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Item: Mardi Gras
Rating: 4
Author: Norsethom

Mardi Gras Cruise Review

Norsethom

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 10, 2023

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5506

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Picked this cruise for ports of call and to check out the Mardi Gras. It is a nice ship but appears not to have the elegance of some of the older smaller ships. There is a lot of people on the ship but crowds flowed very well and the elevators did appear to move a lot faster. I got my 10k steps in daily. My wife and I started feeling sick near the end of cruise and stayed in cabin last day. As suspected, we tested positive for Covid. Not complaining, it is expected when you have 6500 passengers plus staff on a ship.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

It moved fast and smooth for the amount of people. The Carnival terminal itself was just okay.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Main dining room (anytime dinning) had tables crammed in close. The service was good except on Lobster night in which they appeared overwhelmed. Food was just okay. My fault I waited too long to book specialty dinning. They are booked up pretty fast.

Guy's Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que

5 out of 5

Food was very good.

Alchemy Bar

5 out of 5

Daniel was great as well as the drinks.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

So so

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Cabin was clean and room steward was excellent. I was in a cove balcony room on 5th deck aft. A great location to catch the elevators. The room was smaller than balcony rooms on Carnival ships half the size. The deck was very small too.

Ship tip

Book specialty dinning early.

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Ports of call

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

8 Comments

Pheznt55 1 year ago

Great ship , just to big for us. We’ll stick to the smaller class. Thanks for sharing

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missing2 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing review

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javawoody 1 year ago

Thanks for the review

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carolj68 1 year ago

Was on this same sailing and we are all ok.Loved ship and all she had to offer. Just hot on some decks and the hot box elevators. Loved Center Stage shows

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Wishing you and your wife a speedy recovery.

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed. The smaller cabins is one of the issues that make us reluctant to sail this class of ship. Glad you still managed to enjoy parts of your cruise.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Second cruise on Mardi Gras

Nice ship, and great time

Awesome ship and cruise.