Excursions/Ship Activities
Excursions
Tuesday, April 30 – Cozumel, Mexico
Please do not book an excursion for this port as this is our Wedding Day. There is snorkeling available at the Money Bar Beach Club along the shoreline if that interests your party. There will be delicious food and drinks along with beach chairs for sunbathing.
Wednesday, May 1 – Belize City, Belize
There are plenty of excursions to choose from on the Carnival website. You are welcome to join us for the day, but do not feel obligated. This is YOUR vacation, too!
We decided to book our excursion outside of the cruise line. If you are interested in joining us in a fun day of Snorkeling, we found awesome reviews for Goff’s Caye in Belize.
The Sun Kissed Goff’s Caye Beach Break & Snorkeling Excursion(description below from website):
A boat will pick up the party from the cruise ship port and boat us out to Goff’s Caye (about 30 minute ride). On Goff’s Caye, you can lay your towel on the sand below the natural shade of the palm trees, enjoy a complimentary rum punch, and play in the shallow waters.
The vessel for the Guided Snorkeling departs from Goff’s Caye Dock immediately following the beach arrival first to drop off the beachgoers.
The snorkeling vessel provides the most accessible access to the beautiful reef for all ages. Snorkel with tropical fish in crystal clear shallow waters, swim to the nearby shore, or take the vessel back to the beach. The choice is yours.
The Goff’s Caye Palapa offers refreshments, snacks, and an excellent Belizean Barbecue, including chicken Kabobs, grilled chicken, lobster, hotdogs, and more. (Lunch is not included in the tour price. Prices range from $5 to $12, depending on the items).
This is the perfect beach getaway for people of all ages. Join us on the beach and in the shallow waters around this beautiful Island.
$48/person
•Go to website: https://belizecruiseexcursions.com/excursion/goffs-caye-beach-belize/
•Click Check Availability (orange button in middle of page)
•Put in contact info, ship-Carnival Magic, date – 5/1. In special requests put ‘King Wedding.’
•You will receive an email with link to place down payment and reserve. Place ‘King wedding’ again here to be safe.
- A 20% Deposit is required in order to secure your reservation (fully refunded in case of inclement weather cancellations or Ships not calling Port
•Remaining balance due in US cash day of excursion
•Please do this ASAP as we can’t reserve for the entire group and there’s limited available spots.
The Carnival Magic leaves port at 5pm this day, so please be back on the ship by 4pm.
Thursday, May 2 – Costa Maya, Mexico
There are also awesome excursions in Costa Maya through the Carnival excursions webpage you are welcome to book. If you would like to join us in Costa Maya, we found so many posts through our research that recommended a ton of awesome bars and restaurants close to the port. We will be organizing a bar crawl which will consist of awesome local eateries/drinking establishments. We will start off at the furthest location and walk our way towards the port, ultimately ending at the Aviary (Aviarius).
If you wish to join us on our Bird Crawl, please note the following requirements:
- Please wear your best bird shirt or dress. This is not optional.
- Please practice your bird call/squawk as this will be used to alert the flock that it is time to migrate to the next location.
- Make it back on Carnival Magic by 3pm. Ship leaves port at 4pm.
- That’s it. Those are the only requirements.
If you book through Carnival, it costs $14 per person (we intend to pay at the door). I will link the Carnival Excursion site for the Aviarius below in case you wanted to book ahead of time. Please keep in mind, this is the last stop on the Bird Crawl, so you may want to book it for a later time. We plan to pay at the door since we don’t really know what time we will arrive.
IMPORTANT DETAILS: Although the bars are not far from the port, you do need to either take a Taxi to the start point (in Mayahual) or rent a Golf Cart to use for the day. If you prefer to rent a Golf Cart, its $60 for a 4 seater and $85 for a 6 seater. These must be reserved ahead of time. If you’d rather just take a taxi I believe its around $5-$8. I will link the Red Shirt Golf Cart site below for anyone who is interested in renting a gold cart.
***UPDATE*** The Red Shirt Rental company does not have any rentals available for that day. There are other golf cart rentals there, but they are pretty pricey. Red Shirt Golf Cart Rentals let us know we may get lucky and other rentals may be returned from overnight guests. If so, we can rent them day of. If not, he stated that we can take a taxi, ask the taxi to take us to one of 4 different beach clubs and let them know the Red Shirts Manager sent us. We will get free beach access. I will have the details saved on my phone if needed.
https://mayahual-red-shirts-golf-carts-45694456.hubspotpagebuilder.com/en-us/#contact
(We will include an itinerary and a map of the Bird Crawl in the welcome bags for each cabin so everyone knows where to meet at the start of the day. Anyone who wants to join us later in the day can attempt to find us at the locations.)
Carnival Magic onboard Activities
Kindly download the Carnival HUB app on your phone ahead of time. Once on board, the ship will automatically load all on board actives for each day including shows and entertainment. The Hub app will also provide a schedule of the proper dress for each day. For example, they will let us know what nights are formal nights, or the themed nights. I already tried calling ahead to find out, but they do not release the schedule until we are on board the ship so please make sure you download the HUB app ahead of time.