Carnival Magic Virtual Tour

Boarding Carnival Magic

I recently had the chance to board the Carnival Magic in Miami. While I was touring the vessel, I took the opportunity to photograph the ship for a comprehensive tour. This review will cover the public areas and staterooms.

All Carnival ships have a theme and some are more subtle than others. While the Magic’s public rooms are themed after, surprisingly, Magic, the decor isn’t in-your-face about that. What is, are the copious use of shiny metals, bright neon lights and the color turquoise. This is the last ship that their main interior designer and polarizing industry figure Joe Farcus worked on.

The ship is in the Dream-class of vessels launched in 2011. She’s a middle sister in the class, joining her younger sister Carnival Dream (2009) and older sisters Carnival Breeze (2012) and Costa Diadema (2014).

Let’s start the tour with our noted obligatory photos:

Obligatory hallway photo

Hallway on Carnival Magic

Obligatory elevator lobby photo

Random forward elevator lobby onboard Carnival Magic

Obligatory stairwell artwork photo

Artwork adorns the stairwells onboard Carnival Magic

Deck 01

DECK PLAN

The bottom-most deck normally accessed by the public contains only cabins. There’s both inside and outside cabins with windows and portholes on this deck.

Deck 02

DECK PLAN

This deck also contains only cabins. In addition to inside and outside cabins, the Dream-class debuted the lines cove balconies. These are balconies that are low in the ship, actually below the lifeboat deck. As a result, the balcony is recessed into the ship a bit in order to shelter and protect them during rough seas and bad weather. A benefit of this is that it allows you unobstructed views of the sea below as compared to balconies higher up on the ship that look down on lifeboats and the Lanai.

Deck 03

DECK PLAN

This deck is where the public areas start. At the very front of the deck is the Showtime Theatre.

Main theater onboard Carnival Magic

Aft of that is the Shore Excursion and Guest Services desks.

Guest Services onboard Carnival Magic

Shore excursion desk onboard Carnival Magic

Those stop at the main bank of elevators and the ships main lobby.

Main lobby onboard Carnival Magic

Magic Lobby

Another new feature of this class is that instead of entering the ship on the promenade and then walking into the atrium, you walk directly into the atrium.

Entrance to Carnival Magic

At the end of the atrium is one of the ships main dinning rooms.

Northern Lights dining room onboard Carnival Magic

Deck three is one of those split decks on Carnival Ships. This means that to reach the aft area, you need to go a deck above or below and then head aft to go back up.

Before entering the dining room, like the previous classes have, the Dream-class have this neat mini-atrium.

Aft atrium onboard Carnival Magic

At the very aft of the ship is the other dining room.

Southern Lights dining room onboard Carnival Magic

As keeps getting mentioned she’s an evolution of the Conquest-class. One noticeable change is the exterior profile of the aft part of decks 0, 1, 2 & 3.

As a result, the windows in the dining room slope the other way.

Southern Lights dining room onboard Carnival Magic

Deck 04

DECK PLAN

At the very front is the balcony level of the Showtime Theatre.

Showtime Theatre onboard Carnival Magic

Walking out of the theater is the Pixels photo gallery.

Pixels onboard Carnival Magic

Surrounding the atrium is a Bar and library.

Magic Atrium onboard Carnival Magic

Past those is the second level to the midships dinning room.

Northern Lights dining room onboard Carnival Magic

Unlike other ships of previous class, to reach the aft part of this deck you do not need to walk through the dining room. They created a hallway that leads directly to the aft dining room. Also gone is this area is the large bar/lounge (that’s been moved up one deck).

Restaurant hallway onboard Carnival Magic

I can see myself hunkering down in one of these and getting work done.

Seating in hallway onboard Carnival Magic

Past the midships dining room is the conference center and conference rooms.

Gallery on the Way onboard Carnival Magic

Conference center onboard Carnival Magic

Secret stairway connecting both promenades

Past the conference room is the arcade and teens club off the Lower Magical Way Promenade.

Lower promenade on Carnival Magic

Club O2 onboard Carnival Magic

The lower promenade ends at the second floor of the aft atrium.

Aft atrium onboard Carnival Magic

At the very aft is the second floor of the aft dining room.

Southern Lights dining room

Deck 05

DECK PLAN

This deck is where the real major changes happen. The deck is entirely surrounded by an outdoor promenade called the Lanai.

Looking forward on the Lanai

Starboard side of the Lanai looking forward

Starboard side of the Lanai looking aft

Hot tubs on Carnival Magic’s Lanai

Entrance to the Lanai

Back inside at the very front of the deck is the top floor of the main theater.

Showtime Theatre

As you exit that, you are at the top-most deck of the main atrium in which you can completely walk around it.

Overlooking the Magic Atrium

Surrounding the atrium are the Fun Shops.

The Fun Shops onboard Carnival Magic

At the aft part of the atrium you see the Cherry on Top candy store.

Cherry on Top on Carnival Magic

Exiting the atrium you walk through the Hat Trick Casino.

Hat Trick Casino on Carnival Magic

Exiting only on the starboard side you emerge in Ocean Plaza. This is the reimagining of the bar/lounge from a deck below. The area contains a bar, cafe and the Fun Hub.