(Like what? Like waterslides!) Carnival Cruises I sailed on Carnival Magic I Could Have Been Given a Cabin Anywhere

In a nutshell… we’re all about fun vacations at sea and ashore! A Carnival cruise features day and nighttime entertainment like stage shows, musical performances, deck parties, casinos and more. I hoped I wouldn’t see anything like that! We were sailing onboard the Carnival Magic, a ship built in 2011.ĭespite the ship not being that old by cruise ship standards, I had heard quite a few things about the cabins being dated and run down.Ĭarnival Magic has 1845 cabins and, at full capacity, can hold a little over 4500 guests.Ĭarnival has a reputation for fun/party ships- but they have also been in the news recently with reports of “booze cruises” with fights breaking out onboard. Usually, the cabins that are assigned by the cruise line are the cabins that nobody else has picked – the leftover cabins. This saved me a little money but it did mean that I risked being given what many would consider a “bad” cabin location. I booked a “guaranteed” inside cabin, as I was interested to see what I would actually get for my money.Ĭhoosing a guaranteed cabin meant that I decided not to pick the specific position of my cabin. When I cruised on Carnival Magic in 2022, I booked the smallest and cheapest cabin on the entire ship. The average inside cabin on a cruise ship is around half the size of the average hotel room in the US.

Carnival sunrise rooms to avoid