Good trip with some down faults

Item: Mardi Gras
Rating: 4.3
Author: bradley62

Mardi Gras Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

bradley62

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 03, 2024

Ship: Mardi Gras

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 15478

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

For most part was a great cruise just wish they had more choice of food at the buffet love my cabin room love room service and are room Stewart and the specially restaurants where great and main dining room was good specially at breakfast the ports where very nice at beaches and the tour I took was great in concluding I would go on Mardi Gras again knowing what I know

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Not good had a 10 o’clock embarking but wasn’t able to board till 11 o'clock plus we had riority boarding and had to wait in line in the heat for a half hour with no place to sit seeing I have feet issues

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was ok speciality was great but mdr and buffet need some work biggest problem was buffet had little to choice from

Tides Pool Bar

5 out of 5

Service was great bar tenders where friendly and love going to the bar

Rudi's Seagrill

5 out of 5

Sea food was great service was great and servers was friendly and had big selection of seafood and atmosphere was great to

Piazza Piani

5 out of 5

Food was great and line move fast and had a big selection of paninis and service was excellent

Lido Marketplace

2 out of 5

Food was ok not great biggest disappointment was lack of variety of food

La Piazza

5 out of 5

Love there pizza tasted great service was fast even for a long line and loved the choices of pizza

Guy's Burger Joint

4 out of 5

Very good food but my bun was hard probably from being in a long line waiting for more then 35 minutes for a cheeseburger in the heat

Fortune Teller Bar

1 out of 5

Very poor no soda cans and when I ask for a strawberry daiquiri the said the don’t make it there even though there sign says the make daiquiri there

Emeril’s Bistro 1396

2 out of 5

Very poor had to wait in line for over a half and hour for a can of soda the ladies taking orders seem confussed

Bar della Rosa

5 out of 5

Very good bar and excellent service and very knowable about there drinks and friendly

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Went swim pools where crowed only saving grace for me was serenity and hot tub at my cabin and the magic and comedy and trivia was very good but crowed

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Very good

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Service and staff was great keep cabin clean and bar tender and waiter did a great job only problem was we had to ask our cabin Stewart twice for bar of soap and toilet paper should have to ask when a excel aft suite

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Ship look clean and design was good to thy eyes

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Cabin was very clean and comfort was great also and size was nice and big are Stewart clean every day and attended to our needs only problem was there was chairs scraping across deck above us which made it hard to sleep at late night

Ship tip

Be prepared to wait in long lines for food and also be prepared to do a lot of walking

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida Did not visit port

Been there before already seen it in the past great port but with being older wanted save engery for other ports

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Oranjestad, Aruba Did not visit port

Been there before and very nice port but wanted to save engery for other ports seeing that I am older

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Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

Love the beaches and the tour I went on did a information history tour and loved on thing was it was a long walk to tour bus for me with the heat and the feet problem I have wish they could pick you up right off the gangway

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Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Love the area no sells presure mostly shop her but what I seen it look amazing again wish they had transportation to shopping area from gangway for disable people

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Most good very organized get luggage and getting a porter was excellent only thing I didn’t like was the long walk down the gangways to get luggage seeing that I have feet issues

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8 Comments

Sogmoore 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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outtoseapatty 3 months ago

TY. I am sorry about your foot problem. I gave back issues and sympathize. I still say to myself, the worst day on a ship is better than the best day Not On a Ship!!! Lol

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javawoody 3 months ago

Appreciate the post

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lsbs 3 months ago

Thanks for the review.

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AuntPinkie 3 months ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

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cruising2004 3 months ago

Most ships do not start embarkation until 11 or so. Know it’s confusing to some but the time printed on your Carnival boarding pass is for arrival at the terminal not necessarily boarding the ship. Glad you did enjoy most of your cruise and thanks for the detailed review.

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HeavySeas 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

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Other reviews of this sailing

It was okay

Buyer Be Aware

It was a relaxing, though unremarkable, cruise.