Mardi Gras Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Second time cruising on this ship Me and mother shared room and our room was so hot

Everything was great except the excursion in Grand Turk.

Clean, spacious, quiet rooms. Brought wine and soft drinks and kept in fridge and drank from our own packed insulated cups. Many activities to do. Busy, laid back, whatever you wish to do many areas to sit by pool, quiet areas and busy. Great options for many.

Second time on this ship, came back because we really liked it. The shows and the comics were really good…food is decent, not gourmet, but so many options (most are included) you could find something you liked. Saw lots of reviews on social media saying food was terrible! Not true! I’m a pretty good cook , I was in the restaurant business,and we live in an area known for great Italian food amongst other cuisines. Not everything is exactly how I would prepare it, but the cruise line has to accommodate tastes of people from all over the country and we all have different ideas of what’s good so I’m content with what they prepare….for 7000 passengers. I bet some of the negative remarks come from people raised on frozen and fast food (yuck). No one complains about the quantity though!

Really enjoyed the ATV adventure tour on Cozumel and the Private Van tour on Mahogany Bay Honduras

Ship is so overpacked with ppl. Wait times for most things. Really hard to get a drink with crowds 2-3 people deep waiting at bar. We had a terrible time at the Ciucina Capitano restaurant as the wait time was excessive and the food was so greasy and salty. MDR food was good and service excellent. Cabin was good along with a great steward. Buffett was not good and lack of tables to sit at esp clean ones. Swarms of ppl everywhere.

The cruise director was awesome! He made himself available to meet passengers and us informed. The ship is beautiful and the specialty dining (specifically the Emerald Bistro) was the best!

After being on this cruise, I realized I would never sail on a ship this big. I got sick on the last 2 days of cruise and spent them in my cabin. i guess that's expected when you are confined on a ship with 6k guests. Also, the elevator situation was the worst. waited forever to get one. at least 8-10 ppl per elevator, no air. I tried to hold my breath, but still got sick. I feel like the bar service is horrible. this was the first time I purchased the cheers package and i feel it was a total waste bc you had to wait for a bartender to acknowledge you. theme of ship-"hurry up and wait!"

Overall, a great cruise on a beautiful cruise ship! We have been on over 25 cruises including Norwegian,Celebrity,Princess,Royal Caribbean, and Carnival. The Mardi Gras was one of the best!

We had not sailed Carnival for 8 years after an unsatisfactory experience. We decided to give them another try on one of their larger, newer ships. Well, it will likely be another 8 years before we consider Carnival again. This is just not our "vibe". It is very noisy and passengers are less friendly than on other lines we have sailed. This was our 33rd cruise and we have come to expect certain things. Carnival did not deliver. Even MSC provided a better experience.

My wife and I are in out 60's and we had a great time. We enjoyed the ship and the atmosphere. Two of the three ports were private port situations which are not overly exciting for us, but I booked the cruise knowing this. The ports were not are main criteria for selecting this cruise.

Great view. Great islands. Good food. Good onboard activities.

Overall it was a nice cruise. Will stick with Royal Caribbean. Better food, more variety and pool rules.

I enjoy sailing with Carnival. We really enjoyed Mardi Gras. It was our first time on the ship. The only complaint we had was bars closing at midnight instead of two we like to meet people usually around the bar areas and we’re not big gamblers and that was only the bar that was open and rather not go in there, overall was great entertainment was wonderful and for having that many people on board did not cramp

Overall a really amazing cruise! This was our first cruise and I would definitely do it again!

Wonderful cruise on Mardi Gras! Food was overall great, drinks were excellent, and it was just a fantastic time! Highly recommend this ship!

For us the cruise was a couple of days too long but we did enjoy ourselves. Made some new friends and met a lot of nice people. The staff was great.

Overall the cruise was relaxing for me. I didn’t do a lot only because there was not a lot of entertainment activities that captured my attention. The interactive events were fun but the stage performances seemed to only cater to a certain demographic of people, that didn’t include me.

Would never do carnival again after being on royal and Norwegian a few times both then hearing oh you have to try their new ship nothing change carnival will still be the Walmart of cruises when your 11 year old and 17 year old that been on a few cruises say dad this is nothing like royal don’t book this again you know its bad

Overall a nice cruise with great ports. I did pick up a cold which made the trip uncomfortable for our group, but this was a nice itinerary. I am not personally a fan of so many days at sea, but otheres enjoyed that. The biggest issues were the Carnival Hub Chat was down for the first too days, making finding your family extremely difficult. It was working by end of day two. The AC was non existent on the packed elevators as well as some common areas on various decks. We felt food was OK overall, but service personnel was reduced since our last time on this ship a year ago. Still a nice oversall experience.