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Mardi Gras Cruise Review
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
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Palm Restaurant
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.
Piazza Piani
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
24 hour access to pizza. My 17 year old ate here multiple times every day
Emeril’s Bistro 1396
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
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
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.
Lido Marketplace
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
We are here daily. We love guys burgers
Cucina del Capitano
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!
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
My son ate two chickens biscuits every morning. Very good
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Entertainment
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
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