ALWAYS CRUZIN

On 3/5/2021 at 3:26 AM, micsse said:

This ship is going to be the most beautiful Carnival ship ever made to date with new restaurants and activities. I generally prefer more premium cruise lines such as Celebrity or Holland America, but I have been on 10 Carnival cruises and never had a bad Carnival cruise. I would not hesitate to sail on the new Mardi Gras. It looks fabulous and the pictures seem to really be a tribute to the original ship and the history of Carnival. 

Always the steak house. the best steak on land or sea. I want that rollercoaster ride. Maybe not both on the same day. I am 75 and my wife thinks I am nuts.

On 11/13/2019 at 2:05 AM, davidjplatt said:

I did an 8 day cruise out of Baltimore to Nassau on the Mardi Gras in December 1975.

 

It was my first (and only) cruise on Carnival.  The ship was dirty, the food was inedible, the service was horrendous and about 40% of the time I felt like I was about to become seasick - and I have never gotten seasick on any of my 15 cruises.  The Mardi Gras was the closest I ever came to getting sick.  The only good thing about the ship was that most drinks were 75 cents or less - an era when the cruise lines priced drinks cheaply and advertised as such to get you onto the ship.

 

I don't care what Carnival builds and whether they are "paying homage" one of their original two ships - if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck.  It's a Carnival ship - so it's a duck.  The only Carnival line that is worse than Carnival is Costa.  The travel agent that booked my first five cruises (1970's and 1980's) told me never to consider setting foot on a Costa ship that they were generally not seaworthy, people got sick all of the time, the food was horrible and the service horrendous.  She went on a Costa cruise with her husband at a reduced travel agent rate - all she paid was the amount of the taxes.  It was so bad they left the ship part way into the cruise and flew home.

 

The 32 people that died on the Costa Concordia didn't have the option to leave the ship and fly home.  I wasn't surprised that it was a Costa ship.

You still went on 5 cruises? What? Any idea how many get sick every day from eating in restaurants and die every day from accidents. Your reasoning not to cruise on any ships is not a very good one.

On 11/13/2019 at 2:05 AM, davidjplatt said:

I did an 8 day cruise out of Baltimore to Nassau on the Mardi Gras in December 1975.

 

It was my first (and only) cruise on Carnival.  The ship was dirty, the food was inedible, the service was horrendous and about 40% of the time I felt like I was about to become seasick - and I have never gotten seasick on any of my 15 cruises.  The Mardi Gras was the closest I ever came to getting sick.  The only good thing about the ship was that most drinks were 75 cents or less - an era when the cruise lines priced drinks cheaply and advertised as such to get you onto the ship.

 

I don't care what Carnival builds and whether they are "paying homage" one of their original two ships - if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck.  It's a Carnival ship - so it's a duck.  The only Carnival line that is worse than Carnival is Costa.  The travel agent that booked my first five cruises (1970's and 1980's) told me never to consider setting foot on a Costa ship that they were generally not seaworthy, people got sick all of the time, the food was horrible and the service horrendous.  She went on a Costa cruise with her husband at a reduced travel agent rate - all she paid was the amount of the taxes.  It was so bad they left the ship part way into the cruise and flew home.

 

The 32 people that died on the Costa Concordia didn't have the option to leave the ship and fly home.  I wasn't surprised that it was a Costa ship.

Your opinion only. Things happen. Things change. Your choice to miss out.

In the process of doing the 2021 Halloween Cruise on the Mardi Gras also. This time Halloween will be on the second day of the cruise.

On 4/17/2019 at 8:33 AM, DD474 said:

Mardi Gras will be the biggest Carnival ship ever built. Other than RCL Oasis Class ships (all 4 are tied for 1st). Mardi Gras will be the 5th biggest ship in the world as of 2020.   She'll have both Emeril Lagasse and Guy Fieri Restaurants. 1st roller coaster at sea.   Gross Tonnage  180,800     Guest Capacity  5,282     Length In Feet  1,130     Onboard Crew  1,745

Also Shaq's Chicken

How can anyone not enjoy all of this?

Did Royals Harmony before the cruise thinking what are we doing on this ship with over 6000 passengers. Completely surprised that the passengers spread out and really never crowded. Ended up being one of your favorite ships. Already booked on the Mardi Gras for the Halloween cruise 2020. 74 years old and want that roller coaster ride.