Carnival Mardi Gras Cruise Reviews (2024 UPDATED): Ratings of Carnival Mardi Gras (2024)

3.5

Great Food and Week with some Hiccups

First, the positives, the cabin was clean and relatively well laid out for 2 adults, a child, and an 11 month old. The food was also better than we had expected it to be. The breakfast at the lido deck buffet had excellent omelets from the omelet station and the fruit and other offerings were fairly tasty as well. Some people way want it noted that bacon was not available every day, it

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This boat seems like a cash grab, it was definitely overcrowded. There were not enough amenities onboard to take care of all the passengers. This led to long waits at elevators, coffee shops, bars, and restaurants.The Mardi Gras is poorly designed IMO with the main stage having insufficient seating and no good “direct” path through the center of the ship. The entertainment was pretty good,

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First Time Cruisers as a family of 5. We booked one of the Excel Suites and enjoyed the perks that came with it. We got a lot of extra features such as the bottomless bubbles which was great traveling with kids. The Priority boarding was great and we boarded not too long after we arrived and checked in at port at 1030a, so roughly close to 12p we boarded. We enjoyed our room very much with 3 kids.

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This Carnival cruise line was the absolute best. The Lido deck was especially good. Very clean and you never had to wait for food. The breakfast buffet was awesome, and our dinners at night were perfect. I especially enjoyed the entertainment by the waiters. We also attended several trivia games in the sports bar, and we also played Bingo. The show at night were excellent. Especially enjoyed

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It had been a few years since I went on a cruise. On this cruise, I had to have a scooter because of my limited mobility. I had to also bring my walker and my cane. I was able to get them wrong where I could have my scooter inside and my walker. I wasn’t far from elevators. I met some nice people that would actually hold the elevator open for me as I into it on my scooter. It is a big ship. Would

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Great cruise - great ship -- great service -- easy check-in and very organized departure.Food was amazing and the (free) dining choices were more than most all other ships.Anytime dining was the biggest disappointment - very disorganized and confusing - long wait if you do not sign-in on the app B4 the 5:30 dining start time ... not exactly "dine when YOU want".Also weary of the

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Mardi Gras was a beautiful ship. We had a great cabin attendant. He always was so friendly and helpful. There was so many places to eat. We ate in the main dining room and all our food was very good. The only meal I got that I was disappointed in was I got the strip steak. It was not a good quality steak but besides my steak we enjoyed all our meals. We ate in the Bonsai Teppanyski one

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This is one HUGE cruise ship. We specifically sailed on this ship for our cruise, even though we had already traveled to all the ports of call. Pros:Cabin- we traveled with 2 adults and 1 child. Upgraded balcony room on deck 10. Balcony was huge with 2 chairs, end table, and large lounge chair for sunbathing. We will be forever spoiled with this balcony for future cruises. Rooms have

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We were so looking forward to this cruise because it was traveling to a couple of islands that we had never been to. First, Our luggage was late getting to our room so my husband could not change to go to dinner that night and speaking of dinner, very chaotic way of trying to organize people getting to their tables, very confusing how to use the app, and once they said our table was ready, it was

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We went on this cruise with my family, 12 of us. It was a C- at best1. The dining room looks like a low class dining hall. The service was fair the food was ok not great2. Breakfast in the Dining room, need a reservation, can't just walk in. A reservation starts with a 10 minute wait. No one was in the dining room. No reason for a wait.3. Ship was crowded, had to get to a show

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