GAPearl's "MAGIC"al Birthday Cruise! Complete Magic picture review-6/14/15 sailing.

[SenatorsFan]

Great review so far, Kim. And I loved your video! I had a feeling there would be a cornbread issue. :D:eek: Hope you had a great birthday.

Heather

[gapearl]

I left the pub and went to the casino and put a $20 bill in a slot machine. I don't know what machine I was on but I kept winning free games and free spins and won $70! I'm good with that! Now I have a little extra money for Jamaica. I spent the next hour and a half roaming the ship taking pictures. Here you go, a partial tour of the ship.

 

 

 

 

Showtime Theatre, deck 3 forward

 

 

 

[gapearl]

Showtime Theatre, deck 4 forward.

 

 

 

Those are some really bad seats behind there.

 

 

 

Selfie with some kids hanging out.

 

[cruizinisthebest]

GAPearl that video of your face on the deck during the storm when you pan over is hilarious!! Just a few seconds, but I'm sitting here cracking up!:p Your mom sounds like what my mother would be doing heaven forbid I ever get her to sail and we encounter rough seas!

 

Enjoying your review. We're booked on the Magic for next year once she gets to PC!

Edited June 25, 2015 by cruizinisthebest

[gapearl]

Shore excursions desk.

 

 

Fun Hub, where you can get on select Carnival sites for free or browse the Internet for a charge.

 

 

 

Guest services.

 

 

Northern Lights Restaurant entrance, deck 3 forward.

 

 

You can always find the dinner menu posted out front.

 

[gapearl]

If you just need to check your sail and sign balance or add money to you account, skip the guest services line and use the kiosk.

 

 

Sick bags were posted everywhere.

 

 

She really is a pretty ship.

 

 

Pixels Photo Gallery, deck 4 forward.

 

 

 

[gapearl]

More of Pixels. Make sure you stop by here every day to see if one of your pictures was selected as one of the photos of the day. If it's on display, you get it free.

 

 

These will eventually be full later.

 

 

I love the sitting area where you can take all your photos and take your time choosing what you want.

 

 

 

 

[cruisebarbie]

Time for the sailaway party! The entertainment staff on the Magic were nothing short of awesome the whole cruise! We did all the fun dances- wobble, Cupid shuffle, electric slide, cha cha slide, and YMCA.

 

 

But first, let me take a selfie.

 

 

He saw me taking this and jumped in. He called me Beyonce, so I called him Jay-Z. :p

 

 

Sailaway selfie stick selfie. lol

 

 

 

Hi Kimberly! That is my son and I in the picture doing the Wobble with you at Sailaway--fun times! Looking forward to your review of a great cruise! Love the video!

[gapearl]

Heading towards deck 4 aft.

 

 

The library.

 

 

 

 

 

[gapearl]

More in the library.

 

 

 

Escape Bar. Bring your friends here if you're looking for a private, quiet area to hang out.

 

 

 

 

[anewmac]

oh man your already on day 2... your gone be done before I am LOL.

 

Love all the selfies, adorable!

 

So sad you didnt win the mixology contest.. drink sounds good might have to make one this weekend.

[gapearl]

Northern Lights Restaurant for early seaing at 6 pm.

 

 

 

 

 

I certainly wore the selfie stick out today! lol

 

 

[gapearl]

There's no shortage of quiet nooks around the ship.

 

 

 

Another Fun Hub.

 

 

Art for sale on display along the hallways.

 

 

 

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The art auction was taking place in the conference center.

 

 

 

 

For a mere $30,000, you can have this collection. I think I'd rather pay down my mortgage.

 

[gapearl]

Circle C, ages 12-14, deck 4 aft.

 

 

 

 

 

[gapearl]

Club O2, ages 15-17, deck 4 aft.

 

 

 

 

 

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[gapearl]

The arcade, appropriatey placed right next to Circle C and Club O2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gapearl]

Arcade selfie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gapearl]

The Prime Steakhouse, deck 5 aft.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sheeba67]

Time for the sailaway party! The entertainment staff on the Magic were nothing short of awesome the whole cruise! We did all the fun dances- wobble, Cupid shuffle, electric slide, cha cha slide, and YMCA.

 

 

But first, let me take a selfie.

 

 

He saw me taking this and jumped in. He called me Beyonce, so I called him Jay-Z. :p

 

 

Sailaway selfie stick selfie. lol

 

 

congrats Vicki! You made the review.

[gapearl]

Ok y'all that's it for tonight. I'll be back with the rest of day 2 tomorrow. Thanks for continuing to follow along! :D

[Drose716]

Brings me back going through Isaac in 2012, it does really crazy windy. And I'm really enjoying your review.

 

I was on the Imagination during Isaac & that's immediately what I thought of while reading this! Oh my was that an eventful trip :eek: Things flying off our desk. Folks sick in public areas of the ship. In 5 cruises that's the only time I've experienced even a bit of sea sickness. I actually did a ship to shore call to my mom one night asking her to send a helicopter to rescue me! Ha! Stuck at sea with a closed POM. 2 missed flights home. I still think it was my best, most adventure-filled cruise to date!

 

Loving this review Kim!!! Thanks for writing it!

Edited June 25, 2015 by Drose716

[silverfoxcruiser]

Abracadabra, hocus pocus, bibbidi bobbidi boo, pull a rabbit out of hat, it's time for some Magic!

 

 

Carnival Magic, that is! I have to say that this was a REALLY fun cruise. I take a birthday trip every year (past trips have included Hawaii, Vegas, and Punta Cana), but this was my first time celebrating my special day of June 19 on a ship. Welcome back to all the repeat readers of my reviews. To those of you who have no idea who I am, whether you're new to CC or maybe have been living in the wilderness of the Serengeti the last couple of years, allow me to introduce myself.

 

 

My name is Kimberly, and if you haven't figured it out yet, I live in Georgia. Traveling is literally 100% of my life as I work as a flight attendant and take A LOT of vacations. This was trip #3 for me this year. I won't name my airline on here (it falls somewhere on the list between Air Tahiti and Yemen Airways), but if you ever see me on your plane, tell me you read my review and maybe I'll sling you an extra bag of peanuts. lol :p Even though I look really young (so I've been told), I turned 35 on this cruise. This was my 13th time sailing Carnival. To those of you who have been asking for a travel blog from me, I was hoping to have it done before this review, but it's only about 75% finished. It's getting there I promise! And for those of you who have asked over the years and might be wondering if I've found love yet, the answer is still no. Single and holding for 5 years now. I got 99 problems but.... Nope, just got the 99 problems.

 

I had three traveling companions this trip. No one wanted their pictures posted, not even on FB, so I'll respect their wishes and not post any of them. However let me give a quick introduction of them as well.

 

My mom- She's a retired teacher from Memphis and this was her 4th Carnival cruise. She finally got her gold card! After keeping her anonymous in the first two reviews where I traveled her, I finally included pictures of her in my Breeze review. She was pretty adamant about not posting anything of her at all this time, so I won't. Unfortunately she got the dates wrong of when we due to set sail and would have to miss a church program where she was the chairperson. She didn't realize this until a few weeks before leaving. Unlike her daughter, my mother never uses bad words or swears, but I'm sure she wanted to when I told her she had to fly out on June 13, not the following week. She kept it secret from the whole church except the pastor and maybe 1 or 2 other people, and this will be significant a little later.

 

JJ- This is my 18 year old cousin from Dallas. She graduated from high school just before the cruise and will be headed to The University of Houston this fall with 47 credits already under her belt. This is her first cruise, first lengthy vacation, and first time leaving the country.

 

CJ- She's JJ's mom also coming from Dallas. Although she's not a blood relative (JJ is related by her father), she's still family. CJ has been unable to work for the last few years because of an illness that left her partially disabled, and there were a few times on the cruise when she needed special assistance from Carnival. This was also her first cruise and first time leaving the country.

 

Ok, so now that you know the full cast of this story, here's our originally itinerary. It ended up getting reversed because of Tropical Storm Bill, which now would have me in Cozumel on my birthday instead of at sea. Oh boy! :D I'll post the revised one a little later.

 

 

Really Carnival? That countdown clock tho!

 

 

About my reviews- they are long, very detailed, and VERY PICTURE HEAVY. This will not be a short "I had fun, the crew were great" review. If it was in front of me at any point, chances are good I have a picture of it. Also these trip reports are very time consuming to put together, so please be patient with me as each cruise day's post of sorting, editing, and uploading pictures, writing, posting on here, and responding to comments can take a full day. Don't expect this to get done overnight.

 

Those of you still here for the ride, enjoy!

 

And know I'm going to enjoy! Thank you for the time and effort -- and a

BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! silver

[mykindaparty]

Oh gosh Kim, I just busted out laughing about your mom being scared and calling on Jesus, because on our very first cruise we went thru hurricane rina and I called on Jesus for two days lol. My hubby said to tell you that That's what they make ambien for.lol. Also we will be flying from Memphis( my home town) to Atl then to mia for the vista cruise ( whoop whoop, I get to sail with Kim!!!!)