The ship was named and christened in Venice by her godmother Lindsey Wilkerson Alsup, a former patient and current employee at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Carnival Magic also has a large, highly visible SkyCourse ropes course forward of her funnel that is not present on her sister.

[15] A United States Coast Guard helicopter flew to Carnival Magic on 18 October to obtain blood samples.

[17] During the suspension of service due to COVID-19, she underwent a second dry dock for expansion of the casino area, in addition to obtaining the blue/white livery seen on the cruise line's other ship Mardi Gras.

[18] Carnival Magic re-positioned to Miami, Florida in September 2018, sailing seven-day eastern and western Caribbean cruises.