Deck plan hacks: Maximizing your enjoyment on the Carnival Magic

Deck plans for Carnival Magic: Carnival Magic is a cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line. It features various decks, each offering different amenities and facilities for guests. The ship has a total of 14 decks, starting from the lower decks and moving upward towards the higher decks. The lower decks house the crew areas, engine rooms, and other operational facilities that are not accessible to guests. Deck 1, known as Riviera Deck, is primarily dedicated to staterooms. It offers a range of accommodations including interior, ocean view, and balcony cabins.

I'm also curious to see how the PDFs look on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which will eventually be coming out WiFi only (without a carrier plan).

Must support PDF and other formats Most devices, including the Kindle, only support a narrow range of file formats and don t resolve graphics-heavy PDFs well. The 13 netbook is perfect - the 10 is likely better - but it has so much less processing power that its size about the size of the core rulebook made it not worthwhile.

It offers a range of accommodations including interior, ocean view, and balcony cabins. Deck 2 is called Main Deck and also features staterooms and cabins. It also includes a few public areas such as the Spotlight Lounge and the casino.

Pathfinder on Kindle?

Just wondering if Paizo products are currently or will ever be available on kindle or other e book products. I am currently looking for a way to have all my Pathfinder stuff at my fingertips without lugging a laptop around and I think the kindle looks cool. But I didn't see any of your products in the kindle store and I don't know if your pdfs will work on it or not. Just tryng to get some advice before buying one. What does the Paizo community say?

Hey paizoans!

Just wondering if Paizo products are currently or will ever be available on kindle or other e book products. I am currently looking for a way to have all my Pathfinder stuff at my fingertips without lugging a laptop around and I think the kindle looks cool. But I didn't see any of your products in the kindle store and I don't know if your pdfs will work on it or not. Just tryng to get some advice before buying one. What does the Paizo community say?

If you're rocking one of the small / black and white Kindles, I don't recommend Pathfinder PDFs on them. I don't own one of the bigger Kindles and haven't tried that; I assume it's better but I can't say.

I heartily recommend the wee Kindle for reading normal books -- but not this.

I do have my whole Pathfinder collection on an iPad. Works fine.

But I have to admid - the PDFs are rather large and contain a lot of graphics. A lot of ebook readers might struggle.

The Kindle itself will not work very well, I would recommend checking out the Archos 101. Same size as the iPad for a fraction the cost (16GB for 349.99USD). I'm hoping to get one when the tax returns come in next year.

For each of our electronic products, we select the appropriate format(s) to offer based on that format's ability to present our products in the best light. The ePub format is ideal for electronic books that are mostly text, but it lacks the support that the PDF format has for precise layout of images and special textual formatting.

Because of this, only the Pathfinder Tales fiction line is available in ePub form at this time; the rest of our Pathfinder products are available only in PDF form.

ePubs can easily be converted for use with your Kindle, and I'm told the result is as good as the native format. Kindle apparently supports viewing PDFs directly, but it apparently isn't the best possible device for viewing PDFs.

Like the OP, I want to store and read my RPG material on a digital device (rather than lug around books). My decision path so far is as follows:

1. eInk devices > LCD monitors
While laptops or tablet devices like Apple's iPad offer full color, I find I can't read an entire book on the LCD monitors that they use. eInk devices (like the Kindle) support only grey-scale but are much easier on the eyes. Also, their batteries last much longer.

2. 1024 x 768 screen minimum
Until recently, most eInk readers only featured 600x800 screens - too small to display a whole page from a nearly A4 sized RPG rulebook readably. Which is why I am waiting for the new generation of eInk devices with 1024x768 resolution that is coming out now.

3. Must support PDF and other formats
Most devices, including the Kindle, only support a narrow range of file formats and don't resolve graphics-heavy PDFs well. However, there is a growing number of devices using more open platforms.

FWIIW, I have my eyes on the Pixelar 9" (made by Hanlin), scheduled for release in late November.

I'm also curious to see how the PDFs look on the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which will eventually be coming out WiFi only (without a carrier plan).

Hey paizoans!

Just wondering if Paizo products are currently or will ever be available on kindle or other e book products. I am currently looking for a way to have all my Pathfinder stuff at my fingertips without lugging a laptop around and I think the kindle looks cool. But I didn't see any of your products in the kindle store and I don't know if your pdfs will work on it or not. Just tryng to get some advice before buying one. What does the Paizo community say?

Well, if you download the PRD, you could paste it into openoffice and then export it as a .pdf. Though, of course, that wouldn't work for the APG or any other extra books. I'm hopefully getting a nook for Christmas, so I'll wait to weigh in entirely then.

To clarify, you can open a Paizo gamebook .pdf on even the small Kindles; you just probably won't actually be able to read it at that size, and you can't zoom , adjust the font, etc. Basically its .pdf support is not as good as its support for other formats.

(I understand the bigger/color Kindles have a better .pdf reader, but I have no experience with it.)

To clarify, you can open a Paizo gamebook .pdf on even the small Kindles; you just probably won't actually be able to read it at that size, and you can't zoom , adjust the font, etc. Basically its .pdf support is not as good as its support for other formats.

(I understand the bigger/color Kindles have a better .pdf reader, but I have no experience with it.)

Not being able to zoom would be a limitation imposed by the Kindle, so that could change with other hardware. Not being able to adjust the font is (effectively) inherent to the PDF format, so that's unlikely to change with other hardware.

I have been lusting over the ePads, a 10" tablet running google Android 2.1, that have been coming out of China for the past 2 months.

It is approximately $200, which is a fraction of the price of an iPad. Its Wifi only, and with the pinch and touch screen that we love from the iPad, I believe that is what I am saving my pennies up for.

I expect it will be upgraded to Google Android 2.2 over the next couple of months.

I did get to see the Galaxy Samsung Tag at Best buy last week. Its a 7" tablet running Android 2.2, and I found the format very readable, expecially if you turn it sideways, but the Galaxy Tab required a contract with Verizon or Sprint as it was a 4G device. But I might simply pick up a 7" factor Android Tablet and save $50.

I went with the iPad and have been very pleased. There are a number of PDF readers to choose from as well as ePub readers. Between it, GoodReader, and a Dropbox account I have access to my full library without taking up all the memory. I got it primarily to read PDFs away from the computer but it has ended up replacing my laptop, as my mobile computing needs were really quite basic.

To clarify, you can open a Paizo gamebook .pdf on even the small Kindles; you just probably won't actually be able to read it at that size, and you can't zoom , adjust the font, etc. Basically its .pdf support is not as good as its support for other formats.

You CAN zoom. at least I can. The first pdf I ever tried was the Savage Worlds game book. Almost the perfect size. But just recently, I tried Orcs of Golarion and it worked fine. It takes a longer time than I find useful, but it DOES zoom in.

To zoom in on a pdf using a Kindle, press the "Aa" button. The pop-up gives options of 150% and 200% (and others). Select what you feel is appropriate and you go back to your original page with a "zoom" box overlaid on it. You can move the box around the page to the area you want to enlarge, and then press the select button.

It's not simple or easy, but it CAN be done. But honestly, pdf's are NOT what the Kindle is good at rendering. If you will be using a LOT of pdfs, get an Ipad or laptop.

I got it primarily to read PDFs away from the computer but it has ended up replacing my laptop, as my mobile computing needs were really quite basic.

I am just getting into Pathfinder and use a Kindle DX for reading the PDFs while travelling on the train to and from work.

Currently I am reading the Core Rulebook and it 'works' except it is a bit slow in the page rendering part.

Usually I read my PDFs in a zoomed in portrait mode and use the joystick to move around the page. The problem is that the Core Rulebook takes too long to render with a frustrating wait in-between each move. Previously I have used the same method on Shadowrun and the Dresden Files RPG and found no issues.

What I have found is that if I rotate the Kindle DX into landscape mode once the page has rendered it's quick to move around the page by using the Prev (scrolls page up) and Next (scrolls page down) page buttons. When moving to the next page it takes about 15 seconds on average. So this method works ok if you are reading the book page by page but if you want to use the Kindle at the gaming table, forget it.

It would be great if the PDFs could be released in a alternative lite version where the background and border graphic have been removed. Not only would this improve rendering speeed in PDF readers but also save ink when printing.

Oh, on a final note, I tried the 'One File per Chapter' PDFs and found no improvement on the Kindle DX.

Hi all -
I have a Sprint Moment Android Phone at the moment. I have Adobe's PDF reader and have used much of my collection of Paizo PDF's many times. Having them on the microSD card. Sure, it's a 2x2 inch screen, but it has worked in a pitch (and one of the reasons I'm asking Santa Clause to give me the Galaxy Android Phone and it's 4x4 inch screen).
I also have a Toshiba Satellite netbook - the 13 inch monitor version. I had looked at the iPad, Kindle 2, Nook and many other options for my PDF and gaming needs (including the Galaxy Tab), however while they would all work well for my PDF's they would not work with HeroLab. Thus the EVOL WifeFIEND was 'required' to put out extra for the netbook (about $300).
The 13" netbook is perfect - the 10" is likely better - but it has so much less processing power that its size (about the size of the core rulebook) made it not worthwhile. The bigger laptops with 15-17" monitors were just too big for reading PDF's in the car or other locations while waiting.

I suppose it matters for the size that you want and how much you want to spend. Additionally, what other things you might want it for. For me, reading my PDF's and using HeroLab were the reasons for my choice.
Hope it helps.

Just thought I'd update ya'll on this topic - got a nook color for Christmas - posting from it right now. It seems to work fine with pdfs, though image-heavy content such as the core books seems to slow it down. Sticking with the prd for now.

I am giving my wife a nook color for christmas, I will test the PDFs on there as well and see how they run.

I have a Nook Color and it opens the PDF's without too much of an issue. The size of the PDF's can make it a little laggy at times.

Got the nook color a few days ago. It will read and zoom on the PDFs. The PDFs are quite slow to load, though. The artwork in the books is gorgeous, but it slows down the digital file significantly.

A PDF without the artwork would be great. I tried to save a text version from my PDFs, but the PDF is secured.

Help us Paizo. Simple files and/or a nook/Kindle file. I'd even pay for another file if it would work.

As one of the resident Android users, I've had the opportunity to try out a number of devices. I understand that Vic sees an importance to maintaining the fantastic visual quality of their rulebooks, but I will continue to say that I wish we had a low-image version for use on devices. Right now, the hardware isn't advancing fast enough to handle those monster files.

From my experience so far, what I've found on all pad devices (which includes two androids and an iPad at this point) is that the PDFs are really good for reading cover-to-cover, but are outright awful for looking things up. When you read cover-to-cover, the device has time to pre-render upcoming pages, which makes page turning absolutely seamless. The problem though is that it's hard to "thumb through" a PDF, and the rendering times is slow enough that being off by five pages means spending a minute trying to get to the right one. I wind up using the d20pfsrd whenever I have can when looking up rules. If you're an Android user, I strongly ponying up the money for ezPDF reader, it's quite a bit better than the standard thing.

I got a Nook Color before Christmas, and rooted, it's a fantastic device. It's a little small for the game table, but I love its form factor for when space is a problem. It's "good enough" to use, but it's hardware is a little lackluster. It does reasonably well, but the proprietary and locked Android OS that can't be run through Clockwork Recovery means dealing with a kind of esoteric rooting scheme or using a SIM card based root, which has its own problems. Rooted though, the Nook Color though is fantastic for carrying around the PDFs for casual reading though and I actually prefer it to its bigger brothers when sitting in bed or on the couch just reading.

I recently picked up a Vewsonic g Tablet for right around $180 as well. For the money, it's one of the best things you can buy at the moment, but it too has significant issues. As a full-sized 10 inch pad it's absolutely the perfect size for reading PDFs at the game table, but it's a little big and bulky for casual use. The built-in Android OS is absolutely horrendously awful, but it takes a root really well, and running CyanogenMod is pretty much an identical experience to having a large-sized Android phone. It's screen though is horrible - the viewing angles suck and I've had a friend have to return his because being capacitive it didn't register his finger presses very well (it was a defective model we think). This device is a bit of a learning experience actually.

All of this research and device use though really makes me want the new eee Pad by Asus. The eee Pad runs Honeycomb (rather than the Gingerbread mods that the other pads I own use), has a 10" screen, and it can support a full-sized keyboard (which comes with a bonus 6 hour battery pack in addition to the built-in 8 hours). It's also reasonably priced ($399) for a WiFi only version. It runs a Tegra 2 1GHz, which is top-of-the-line at the moment, but really though, we're still good processor or two out from the point that we can search these PDFs very effectively. Even my laptop with an i5 processor struggles on some PDFs, and when you consider the pads are working off of a fraction of that processing power, it's a wonder they work as well as they do. Until those processors ramp up, we're stuck trying to use the PDFs Paizo supplies.

FWIIW, I have my eyes on the Pixelar 9" (made by Hanlin), scheduled for release in late November.

Deck 3 is the Lobby Deck, housing the main atrium and lobby area. Here, you can find the guest services desk, the main dining rooms, and the popular RedFrog Pub. Deck 4, or Atlantic Deck, is another deck with a mix of staterooms and public spaces. It includes the Liquid Lounge, where various entertainment shows are held, as well as The Limelight Lounge, offering comedy performances. Deck 5, named Promenade Deck, is mainly dedicated to indoor and outdoor promenade areas. It features the casino, shops, bars, and lounges. Deck 6, called Upper Deck, mostly consists of staterooms and cabins. It also includes the youth and teen centers, where kids can enjoy supervised activities. Deck 7, known as Empress Deck, offers more staterooms and cabins, as well as the Cloud 9 Spa and the fitness center. Deck 8 is the Verandah Deck, featuring more staterooms and cabins. It also includes the Seaside Theater, an open-air cinema experience. Deck 9, or Vista Deck, houses more staterooms and cabins, as well as the WaterWorks aqua park, featuring water slides and splash zones. Deck 10, named Lido Deck, is a popular deck for guests as it houses various dining options, including the buffet restaurant and the Guy's Burger Joint. It also features 24/7 pizza and ice cream stations. Deck 11 is the Panorama Deck, offering staterooms and cabins. It includes the Serenity Adult-Only Retreat, a peaceful area for relaxation. Deck 12 is the Spa Deck, mainly dedicated to staterooms and cabins. It also houses the Cloud 9 Spa, where guests can enjoy various spa treatments and wellness activities. Deck 14, known as Sun Deck, is primarily an outdoor deck area with sun loungers and pools. It offers stunning views of the surrounding ocean. Overall, Carnival Magic provides a wide range of deck options for guests, ensuring they have access to various amenities, entertainment, dining, and relaxation areas during their cruise experience..

Reviews for "Discovering the hidden attractions on the Carnival Magic's decks"

1. Karen - 2 stars - I was really disappointed with "Deck Plans for Carnival Magic". The layout of the ship was confusing and hard to follow, with poorly labeled sections and unclear directions. It made it difficult to navigate and find the amenities I was looking for. Additionally, the deck plans seemed outdated, with some areas missing or labeled incorrectly. Overall, I found the book to be unhelpful and frustrating, and I would not recommend it for anyone planning a trip on the Carnival Magic.

2. David - 1 star - I have used deck plans for different cruise ships before, but "Deck Plans for Carnival Magic" was a complete letdown. The maps provided were poorly designed and lacked important details. I found myself constantly confused and had to rely on asking staff for directions. The book also lacked any kind of useful information about the different sections of the ship, making it difficult to plan my activities or find specific amenities. Save your money and look for a better resource if you want to ensure a smooth sailing experience.

3. Michelle - 2 stars - I was really looking forward to using "Deck Plans for Carnival Magic" to help me navigate the ship during my cruise, but it did not live up to my expectations. The layout of the ship was not clearly depicted in the book, and it was hard to find specific areas or facilities. The lack of clear labeling made it frustrating to locate things, especially when the ship was crowded. Additionally, some of the information seemed outdated, with changes to the ship's layout not reflected in the book. I would not recommend relying on this book for accurate or helpful deck plans.

4. John - 2 stars - As a veteran cruiser, I have used various deck plan books in the past, but "Deck Plans for Carnival Magic" was a disappointment. The layouts were confusing, with no clear indication of elevators or stairs. The book lacked any useful information about the different sections of the ship, making it hard to plan our activities or locate specific amenities. Furthermore, the quality of the maps and images was subpar, making it difficult to decipher the details. I would suggest looking for a more comprehensive and user-friendly deck plan resource for a better experience on the Carnival Magic.

A closer look at the deck plans for the Carnival Magic