Loved the ship and staff, all seemed happy and helpful. Our CD Kyndall Fire was on fire, she is great and full of energy. The downside is the quality of the food on the buffet, they need to kick it up a couple of notches.

Mardi Gras Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Mardi Gras

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 22, 2023

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 10389

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Not sure I’m going to use Carnival again unless they up the food quality

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Took the Carnival bus from Orlando to the ship, got off the bus, made sure our luggage was there, walked into the terminal, about a 5 minute wait and we were headed to the ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
The MDR was OK, nothing great, speciality restaurants we tried were excellent to good. The buffet was very lacking, the food was somewhat bland, kind of tasted the same. Breakfast buffet was the best of them since you can get fresh cooked eggs, but they need to bring back bacon to every day. One non-bacon day, they had mixed sausages, it was very evident they were a combination of sausages from previous days that were reheated, not good.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Shows on the ship were very good

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Service and staff for the most part were what I would expect, only had one waiter at our disembark breakfast that was not up to par.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
We loved the ship and the layout

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Room was nice but a little crowded on the side of the bed next to the balcony

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy, unless you only have a birth certificate, LONG line to get your luggage, with a passport super easy and fast.
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9 Comments

sunansails0725    1 year ago

If I don’t have to cook it then that’s a win for me

Pheznt55    1 year ago

Seems as this is becoming an issue on all cruises

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

Food seems to be a issue on most cruises

Jzusvme    1 year ago

On the Apr 22 cruise right now. Don’t get off until the 29th. Food has been pretty good.

Frogboo95    1 year ago

Yes the Buffet was amazing. Thank You.

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of the food. Appreciate your details.

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Sorry to hear about the food.

Mimi1225    1 year ago

True about the food on Mardi Gras wasn't great at all.

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