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Mardi Gras Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5
Mardi Gras

7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 12, 2022

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 15407

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Ship to big for our taste, wasn’t impressed with ports.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy no issues at all, priority embarkation was a cinch, whole process was less than 10 minutes and we where on the boat!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Some good some bad, I’ll do a venue by venue review.

Guy's Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que

5 out of 5

Didn’t ever eat here but the best bar on the boat! Great bartenders and they have some excellent bourbon you cant get other places on the boat!!! It quickly became our pre dinner stop, they also have most the big games on as well. Gets real busy on NFL days you’ll have to get their early if you want a spot.

Chibang!

1 out of 5

This is included in the free dining, essentially they shoved a bunch of tables in a venue so close together your essentially dining with a dozen people you don’t know and some tables are basically in the kitchen ours was so close during dinner the staff kept bumping into my wife while they carried trays out! They turned what should have been a decent dining experience into a cafeteria! We went for lunch the second day of the cruise and thought it tasted fine wasn’t overly impressed but was interested in the dinner menu so we went back for dinner. We left after the app was finally served, it was so loud we couldn’t speak to each other without raising our voice service was horrifically slow. This was awful such a disappointment, we where really hoping for an experience similar to the Asian Restaurant on the Horizon this is not that it’s another lido cafe thats it!!

Cucina del Capitano

3 out of 5

This is a wonderful restaurant on the Horizon, on the Mardi Gras it’s more of a disappointment, large dining room yet your sat super close to everyone else and the food is average at best, service was quite slow. We did enjoy some good conversation but overall just was not impressed! Other people we spoke to on the boat had a very different experience so it may have just been our expectations?

Fahrenheit 555 Steakhouse

4 out of 5

Went twice. Wife and me ordered steak the first time, it was average. Second time had the lamb and sea bass, they where both quite good!Service is also good in this venue

Bonsai Teppanyaki

4 out of 5

Fun, but the chef’s didn’t seem as talented as on other boats. Foods good though and it worth the up charge.

Pizzeria del Capitano

2 out of 5

Nope, taste like cardboard

Piano Bar 88

5 out of 5

Always a good time on a Carnival Ship!

Big Chicken by Shaq

3 out of 5

Not for me

Piazza Piani

5 out of 5

These are pretty good sandwiches! The line does get long.

Guy's Burger Joint

3 out of 5

Way to greasy for our taste

Brass Magnolia Bar

5 out of 5

Great spot for a nightcap!

Fortune Teller Bar

5 out of 5

Fun spot cool drinks!

Rudi's Seagrill

5 out of 5

Went to Rudi’s twice on our 7 day cruise once after we left ChaBang and once we had preplanned. Very good, they obviously put the best staff in this venue, foods good service is great. Worth the up charge for us.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Family Feud was funny, we went to the late show which was raunchier than expected. Not for the the kiddies - I believe the earlier shows are more family oriented. Enjoyed Love and Marriage

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Most staff was quite attentive!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Ships clean! But to big for us. Kinda awkward to get around.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Kinda narrow for a suite, balcony was quite nice bathrooms are a huge upgrade from other ships! So is the decor, thank god Carnival dropped the drab color schemes wish they would retrofit some of the smaller boat cabins like these.

Ship tip

It’s a mix of passengers on this boat, and a lot of people. You’ll need some patience at times.

Ports of call

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Went to the cooking class!! Very fun!

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

1 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

1 out of 5
This is a sad excuse for a port of call

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
This could be handled a little better but not the worse I’ve ever seen. We where off priority with checked bags in about 20 minutes.
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5 Comments

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

MrCRUISER444    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise, hope things are better by May!

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your details. Sorry you were disappointed.

CruzeFan    1 year ago

Most people love Mahogany Bay. Costa Maya has great options as well.

LauraAll    1 year ago

What cooking class did you attend in Cozumel? We have the tobasco chef or something like that

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