Great Ship. Poor Buffet

Mardi Gras Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 25

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Mardi Gras

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 19, 2022

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5430

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Great time. Very large ship. Maybe a bit crowded for spring break

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Excellent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Buffet and pizza were awful. Omlette station was only reason i went to buffet. Luckily there were other options. Guys burgers was excellent. We got to go to Guys pig n anchor and an italian restaurant that would be specialty dining with an extra charge on other ships. Main dining room was good too. Shaq chicken was good but not great. My husband didn't like Shaqs. I won dinner at Fahrenheit 550 and that was excellent.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Plenty of things to do. Unfortunately due to high winds on the day of my Bolt reservation i couldn't ride the coaster. Bingo was fun. I also participated in guess that country song.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Excellent. I didn't care for the magician or the Broadway Beats show. But i think the show had more to do with no liking the song selections and not knowing most of them. Night of Enchantment was my favorite.

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
Club O2 was great

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
My room steward Fauzi was excellent. Lee was the best cruise director ever. Gabe was fun during Bingo and Tyler did great job at Guess that Country song

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Loved our cabin. We had life boats above us which provided plenty of shade from hot sun on days that were too hot to go on top decks and no places to hide in shade

Ship tip

Can't do everything!

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida Did not visit port

Got on ship early

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Went shopping at port and downtown by taxi

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5
Went shopping in Port and took taxi down to beach with shops

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

4 out of 5
Smaller shopping area. Weren't sure about taking a taxi here to go shopping elsewhere. Taxis were more expensive and didn't seem worth the cost.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
The cruise director was calling muster stations to disembark. Not sure how he decided who got off. I was C6 but he jumped from A to F to E. We just asked someone and he told us it wasn't busy and we could just leave

Traveler Photos

Cove balcony Cabin interior Main dining room 1st elegant night Night of Enchantment at Center Stage Towel animal on lido deck Fun Artists Table dessert
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3 Comments

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Congratulations on your win! Glad you mostly enjoyed your cruise.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Spring break says it all. Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

blackholesun    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

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