Not a fan of Mardi Gras

Item: Mardi Gras
Rating: 3.1
Author: TNTGreen

Mardi Gras Cruise Review

TNTGreen

Contributor Level: Cruise Director

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 29

Overall rating:

3.1 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 06, 2022

Ship: Mardi Gras

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overall okay cruise. Will stick with smaller Carnival ships in the future.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Very quick embarkation process with the VeriFLY app.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Cucina del Capitano

3 out of 5

Just okay; had the chicken parmigiana and it was good. The sides were not the greatest.

Guy's Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que

3 out of 5

I’ve read reviews on other cruise sites and the rating for this particular ship was always low. I sampled every meat and it was just okay. Preferred it on Breeze.

Big Chicken by Shaq

2 out of 5

Tried this place 3 times during my 7 night cruise (embarkation day, mid week, last sea day); and you’re probably thinking 3 times but 2 stars and here’s why. Crazy line on embarkation day and when it was my turn to order it was the last piece in the pan. Found it over cooked and dry but gave it another shot a few days later. That time I ordered the Uncle Jerome; wasn’t a fan. Tried the MDE on the final sea day and it was dry.

Chibang!

5 out of 5

It was pretty good.

Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse

4 out of 5

Good as usual

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Comedians were great and the di on Lido was pretty good. Chris the CD was MIA since Sunday due to testing positive for covid.

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

My children only went to Camp Ocean twice and they were done.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5

I always prepay my gratuities and tip cash on top of that for my favorite bartenders, wait staff, and room steward. Well the room steward did not get cash this trip. He did his job towels, making the beds and such but he was not personable at all. Didn’t great when spoken to maybe he’s homesick or going through something but Trevor was not it.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Some venues are small for the events they hold in them. I did like the fact the last day they held the comedy shows in the Mardi Gras Theatre opposed to the punchliner.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

Small compared to Dream Class and Conquest Class ships. The bathroom was much smaller as well. We made it work.

Ship tip

Be prepared for full capacity sailings and not enough staff to handle the capacity.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

Took a taxi to Cabbage Beach. The water was awesome but be prepared for people trying to sell you stuff.

Thumbs Up 1

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Love this port. We stayed at the pool which was nice.

Thumbs Up 2

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

We self debarked and thank goodness since they shut down the gangway due to people pushing and fights breaking out once we were off. It was a bit unorganized though. Some people were tweeting they were still onboard at 11:45.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Cruise was good. the food, service and ship lay out was confusing.

Mixed Feelings

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