Good looking ship but!
Mardi Gras Cruise Review
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
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Guy's Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que
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!
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
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
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
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
Nope, taste like cardboard
Piano Bar 88
Always a good time on a Carnival Ship!
Big Chicken by Shaq
Not for me
Piazza Piani
These are pretty good sandwiches! The line does get long.
Guy's Burger Joint
Way to greasy for our taste
Brass Magnolia Bar
Great spot for a nightcap!
Fortune Teller Bar
Fun spot cool drinks!
Rudi's Seagrill
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
Entertainment
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
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
Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras