Great experience. Way beyond our expectations. Will now go back but to the Western Caribbean route.

Item: Mardi Gras
Rating: 5
Author: LuisAlvarez

Mardi Gras Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

LuisAlvarez

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 04, 2021

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5335

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

We have traveled in cruises frequently throughout our lives. Here and Europe. This has been one of our best experiences while on the ship. It has been the largest and the room the largest and most comfortable as well. The dinning was superior as were the specialty restaurants. The entertainment was incredible with so many options and such good quality. Could have spent another week onboard the ship without going to any port, lol.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy!!!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Great. Dining Rooms had excellent food, tops! Buffets excellent as well as the restaurants.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Quite variable.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The best part! Top entertainments were the Electric Violins and Havana Bar with their Mambo Magic trio. The comedians were also excellent. Other very good players were "Instrumental Groove" and the solo guitarist Owens. There were two shows in main stage that were outstanding: The show where the violinists played was outstanding and also Birthday Beats. The others did not impress me much. The Love and Marriage show was extremely funny.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

In general, they were all good. There were three waiters that really went out of their way and worked very hard, not just with us but in their surroundings: Stephanie and Carolina from the Fortune Bar and Jelena from the Bar Magnolia. Also, Ivanna from Serbia, from the dining room was outstanding and appeared to go out of her way to take care of her clients and help others around her. Finally, the waiters at the Havana Bar were also outstanding!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Loved the design of the ship and everything was spotless!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Always clean. Bed was large and super comfortable. The room spacious and the balcony, a new experience for us, was incredible.

Ship tip

Learn the lay out of the ship immediately after boarding as the ship is quite large and you can get lost or not able to get to certain spots you may have wanted to go for not knowing their existence. The other very important advise is: find out the entertainment options for the day and their time. There is a lot going on every day and many overlap. So, you need to make a guide of what you want to see/hear in order to maximize your enjoyment.

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