Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Magic has arrived in Norfolk to set sail on what would be the cruise line’s biggest-ever season from the Virginia homeport.
The Dream-class ship is homeporting in Norfolk by late October, providing quite a lot of Caribbean, Bahamas, and Bermuda sailings to convey wonderful cruise holidays to the Old Dominion.
Carnival Magic Repositions to Norfolk
Carnival Magic arrived in Norfolk with out visitors, having quietly repositioned after her final seasonal crusing from Port Canaveral ended on May 12. The ship then left Port Canaveral to sail north alongside the Atlantic coast, shifting to her new homeport – Norfolk, Virginia.
Setting sail on Sunday, May 14, the ship has now departed on its first crusing from what would be the longest-ever Carnival cruise season from Virginia.
This first cruise is a 6-night crusing to The Bahamas, visiting Nassau, Bimini, and Freeport, whereas additionally offering visitors with a day at sea to start the cruise and one other to finish the cruise, best for experiencing all of the ship has to supply.
“It’s wonderful to be back in Norfolk, our home for this extended season over the next five months,” stated Carnival Magic Captain Bruno Palomba. “All of our Carnival Magic team members are looking forward to welcoming guests on board and ensuring they have a great vacation.”
This first itinerary is only one of a number of cruise trip choices the ship will provide from Norfolk by the following 5 months.
Itineraries vary from 4- to 10-nights, with quite a lot of locations. Shorter sailings are sometimes to The Bahamas or to Bermuda, whereas longer cruises are supplied for Eastern Caribbean itineraries in addition to one particular Canada/New England cruise through the peak fall season, departing on October 14, 2023.
Depending on the itinerary and crusing date, Carnival Magic will take Virginia cruisers to such wonderful locations as Amber Cove within the Dominican Republic; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Grant Turk within the Turks and Caicos, and extra.
Of particular curiosity is the June 14, 2023 departure, which is the ship’s solely 10-night crusing from Norfolk. This longer crusing will go to 5 completely different ports of name, together with St. Thomas and St. Maarten, in addition to give visitors 4 complete days at sea.
Select itineraries can even go to Half Moon Cay, Carnival Cruise Line’s personal island vacation spot in The Bahamas.
In complete, Carnival Cruise Line expects to welcome 100,000 visitors by Norfolk this yr when Carnival Magic‘s 26 sailings are completed on October 27, 2023.
Enjoying Carnival Magic
Carnival Magic debuted in 2011 and is 130,000 gross tons. The ship options 1,845 staterooms in various classes, and may welcome 3,690 visitors based mostly on double occupancy or as much as 4,724 passengers when absolutely booked with all berths stuffed.
Onboard, visitors can get pleasure from many fashionable options, together with quite a lot of giant and small lounges for various leisure and stay music, the Carnival Waterworks water park and SplashZone, and SportSquare with a ropes course, 9-hole mini-golf course, ping pong tables, and multi-purpose crew court docket for volleyball, basketball, and soccer.
For visitors who need to chill out on their Carnival Magic cruise, the 22,700-square-foot Could 9 Spa provides all kinds of wellness choices, massages, different pampering remedies, and state-of-the-art health heart. Guests may also chill out on the Serenity adults-only retreat, or get pleasure from a peaceable stroll alongside the ship’s out of doors wraparound promenade.
To keep fueled up for all kinds of adventures, Carnival Magic options the Carnival Deli, Pizzeria, Mongolian Wok, and plenty of extra scrumptious choices, together with the Prime steakhouse, a sushi bar, and the Cucina del Capitano Italian restaurant.
Nearly 1,400 worldwide crew members are onboard to make sure each visitor has a superb and magical time, regardless of the place or when they might be crusing.
After the following few months in Virginia, Carnival Magic will return to Florida in late October, homeporting from Miami at the very least by April 2025. Additional ships to homeport from Norfolk haven’t but been introduced, however Carnival Cruise Line is dedicated to providing new sailings from Virginia sooner or later.