Knights on the Beach

This is disappointing to hear. We've been on Mardi Gras 4 times and are booked again for September. Unfortunately, MDR has been the biggest disappointment of the cruise each time. Our first time on MG, we went to the MDR twice (hoping the first time was a fluke). Second MG cruise we went to the MDR once and not at all on the next two cruises. We had the opposite experience on Celebration in December. We ate in the MDR 4 times I believe, and food and service were great each time. I was really hoping MG would get it together by now. If Celebration can make it work, Mardi Gras should be able to as well. Fortunately, there are a lot of other food options on Mardi Gras so I'm sure we won't starve but it's just a shame.

This is a good question and I need to know the answer. We're on a B2B on Vista in April and will have Cheers for both legs. I'm wondering if I can get a mimosa the morning of the in between day on my old Cheers before my new Cheers kicks in. 🥂 I enjoyed following along on your cruise Greg, can't wait for your next one! 🙂

Yes but it's always nice to hear from recent cruisers for confirmation. That's why this forum exists, yes?

I've actually noticed a lot of women with small crossbody purses on cruises lately.

I carry my phone in a small crossbody purse. It has card slots so I could put my S&S card in there too but I've started using a lanyard with detachable clip again. It's just more convenient for me.

Great review, thank you for posting! So nice to see such an objective yet positive review from an experienced cruiser. We live 2 miles from terminal 3 at Port Canaveral and mainly cruise with Carnival, but are planning to branch out soon and try Celebrity, NCL and Princess.

Thank you!

We did a spring break cruise on Mardi Gras in 2022. We heard some wild stories but fortunately we didn't see most of the antics. We stayed away from pools and hot tubs that week (except the hot tubs by Serenity a couple times). 🙂

We're in concierge next January. It will be our first Celebrity cruise so I'm not even sure we'll be able to get an early enough arrival time to make it to the lunch. Would anyone happen to have a copy of the menu?

The real benefit is having someone to reach out to when something goes wrong or you need to make changes to a booking. We used to use a big online TA for all our cruises (1997 - 2010) - same guy for most of those cruises until he retired. Then when we started cruising again in 2021, I booked the first couple myself then found a great PVP. When Freedom caught on fire a couple days prior to our cruise in 2022, she was able to quickly get us on Mardi Gras for the same cruise date before it sold out.

Very late to the party but I'm here now! We had the grandbabies over for the weekend so I'm ready to cruise!

Yikes

Looking forward to more pictures. 🙂

Vista left a little early Friday and we almost missed seeing her. She looks so shiny! 😍

Yes, my friend at the port told me Freedom had a little issue but everything seems to be OK now. He's not sure why Mardi did a little jig out there. Anyway, I'm glad all is well! 🙂

I watched Mardi Gras turn north then back east and looks like it may be back on course now. Freedom has also moved since then.

What is happening? Is Mardi Gras coming back?

If it's the one we saw in port yesterday, it looks like a supply vessel. Past Grills but before the casino boat terminal?

Not sure what's going on with Freedom - it appears to be just sitting out there.

And there you go! Bon Voyage!

Pretty sure we saw Carnival Freedom go out first, then Mariner. Liberty went out yesterday.

Yay, love Mardi Gras! We just booked another cruise on her for September. Looking forward to following along this week. No rain here just yet today.

We're going to take a ride over shortly to take a peek at her. I'd rather be sitting at the atrium bar though. 🙂

That was our experience as well (minus the plane).

Freeport is on Grand Bahama Island, ships have been going there for many years - though it's probably been 15+ years since we've been there on a cruise.