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Mardi Gras Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5
Mardi Gras

6 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 02, 2022

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9426

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

We loved the Mardis gras. It was well below capacity due to the current covid environment, so the lack of lines may have helped. But I would recommend it to all.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
My family of five were moved through quickly during the check in process.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
There is food for everyone. If you can’t find something to your liking then you aren’t looking hard enough. If I had to critique something, it would be to have more “adventurous” options in the main dining room. We also tried several of the the other restaurants and enjoyed them all.

Emeril’s Bistro 1396

4 out of 5

We ate here on our last night. It’s not a very large restaurant, and you order at the counter and seat yourself. Our food same room our table as each dish was ready instead of all at one time. We enjoyed the meat pies for our appetizer and our meals were bbq shrimp, red beans and rice, charbroiled oysters, and a shrimp/oyster po boy. We all enjoyed our dishes. We added beignets and strawberry rominoff for dessert. Both were good, but we enjoyed the beignets more.

Guy's Pig & Anchor Smokehouse / Brewhouse

4 out of 5

I ate here solo for lunch and sampled all of the meats. It was very good lunch and the sides were ok. I ate here for dinner one night and had the pork chop stuffed with cornbread. It was just ok.

Street Eats

4 out of 5

We got a couple of snacks during the week from here. There’s three different venues that offer something different every day. There’s no options as they provide one item only daily. And it’s usually snack size. But we enjoyed the fries topped with bbq One day and the pork dumpling one day.

Piazza Piani

4 out of 5

My two sons enjoyed meatball subs here for a snack one day. My wife enjoyed the capri panini that she gave 5 stars and she’s a picky eater.

Pizzeria del Capitano

5 out of 5

24 hour access to pizza. My 17 year old ate here multiple times every day

Palm Restaurant

4 out of 5

We ate here for breakfast once and three dinners. The breakfast was nice with plenty of variety. I always enjoy the masala dosa. The dinners are always planned around the strawberry bisque for my teenager. She always enjoys it. And also the other hits are always the shrimp cocktails, filet mignonette, lobster tails and chocolate lava cake.

Lido Marketplace

4 out of 5

Lido deck was as expected. Always love the omelet station and the eggs Benedict. And the guava juice is always a big hit for my family.

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

We are here daily. We love guys burgers

Cucina del Capitano

5 out of 5

We enjoyed this dinner. We had the Arancini for our appetizer and it was a pleasant surprise. We had never had it before. We enjoyed the chicken Parmesan and also the chicken carbanara and the grilled shrimp. It was all very good. No complaints at all here.

Chibang!

4 out of 5

We had several appetizers we enjoyed. Quesadilla, nachos, queso, pot stickers, pork belly and the pork tacos were ALL outstanding. The main dishes were all ok, but the beans as a side dish were really good. The dessert of choice was the Crema Catalana, which is similar to a crème brûlée.

Big Chicken by Shaq

5 out of 5

My son ate two chickens biscuits every morning. Very good

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We enjoyed the fitness center a couple of days. Pretty nice sized center we also rode on the bolt which was really fun. My son played basketball most days. We also played miniature golf.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We went to the Mardis gras show, the magic shows, the broadway tribute, the 1969 rock tribute, one comedy show, family feud, love and marriage, and several of the poolside games. We enjoyed it all.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Everything seemed clean and orderly. I do believe the setup for center stage should be redesigned. There just aren’t many “good seats” to be had

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
We were a family of 5. It was our first time in a balcony suite room. We felt it was big enough for us all. The bathroom was as good as could be expected.

Ship tip

If you want to try one of the other restaurants, do it early in the cruise and don’t wait to the last day.

Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
We loved the waterfall tour. But be warned, the water is COLD lol.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
We chose to walk to the beach which is literally right next to the dock. All of the beaches here are public beaches.

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Went super smooth. I would t change a thing about it.
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