Wonderful and Relaxing

Mardi Gras Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 55

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Mardi Gras

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 20, 2024

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 5339

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

We went another couple. Our goal wa to relax and be so busy we were tired at the end. The week went nice and slow. We enjoyed some shows and music and just had a wonderful time.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and efficient

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
MDR was perfect, staff was exellent. Buffet was very good. Loved Pig and Anchor, Big Chicken, Blue Iguana Cantina.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Did not participate. Looked like others had fun

Entertainment

5 out of 5
All shows and performers were amazing. Only issue is shows tend to overlap making it hard to see more than 2 shows a night. However if they all let out at the same time the crowds would be terrible, so you just have work with it. We only missed a couple things.

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Room steward did a wonderful job. Only saw him 3 times but knew he had been in cabin to clean. MDR Staff were very professional yet very friendly and willing serve with a smile. Corrected anything quickly. Most of the ship staff was friendly and always smiled and said hello.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Ship is a real beauty. Layout is easy. All dining, shows, services, and shopping on decks 6, 7, 8, 16 and 17. Kept very clean. Did not feel like there was a sellout of cabins. Only crowded times were at the buffet and around show times, Did not spend time on the Lido.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was well decorated and comfortable. Plenty of room for 2 people. Very clean. Only issue was the balcony gets wet on sea days from the ocean spray.

Ship tip

Do Not get a cove balcony if you want to use it much

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
Embarkation port

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
Easy walk into city for shopping or walking around on your own.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Looked beautiful. Did not get off ship because it rained off and on all day.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Besides having 2 ships in port it was not as crowded as we thought it would be. Only walked around port area for a little while. Just got tired from walking.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
They called our group at 8:38 we were off ship through customs and at off site parking at 9:45. I think that is pretty good. We did not use self debarkation.
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7 Comments

Gwbigdog     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

donshell6     9 months ago

Tusks for sharing glad you enjoyed yourself besides the Rainey day at port

donshell6     9 months ago

Tusks for sharing glad you enjoyed yourself besides the Rainey day at port

javawoody     9 months ago

Appreciate the review

karlgrgurich     9 months ago

How great!!

cruising2004     9 months ago

Excellent, glad you had a wonderful and relaxing cruise! Thank you for your review.

Niavlys     9 months ago

5 stars all the way.. Wouhou. Tks for sharing

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