Mardi Gras Inaugural Sail Away Pictures from Jetty Park - July 31, 2021

[twangster]

I joined the crowds at Jetty Park to take in Mardi Gras's inaugural sail away finally with paying guests on board.

 

I know cruisers like to find their cabin so I'm including a bunch of random pics to help in this effort, this time for the starboard side of the ship.

 

For some pictures of the port side of the ship see this thread: https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2793383-mardi-gras-sail-past-at-dawn-july-29-2021/

 

Port Canaveral lines up pretty much due East/West and with a 6pm sail away the sun was not working in my favor as a photographer.  So I'm apologizing in advance for some pics not having ideal lighting.

 

 

Someone hired a banner plane.  Carolina is, apparently, the best. 

 

 

Finally the time arrived and she left the pier!

 

 

 

You can see what I mean about the position of the sun in this next photo.  You also get to see a pretty impressive local turn out to Jetty Park to see her off.

 

 

 

 

 

It's so good to see her with guests on board!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally into the Atlantic for her first cruise with guests on board!  Bon Voyage!

 

 

But wait... there's more!  Video coming in next post.

[twangster]

Listen for that ship's whistle... she's loud!

 

 

[Frank12]

Very nice!

[sid_9169]

Awesome... I could see my balcony in many of the pictures... Only 118 days to go!!!...

[crewsweeper]

18 minutes ago, sid_9169 said:

Awesome... I could see my balcony in many of the pictures... Only 118 days to go!!!...

Yes!! picked out both our balcony for November and then our cove for Jan 23.

[BSR]

Nice pictures. 

[RoperDK]

Thanks for the pictures.  I saw both of my cabins in upcoming bookings!

[Joe817]

Awesome pics & video twangster! Thanks for posting! 👍

[WhaleTailFlCruiser]

5 hours ago, twangster said:

Listen for that ship's whistle... she's loud!

 

 

That horn though lol

 

 20 more days for me

[twangster]

28 minutes ago, WhaleTailFlCruiser said:

That horn though lol

 

 20 more days for me

 

19 days, 18 hours and 59 minutes for me... but who's counting? 🙂 

[U4icmusic]

This ship looks nice. It is very different from all Carnival's other ships. The $15 charge for the Bolt roller coaster is excessive for a 15-20 second ride.

[twangster]

Did everyone see it?

 

The smoke that is. 

 

Or lack of smoke.  

[Jasonsterling]

Wow great pictures! Glad to see her finally coming to life- it's been too long of a delay.