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We just sailed Magic for NYE and stayed in cabin 7431 and did not have any bad smells. 

I'm having a vow renewal (not until 2021) and was told to give a list of my guests that are attending. That is a great question about when they arrive at the port, where do they go. I hadn't thought about that part as not all of my guests are Platinum so I'll have to see if I can get clarification. I've seen wedding parties waiting in the boarding area so I'm assuming they must have some way of knowing who is a part of the party. I hope someone can answer here. Or maybe check the wedding boards in here. Maybe someone else asked that question and has some insight by now? I'm going to go check 😉

3 hours ago, jdoc2007 said:

We book our kids in their own cabins all the time and have been since they were little (around age 7) and never had a problem.  There are restrictions to the location of the cabin and these restrictions can be found directly on the Carnival Minor Guest Policy page.

 

• Guests 12 and younger
  If the relative or guardian insists on booking separate staterooms, minors must either be directly across the hall or next door. Guests 12 and under may not be assigned to a balcony stateroom without a relative or guardian (25 years of age or older) traveling in the balcony stateroom with them. 
• Guests 13 - 17 years of age
  Can be separated by up to 3 staterooms from a relative or guardian (25 years of age or older).
• Guests 18 – 20 years of age
  Do not have any restrictions and may book whatever location they prefer

We've never had a problem booking room for our kids either. We do book with a TA tho so that may be the difference. We never had to get extra keys made or anything but the kids rooms were always next to our or across the hall.

All of the above! It is soooo much fun! This will be our 3rd NYE sailing and we can't wait! We've done different ships each year and so far each was amazing! 

Loving your review!! We are sailing Magic for NYE and can't wait as it is our first time sailing that ship. Thanks for sharing with us!

My husband is the gambler but I also get the DOU since it covers us both and I just go in, order a drink from one of the servers around the black jack tables (where my husband usually is) and they bring it to me and I leave. We do tip well so the servers are usually looking for us 😉 We've never bought the Cheers package.

Great pics! Loving your review. Hope things get more organized once the excitement slows down 🙂

We love the Sail Away parties! Line dances and DJ pumping music! Sometimes I participate, sometimes I don't, but we always go. The CD makes a big difference in the energy levels of the crowd but Carnival has awesome CD's. We sailed on RC last NYE and the Sail Away party was dead and felt so weird! lol We are super active and love high energy and Carnival never disappoints in that area 🙂

I have to agree that I do miss the Caribbean bands and steel drums. Love Caribbean music as it really feels like you're on a cruise.

We sailed Vista last year and didn't find it overly crowded at all. Yes, lines will be long at the buffet during peak times, but we find this with every shipped we've sailed. I got a little turned around on Vista because I'm so used to the layout on the other ships, but that's to be expected. Drink service, we didn't notice it being any different than other ships either. We spend a lot of time in the casino and the drink service was excellent! But we do tip well so maybe that helped, who knows.

Yeah we noticed that as well and we've been getting these offers for about 4 years now. We generally book under one of the other casino deals we get as the rates are much better. We've been on 2 Premier sailings and although they were fun and we loved the extras, the casino was super crowded and extra smokey, plus we did spend much of the cruise in there as to not miss any of the drawings and special games. which kind of sucked for me (hubby is the gambler, I just play when I feel like it).

Great review! Can't wait to read more 🙂

I live in south Florida and woke up to a chilly 64 degrees this morning so I can imagine it's cold up there, but hopefully sunny!  

We have done it the past 2 years and are also going again this year on Magic and can't wait! It feels like an added level of excitement and energy on board. Like the previous post said, they have champagne and special menus. They have a huge deck party on Lido with the countdown on the big screen. They hand out lots of different novelty items like, glow stick (big ones), light up glasses with the year on them, hats and other fun items that I can't quite recall. They have tables set up with empty balloons and a little paper you can fill in your new years aspiration on and put inside the balloon and it's part of the balloon drop. My paper was in my cabin mailbox when we turned in for the night. It was exciting lol Not sure if they are still doing the balloon drop as I heard they were doing away with it so I'll have to see if I can confirm that or maybe someone on here will. Either way, you'll have a blast!

Other than what has already been stated, we get bottled water. That's the only thing I recall being able to get.

I thought Vista was too big and also got lost quite a bit lol I figured Lido would be pretty hectic. Carnival should work on a similar set up as RC for their buffet but that’s neither here nor there lol

thanks for the feedback!

We also sailed RC last year and beginning of this year and then sailed on Victory a few weeks ago and boy did we miss Carnival! Just the overall fun atmosphere was definitely a welcome home lol We are sailing on Magic for NYE and again in May for the Blackjack tournament and haven't sailed Magic before so can't wait! Looking forward to enjoying the different options. We sailed on Vista last July and enjoyed the layout, although I kept getting lost LOL I just watched a YT video on Magic and it looks like a cross between Vista and the smaller class (Glory and Liberty?) Did you find it easy to navigate and how were the crowds in the eating areas like Lido? Just curious 🙂

Definitely all of the above plus not having to be on any type of schedule! DH and I both run our own businesses plus I homeschool our youngest so every single day is scheduled and sometimes hectic. The only schedule I stick to on cruises is going to trivia and the comedy club, but if I don't feel like going, I don't have to 🙂

We sail on Victory on the 18th and can't wait to see all of the decor and costumes! We've never gone in October so had no idea they celebrated all month long until last week. So hubby and I are going to dress up which we never do LOL

Loving your review and can't wait for more! We are sailing Magic for Thanksgiving and can't wait! We live in south FL as well and love that we can cruise multiple times a year. We've never sailed from Ft Lauderdale before so reading how easy it was for you getting on the ship is awesome! Miami is always hectic even when we get there early. Looks like you had a gloomy sail away but who cares when you cruising right!? LOL Thanks for sharing!

Great post! Thanks for sharing the changes, good and bad. I had no idea about the butter and sugar so that's good to know. We are sailing on magic for Thanksgiving and can't wait! 

15 hours ago, PhillyFan33579 said:

I definitely have a strong case of cruise addiction. We currently have 18 cruises booked thru February 2021. Our next cruise starts tomorrow on Horizon, so the number of bookings will drop by one 😕.  The last cruise we currently have booked is Mardi Gras in February 2021. We live in Florida; several of the cruises are shorter 3-4 day long weekend cruises. It helps being able to drive to 5 ports in 4 hours or less. 

Wow! I'd love to see my cruise manager with so many bookings! LOL

We live in south Florida as well so we definitely try to fit in at least 3 a year. We have been on 2 so far this year and have an 8 day with all my in-laws for the week of Thanksgiving on Magic and can't wait! We'll definitely try to squeeze in 1 or 2 before November tho 😉

I wasn't able to do much on my booking until about 90 days prior to sailing.

They may have gone to the Quest Adult game show. That's the only thing I can think of that would have people stuffing things or undressing. It's super fun tho! As far as topless, after 24 cruises, I have never seen a topless deck. 

11 hours ago, willdra said:

 

Thank you! Hopefully I will have a good bit done before your embarkation! 😍😍

No worries, I'm getting the internet on board so hopefully I'll be able to follow along while relaxing in the sun 🙂

Willdra!! So excited about this review! I always enjoy you Carnival reviews and like you, we are trying RC for the first time, this Sunday on the Navigator and are really excited to see the differences after 23 Carnival sailings. Can't wait to read more!!!!

Enjoying your review and pics so far! Definitely following 🙂