Beautiful cruise!

Item: Mardi Gras
Rating: 4.1
Author: luther1965

Mardi Gras Cruise Review

luther1965

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

6 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 02, 2022

Ship: Mardi Gras

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

My summary is we really liked the ship, the people, the food, the drink, the casino. Nothing major to say anything disappointed us.

Embarkation

2 out of 5

This was literally one of the most disorganized starts to a cruise. There is no room for people to line up in appropriate boarding time slots. One line for all and no reps outside to help. No coverage if it’s raining, be prepared.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Was not impressed with main dining. We loved Guy Fieris Pig and Anchor & Burger Joint, both had great food. The Buffett was cleaned continuously and food was pretty good, but it was a little nerve racking with self serve on some of it. ChiBang (Chinese/Mexican) food very good also. Cucina del Capitano (Italian) very good and lots of food!

Heroes Tribute Lounge

4 out of 5

Nice place to watch a game

Seafood Shack

5 out of 5

Lobster rolls were great! 2 for $14

Street Eats

5 out of 5

Lobster rolls, 2 for $14 well worth the price

Tides Pool Bar

5 out of 5

Come on! You gotta ask? LOL!! Great!

Redfrog Tiki Bar

5 out of 5

Awesome place to hang at and drink

Piazza Piani

4 out of 5

Needed more meat on the sandwiches but good little snack

Lido Marketplace

4 out of 5

Good food, very clean

Guy's Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que

5 out of 5

Loved it!

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Loved it!

Fortune Teller Bar

5 out of 5

Another great bartender, Cornelius from South Africa. Order the specialty drinks, Abracadabra and Crystal Ball, fun times!

Cucina del Capitano

5 out of 5

The sauce is spicy, plenty of food!

Chibang!

4 out of 5

Weird option choices of Chinese food or Mexican at the same venue, very good food.

Brass Magnolia Bar

5 out of 5

Very nice setting and good music.

Big Chicken by Shaq

5 out of 5

Great choice, especially for a breakfast or midday snack.

Alchemy Bar

5 out of 5

Nikoli and Jennifer were great bartenders!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Enjoyed pools, a little chilly, they are not heated. Need better music playing at Serenity pool. Watched movie outside daytime on big pool TV, clear and volume was great. Tiki Bar live music was great! DJ needs to play varieties of music, played some oldies, played minimal R n R, played no country, played no current that I knew of. Play your crowd!!!

Beach Pool and whirlpool

3 out of 5

Water was too chilly, not many people in the pools

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Piano Bar was ok. DJ at Tiki Bar needs to play crowd requests more.

Punchliner Comedy Club

3 out of 5

Comedians were not the best, but ok

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Everyone was pleasant!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

We loved this ship, my first Carnival

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Balcony room 5327, pictures I’ve seen are a little deceiving. Tight squeeze to walk between end and balcony side of bed. No door wall, has a walk out door for balcony, so no leaving door open for ocean sounds.

Ship tip

Due to pandemic, I would only book excursions through ship.

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Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Again, didn’t book excursions but wished we had done the waterfall one. Heard a lot of good about it! Went to the beach, plenty of free loungers on beach, don’t get scammed and rent one.

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Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Didn’t do any excursions, did a little shopping, checked out the pool went back on ship.

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Nassau, Bahamas

2 out of 5

Not the cleanest, casino at Atlantis is nice.

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