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Item: Mardi Gras
Rating: 4.2
Author: dp6395

Mardi Gras Cruise Review

dp6395

Contributor Level: Third Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 10, 2024

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 15470

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

Good cruise. Great weather. Nothing exceptional.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Arrived at noon our boarding time. Very chaotic priority boarding didn't help?

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

First time using anytime dining will not do that again. The wait time for table is too long. One night we were told 20 to 30 minutes and waited hour and a half also. It's also better to have the same dinning staff.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Venues are way too small for this size ship. Center stage is worthless. Very few good seats. you have to get there an hour or more before for show. Who wants to go on a cruise ship and waste time setting to see a show. Comedy shows were very good

Entertainment

3 out of 5

This is tough. Comedy shows I would give 5 stars. Shows in the theater we're pretty good. Shows at center stage might be very good but if you can't find a place to watch them, how do you know?

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Nothing exceptional. The dining room seems to be understaffed. Great service in Cucina Del Capitano and Chi Bang

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin is fine, just smaller than on other ships

Ship tip

Beautiful ship! Lots of food options but good luck on watching a show at center stage

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

One of my favorite ports

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Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Very unorganized

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

9 Comments

dp6395 9 months ago

I've been on about 20 carnival cruises. In my last post I was trying to give some constructive criticism. Probably didn't come across that way. Carnival does a lot of things great but they seem to be heading in the wrong direction nothing major, just little things that they used to do better. Maybe they're trying to recover the money they lost during COVID which is understandable. In my opinion, if they're not careful, they're going to be down to MSC level and maybe that's where they want to be. Great value but not great cruises like a lot of people are saying Walmart cruise. I've been on other cruise lines and one of the ways I determine whether it's a good cruise or not is to watch customer service lines. On my last carnival cruise there were at least 20 people in line every time I walked through customer service. Last month I was on princess and I never saw more than five or six people in line. I would like to hear other people's comments.

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byhisgrace 9 months ago

Appreciate your feedback

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Gwbigdog 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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TiffyTaffy 9 months ago

Thanks for the review

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karlgrgurich 9 months ago

Well. Good is nice!

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cruising2004 9 months ago

Glad you had an enjoyable cruise. Thank you for your review.

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lsbs 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing.

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javawoody 9 months ago

Appreciate the review

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HeavySeas 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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