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I agree 100%. Atrium bar is a great place to hang out.

Zora is great.

Thankfully we don't sail her again until December. Hopefully it will be right after a cold front sweeps through the deep south! 😜

If DD and the pet sitter are both on FB, they can use messenger to communicate.

We love the Mardi Gras but agree with you on several of your Cons. The size of the casino and availability of tables is completely ridiculous for that many passengers. Two $10 blackjack tables (14 seats) for 6,000 pax. Elevators are terribly slow and always super crowded. Buffet food on Lido deck was not good at all. Thank goodness for Street Eats, Guys, and Big Chicken. Piano Bar (Brad) was terrible. I saw several reviews where folks said how great he was. They have obviously never been to a great piano bar!😜 We did have really good food in the MDR. You must have hit a bad week. And yes, Alchemy and Fortune Teller bar have fantastic drinks!

Totally agree with you about the straw market. That place stresses me out.

Water shoes. And those decks definitely get way too hot for my bare feet!

Music Manilla sounds fun. I hope someone like that is on her in December!

Sailed Mardi Gras a few weeks ago and I only had 2 main complaints. 1- The elevator situation is horrible! I almost exclusively used the stairs ( which I needed anyway! ) LOL. I can't tell you how many times we were waiting on an elevator and watched a completely empty one (glass doors) go right on by us without stopping! 2-The casino is way too crowded! They had 2 $10 Blackjack tables ( 14 chairs) for nearly 6,000 passengers. You do the math.... They kept a $100 table open the whole time and it was almost always empty.

On Mardi Gras my favorite is the Watermelon Crush. You can only get it at the Watering Hole bar on deck 8 Aft, starboard side. Just outside of the Hero's lounge. It has different hours and is not always open. It is a fantastic "fruity" drink that is not near as sweet as most others on board.

Happy 40th! Out of our 40 cruises the two best ones were Alaska...and Alaska! Can't wait to go again. We loved the Spirit. Great ship.

This question and Greg's response got me to thinking...so I went and checked our cruise history. We've sailed 21 Carnival ships, 6 of which are no longer in service! The most (7) on Liberty. Sorry for the hi-jack. Enjoying the review! Carry on...🤣

I'm on board. Living in Florida, we have 2 booked on the Elation in the next 14 months. Haven't been on Fantasy Class in almost 5 years. Our First ever 20 years ago was on the Fantasy!

It really depends on who reviews it I think. In the past few months I've had it applied successfully twice and denied once with a casino rate. Prior to that I never had it denied no matter what rate I booked at. Give it a shot. It never hurts to ask!😜

It does not taste like coffee at all. I've ordered it on 3 of my last 4 cruises and it has been consistently one of my best meals in the MDR each time.

Mardi Gras had it last week. I don't drink it but saw several people with it.

Just off MG. Same rules.

We were on the same MG cruise as the OP last week and definitely had the coldest room we have ever had ( 40 cruises). Square interior. It was awesome!

The casino will help you get rid of it quickly! 😜

All we got was the white card. Nothing more...nothing less

YES PLEASE!!

Cool! We board Mardi Gras to Mexico and Honduras on the 27th. This live will give me something to read! 🤣

Same. 😜

That's funny. I've done brunch my last 5 or 6 cruises without ordering my "free" drink.

Yes you can and i always do!