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Item: Mardi Gras
Rating: 4.7
Author: TGrumpa

Mardi Gras Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

TGrumpa

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 21, 2023

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 4286

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 11 months ago

Review summary

Overall we enjoyed the Mardi Gras and would consider sailing on her again. We really enjoyed the non-smoking area of the casino being so large and having so many gaming options. The shows were top notch and the food options were good.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth and fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The food in the MDR (dinner) was mediocre. But with all of the other options, we only ate dinner in the MDR two nights. We enjoyed the specialty dinners in the steakhouse and the Teppanyaki restaurant. We also had dinner in the sushi restaurant a couple of evenings. MDR breakfast was great. Lunch from Blue Iguana, Guys Burgers or Shaq's Chicken were very good as well. We actually had Guy's Burgers for dinner one evening.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

We didn't really do anything with the activity areas but there were plenty of options I did enjoy one of the Carnival Kitchen classes.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

We loved the shows! Center Stage is great in concept but if you're seated on decks 7 or 8, you're going to have a hard time seeing anything that's in front of the stage as the performers move around a lot and sometimes are several feet in front of the stage.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All of the staff were friendly and attentive.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

The ship's areas are spread out. You'll get your steps in but it never really seemed overly crowded.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We loved the extra storage in the new design.