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Mardi Gras Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 52

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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Mardi Gras

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 28, 2023

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8273

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Wonderful ship, would go again. The havana extended cabin is the wat to go

Embarkation

4 out of 5
We kept moving, but it was crowded. You have to go up a never-ending, back switching ramp. When it was finally our turn to go into the ramp to the ship, this lady made our lady stop us to let about 70 people in a wedding party go before us. My blood pressure was up from that!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
The buffet was absolutely terrible! The only good thing about it was the cake. The food was awful and there weren't a lot of choices. They even made terrible bread and rolls. My mom lost 3 pounds and I didn't gain weight. Chibangs had very good food. The main dining room was meh. The Italian place was eh. The pizza was actually acceptable.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The center stage performances are outstanding! We learned to get there an hour early to get good seats. The magician was not good, so cheesy! The comedians were just OK, but they change all the time.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Overall, the staff is very nice. There were some places where they seemed indifferent towards me. The Guys in the Java blue never smiled. I hated asking them for my sandwiches, BTW, the sandwiches are great there! Once,I stood in line at the Gelato place in he buffet. When it was my turn, the server left me alone and went to help the other line server! I couldn't believe it! Fortunately, the other server noticed, and got to me.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Loved it.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Nice cabin, great sized TV. The best part was the veranda. I would definitely get it again.

Ship tip

Use hand sanitizer after handling the utensils in the buffet. Don't use the pillows on the serenity deck. I got covid from my trip, and my guess is it was from one of these places, since I was one of the few people wearing a mask. I only didn't wear it outside and it was a k95.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida Did not visit port

Just getting on the ship

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Surprisingly easy. If you want to walk your bags off, I suggest getting a room on deck 6. Then you won't have to use the elevators. Deck 8 was very convenient as well. We just used the stairs.
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3 Comments

Pheznt55    1 year ago

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Hope you are feeling better.

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the review

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