Overall a great cruise

Mardi Gras Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Mardi Gras

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 07, 2021

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 17214

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 years ago

Review summary

Finally on the Mardi Gras after months of unavoidable delays. Great job on the new ship except for the spa, WHY did you relocate it to a windowless enclosure (thermal suites) and add in this type of pool with them?

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Extremely fast and smooth. From parking to stepping foot on deck 6 was about 25 minutes.

Ship experiences

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The musical talent on this cruise was disappointing compared to our previous cruises. The exceptions to this was Chris the cruise director, man he can sing, along with the New Gen Electric Violin trio, they were awesome. The comedians on the cruise were awesome.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Our room steward, Thana, was second to none. Her personality and service sets the standard. We would love to have her on all of our cruises.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The ship was very clean as expected on it’s 2nd cruise. We sailed at only about 60% capacity so we never had a problem with a wait anywhere. We typically book a SPA deck balcony room since we really enjoy the Cloud 9 and Serenity deck area. The Serenity deck is much larger than the Dream, Breeze, Magic and Horizon, loved it. We were very disappointed in the Cloud 9 Spa. They have moved it down to a low deck and the Thermal Suites make you feel like you are in a cave, no windows. The therapy pool was very disappointing, very limited jets on only one end. This was basically nothing more than an oversized warm bathtub. No more spa rooms for us on this ship, not worth it.

Ship tip

Enjoy yourself, beautiful ship but skip the extra for a Spa Deck room on this ship. We spoke with many cruisers on our deck, 17, that felt the same way.

Ports of call

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
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11 Comments

Pheznt55    3 years ago

Thanks for your review, we’re booked next year

AuntPinkie    3 years ago

Appreciate your review of a recent sailing. Glad you enjoyed your cruise, mostly!🛳

CruizinBeth    3 years ago

Thank you for the review! Makes me look more forward to sailing on her in September, hopefully!

profile    3 years ago

Thanks for sharing.

javawoody    3 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise thanks for sharing

cbyron3    3 years ago

Sounds like the magic, dream and breeze will always have the best spas. They will remain my go to ships.

Curt34    3 years ago

Thanks for the review.

BahSun    3 years ago

Forgot to add - you didn't mention the food at all. How was your dining experience on Mardi Gras?

BahSun    3 years ago

Thanks for the review. I've also seen lots of complaints on YouTube about both the spa room and Havana pool.

Mickeycrazed    3 years ago

I'm sorry the spa wasn't awesome but glad you got to cruise

izrgreen    3 years ago

Thank you for sharing your cruise experience. Sorry the spa area was not up to par.

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