Do not care for the big ships!
Mardi Gras Cruise Review
7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)
Sail date: August 20, 2022
Ship: Mardi Gras
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 14234
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 2 years ago
Review summary
The itinerary was fine, the Mardi Gras is too big and too crowded! The cruise industry seems hung up on building bigger ships. Most of the seasoned cruisers I spoke with do not like the big ships at all!Embarkation
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Ship tip
Find a smaller ship! With 6,000 plus passengers and a crew of 1,700 (IF fully staffed, which ours wasn’t ) it is crowded; always waiting for an elevator- then they arrive full; slow service at the bars- due to crowds and not enough staff; you waited in line for everything on the ship; not enough public bathrooms; automatic sliding doors that don’t open 80% or the time, requiring you to push the tiny button in the middle; the public areas from about the 12th floor up were hot.
Ports of call
Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras