, took forever to get a drink and forget about a 2nd....

Overall a great vacation and even with the cruise being sold out, really never waited too long in any lines...

Some notes:

Faster to the Fun -worth every penny if only used to bypass line at guest services

Bottomless Bubbles - not worth it, bring your own

Steak House - Very good, not for my family at $200

Shoes for deck are a must as it gets VERY HOT

No need to bring towels

DO NOT OVER PACK - we took advantage of the $15 bag of laundry...great!

DR. E is FANTASTIC

Carnival is definitely the younger party crowd.

We had an awesome time!

Can anyone tell me what nights are "elegant nights" on the 8/27 Eastern sailing and does the Steakhouse have a dress code on normal nights and if so what is it?

Thanks

Thanks for all the replies! Yes I know we will be on vacation and time spent doing things we normally don't get to do. As some have stated it wasn't a topic for people to jump on the "get off your phones" band wagon rather just a conversation to see if it was at all available....

Again, imagine my kids coming home and telling their friends look what I caught on vacation (something only found at Amer Cover for example)

Ease up on the tech crowd, we're people too :D

#gotacatchthemall

There are 6 of us...

Ok before I curl up in the fetal position....

We are leaving on the Magic on Saturday August 27th

We are flying into Orlando Thursday the 25th

We are going to Disney Friday the 26th (crazy I know)

Where should we stay? Should we rent a car or use transportation services

Any advise would be appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

We (wife and 4 boys) are on the Magic in August. Did the ship feel crowded overall? Experience long lines? Pools seem small and heard chairs are hard to come by....

Thank you

We sail in August and some of the long line reports are worrisome...

Overall, did the ship feel crowded? Seems finding a chair by the pool is difficult?

Thanks for the review!

Wife and my 4 very active boys are sailing in August to:

Amber Cove

St. Thomas

San Juan

Grand Turk

and are looking for a beach excursion where the beach has a lot of water toys (inflatables in the water) to play on and or other beachish excursions you would recommend. Boys are 17,13,9 and 5.

Thanks for the help!

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