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Item: Mardi Gras
Rating: 4.5
Author: paultonyjr

Mardi Gras Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

paultonyjr

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 7

Helpful Votes: 90

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 04, 2021

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 11437

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 years ago

Review summary

Overall I was not very fond of the ship it was too scattered out and nothing was the way it was on all or most of the rest of the carnival ships.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Little slow

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

All food very good

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Pools, miniature golf

Atrium

3 out of 5

The Mardi Gras has no atrium.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Comedy club- great, music- very good

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Everybody was courteous and very helpful

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

The cleanliness was excellent but the ship layout was horrible. The fun shops were scattered over three floors and the same with most restaurants.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin was very clean but it was a little smaller than most of all the other Carnival ships.

Ship tip

Get ready to do a lot of walking.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Excellent port very clean.

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Cozumel, Mexico

4 out of 5

No excursions but all I did was visit all the gift shops.

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Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Love mahogany bay especially the chair lifts that take you down to the beach.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

It was a little slow but you got a figure there were almost 4000 passengers aboard.

8 Comments

izrgreen 3 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to write a review

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willwork4cruz 3 years ago

I'll have to try it and see but I feel spreading the restaurants around could help reduce crowds. If you put all the restaurants in the same location then it will be packed at meal times in that area and deserted the rest of the time.

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AuntPinkie 3 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. I don’t think I am a fan of the direction Carnival is headed with the bigger ships. Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of the ship design.

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javawoody 3 years ago

Thanks for the review l

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purpl 3 years ago

Thanks for your review.

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jameeh 3 years ago

Aside from the ship layout, you seemed to enjoy your cruise. Different ship class offer different amenities. The Mardi Gras is their XL (excel) class. You'll probably see more layout variations in the future as the cruiselines try to stay competitive by their ship designs and amenities.

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Curt34 3 years ago

Thanks for the review. I usually enjoy the difference between

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cruising2004 3 years ago

Thank you for sharing your experience

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