Great Ship, just a few growing pains. All in all good cruise

Item: Mardi Gras
Rating: 3.8
Author: rokwldr

Mardi Gras Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

rokwldr

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 26, 2022

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4465

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

All was nice, there were a few hiccups but its a new ship with staffing problems. They were 200 short.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Excelent

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

N/A

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Didn't do any.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The shows I saw were great.

Children's Programs

No kids with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Bartenders, buffet people, room steward were all outstanding. Our room steward Jason went above and beyond.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Everything was nicely planned and the ship was always clean

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Nice cabin, but they have been downsized a bit to put more people onboard.

Ship tip

Try the Farenheight 555 we did not visit this one but others have been really good.

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Nice and friendly, we just went walking on out own.

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Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

2 out of 5

Did a city/countryside tour and I would not reccomend it.

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Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5

Only got off for some shoppingas we have been there many times.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Outstanding

7 Comments

BooedUp2019 2 years ago

Thanks for taking the time to submit a review. Means alot.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed yourselves. Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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YvetteBobcruise 2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise despite of the shortage of staff

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javawoody 2 years ago

Appreciate the review

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CurlyCruiserYAY 2 years ago

Woo hoo

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry not everything met your expectations.

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msrat1 2 years ago

The account can be set-up with either a credit card, debit card or as a cash account during check-in or at the pier. You can also add guests from your stateroom or another stateroom as authorized purchasers on your account. For each purchase made onboard the ship you will receive a receipt.

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