Who sailed the Carnival Mardi Gras?

[mek]

My husband and I took our first cruise together on the Mardi Gras in 1981. We had an inside cabin with bunks and the sink was next to our bed with the toilet and shower in a separate cubby hole. There weren't any outlets in the room and I had to go to a common room to blow dry my hair. The pursers desk was only open during "business hours." A slip of paper was all that was needed to get on and off the ship. I don't recall a buffet, but there was breakfast, lunch, dinner, midnight buffet and then smaller version buffet offered at 1:30 am. We're not big people, but back then we didn't miss a meal - not sure how we did it. Of course, we were much younger then and very active, so we worked a lot of it off.

[IFlyHarder]

No....but I do remember the Baked Alaska parade in the main dining room with the waiters carrying the cakes with sparklers ablazing........I still have photos of that. Please tell us about the tomatoes....it might jog a memory.

 

They were stuffed with nutmeg and blueberries. You could order them to your room as a special treat.

[Docandpirk]

I am not sure id these will show up but here is my first installment of pictures. They are of Skeet Shooting off the stern and the Ice Carving.

[Docandpirk]

These are all of a MUCH younger me. I include them only because they show different parts of the ship.

[Docandpirk]

The Dining Room and the festivities!

[Docandpirk]

 

Such memories....makes me laugh to see the photos again.

 

Hi,

 

How do put the pictures in the body of the text?

[momperson2]

We went on the MG April 17, 1983---honeymoon. First we were worried that we weren't going to make the cruise. The night of our wedding a huge snowstorm hit Michigan (no snow all season). But, because the storm hit all east coast, and our flight was all cruisers, the ship was held up. Yes I remember the "pee and shower" at same time. The great waiters, flaming bake Alaska. I also remember the lectures you got before getting off cruise ship in Jamica about boy buying any "ganja" (pot). Also, a funny story of a young lady who fell asleep on a deck chair, ended up with a stripe sunburn. The sun hit the teak and like a mirror reflected up. You could see her a long ways away. We went to Jamica, Cozumel and Grand Cayman. Had a great time

[ljinnc]

I was on MG in January 1991, my first cruise and I hated it. Sea was very rough, it was a 3 night Port Canaveral to Nassau and back. Tiny cabins, good food. I didn't sail again for 20 years, then went on a 5 night Glory and been sailing every October since, including this October.

[crusinpsychRN]

Mardi Gras was my 2nd and DH's 1st cruise in 1977. He had long hair with curls so had to join all the ladies in that little room down the hall to dry his hair. LOL. That is his greatest memory of his 1st cruise.

 

We loved that cruise. My only regret is that we did not get credit for that cruise and it's not part of our Carnival profile.

 

If you have a picture or something you could send it in for credit.

[arpie05]

Mardi Gras was my first cruise in 1986. I got credit for it by sending in a picture of me and my family at dinner and it had Mardi Grad stamped on it. You also have to come up with an approximate date you sailed.

[miataman19]

August 1989..:) Sailed the Carnivale also in 1989. Wanted to sail all 3 of the original ships that year but never could get on the Festivale.

Edited July 8, 2016 by miataman19

[NOLALADY]

Mardi Gras was my first cruise in 1986. I got credit for it by sending in a picture of me and my family at dinner and it had Mardi Grad stamped on it. You also have to come up with an approximate date you sailed.

 

Where did you send it? Did you do it under your VIFP and report it as a missing credit or do you have an email? I emailed them a while back and they told me I could get credit with a photo. Finally found the 36 year old photo and don't know where to send it.

 

Thank you

[ksromack]

Where did you send it? Did you do it under your VIFP and report it as a missing credit or do you have an email? I emailed them a while back and they told me I could get credit with a photo. Finally found the 36 year old photo and don't know where to send it.

 

Thank you

 

I would be interested in this info too! This was fun reading through this thread. My first cruise was on the Mardi Gras (or gosh, it could have been the Carnivale). End of May, 1986....it was a three or four night cruise and I'm pretty sure it wasn't sailing out of Port Everglades......it was either Ft Lauderdale or Miami and it was definitely to Freeport and Nassau. I just messaged my old college roommate, whom I'm sure has photos!

[CharlesKru]

I would be interested in this info too! This was fun reading through this thread. My first cruise was on the Mardi Gras (or gosh, it could have been the Carnivale). End of May, 1986....it was a three or four night cruise and I'm pretty sure it wasn't sailing out of Port Everglades......it was either Ft Lauderdale or Miami and it was definitely to Freeport and Nassau. I just messaged my old college roommate, whom I'm sure has photos!

 

You need a digital copy of the photo, that shows the date and ship, embarkation was what I was told is the best.

 

Any how, go to Carnival Website, log in. then click on manage, then VIFP.

 

From there on the left hand side look for Claim Past Cruises. click on that.

 

Scroll down in the list if you dont see it, and pick Request past cruise.

 

fill in the info then hit submit. From there I send an email to customer care with the photo, pretty sure they sent me an email first requesting it.. been a few years since I added one though.

[frednsb]

1978 from Miami to San Juan, St. Thomas, Haiti.

[ksromack]

You need a digital copy of the photo, that shows the date and ship, embarkation was what I was told is the best.

 

Any how, go to Carnival Website, log in. then click on manage, then VIFP.

 

From there on the left hand side look for Claim Past Cruises. click on that.

 

Scroll down in the list if you dont see it, and pick Request past cruise.

 

fill in the info then hit submit. From there I send an email to customer care with the photo, pretty sure they sent me an email first requesting it.. been a few years since I added one though.

 

Thank you! I'm working on getting a few of my old pictures now!

[Cruisinfromvegas]

I was a crew member in the early to mid eighties, casino dealer 22 years old, mostly on the Tropicale when she was brand new. But also worked on the Festivale for a bit....what a differance. Best time of my life. I loved those ships. Will be boarding the Splendor in Sunday, as a passenger of course. Back then the other lines thought of us as the "Kmart of cruise lines" would never last....ha ha ha

[Eliot Ness]

We sailed on her back in 1991 on a 3 or 4 day cruise to Freeport and Nassau. The ship was actually in fairly poor condition with the exposed wood looking worn and dried out. We had a port hole cabin and after one day the only lights we had that worked were in the bathroom......put in more than one request to have them fixed but it never happened.

 

The only cruise we had been on before this was on the Premier Majestic (Big Red Boat) and while we loved that ship our experience on the Mardi Gras was not very pleasant. After Premier went out of business we came back to Carnival for a 7 day on the Sensation and loved that cruise and every CCL cruise since then. While I look back on the Mardi Gras as a neat bit of history, I think she was just getting a bit long in the tooth by the time we sailed on her.

[PlanoDebbie]

The first cruise my Mom and Step-Dad went on was the Carnival Mardi Gras.

[Eliot Ness]

Here is a pretty interesting thread about the Mardi Gras in the "What Ever Happened To........???" forum:

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=89318

[jkneern]

MG was my first cruise too!! Your first is usually your best. Now 40+ cruises later I can say she got me hooked. What a difference then and now. I remember thinking MG was so big, now I'm not sure I'd want to sail on something so small. Really did love her. A few years later we went on Fantasy. Walking into that atrium was a wow factor.

[h_blond2]

I never sailed on the Mardi Gras, but I'm loving the pictures! Cruise ships definitely have changed.

[pratzert]

We sailed on the Mardi Gras in 1978, 7 days out of Baltimore to Bermuda.

 

Someone else recalled the Captain was Vittorio Fabietti, and the Cruise Director was Greg Fucci (who was also the star singer/entertainer).

 

Mr. Fucci, sadly, passed away last July.

 

Captain Fabietti passed away in 2005.

 

Both were super nice men.

[MSseawind]

I loved the Mardi Gras! My first cruise in 1992!

[almitra]

TSS Mardi Gras was my 1st cruise...1979. I got credit for it with CCL by providing tons of info about the captain, crew, entertainment, and precise sail dates ( I did a back to back cruise in June 1979).