Live From Mardi Gras August 7

[Eli_6]

Mini golf:

[Eli_6]

Waterworks.  There are numerous slides. Looks even bigger and better than the Vista Class water parks.  And unlike Bolt, it is free.  (I don't think the Bolt looks that great.)

[helene109]

Thanks for posting so much! We board Saturday!!

[TNcruising02]

Thank you so much for all of the pictures and updates!  If you go to a comedy show during your cruise, can you let me know if masks are required while watching the show if you don't have a drink?  Thanks.

[Noami]

Is that  little infinity edge pool the Loft 19 pool, Serenity, or free-access?

[d-train]

21 hours ago, Eli_6 said:

Lido 

 

No deck chairs around the pool?!?!

[Eli_6]

1 hour ago, TNcruising02 said:

Thank you so much for all of the pictures and updates!  If you go to a comedy show during your cruise, can you let me know if masks are required while watching the show if you don't have a drink?  Thanks.

I don't know if they were required or not, but once everyone sat down, about a third of the people took them off.  However, I also was at an early show and it was nowhere near full. 

[Eli_6]

19 minutes ago, Noami said:

Is that  little infinity edge pool the Loft 19 pool, Serenity, or free-access?

The little pool overlooking Serenity with the glass is loft 19.  The bigger pool near the outdoor sitting area is Serenity.

 

However, there are 2 pools at the aft and at least one (deck 16) is infinity edge because I can see the water at the glass from my cabin below. Not sure about the pool in the patio area, but it looks like it may be infinity edge. 

[Eli_6]

9 minutes ago, d-train said:

 

No deck chairs around the pool?!?!

There are abundance of chairs everywhere. They may have been cleaning or something.  Not sure. I took that picture early yesterday morning when I first boarded. Have not been back to that area.  But there isn't a shortage of lounge chairs. 

 

[d-train]

4 minutes ago, Eli_6 said:

There are abundance of chairs everywhere. They may have been cleaning or something.  Not sure. I took that picture early yesterday morning when I first boarded. Have not been back to that area.  But there isn't a shortage of lounge chairs. 

 

 

Awesome! Probably not put out yet...

 

Thanks so much for posting all the pics and sharing your experiences!

We are so looking forward to being on Mardi Gras!

[DebO17]

3 hours ago, Eli_6 said:

As for masks, the only place they are strictly enforcing them is at the Lido Buffet...which, imo, where they SHOULD be enforced.  I don't want people breathing on my food.  They weren't even being enforced at dinner as people were walking to and from their seats without them.  There are signs all over the ship, but no one is saying anything to anyone except at the buffet. Some people wear them, some don't. All of this fuss seems to be much ado about nothing.

According to the letter that Carnival sent out, masks are "strongly encouraged", not mandatory. But hopefully common sense will prevail.

 

Loving you review/pictures so far. I still have 433 days away 😞 

[Sagittarius traveler]

22 hours ago, Eli_6 said:

Serenity Deck

 

 

They don't have the other chairs I see it was better to block the sun out.

[Sagittarius traveler]

2 hours ago, Eli_6 said:

Mini golf:

 

 

Thank you for this! I love the update on the mini golf because my little one loves playing I'm sure we'd be playing a lot more with this new setup they did good on this one.

[Sagittarius traveler]

22 hours ago, Eli_6 said:

Serenity Deck: 

 

 

Now I'll be in the section more this look more like for adults now compared to old serenity decks... I'll be dressed fancy in the area with my drink in hand. Thank you I need to book for this ship.

[Sagittarius traveler]

18 hours ago, vintagegarage said:

We just passed the Mardi Gras 20 minutes ago as we left Port Canaveral on the Carnival Magic.. a lot of waving back and forth between the two ships, and a lot of horn blowing...

 

 

 

Hahaha some reason I feel like a kid again with the waving back and forth and horn blowing 🤣😂

[ninjacat123]

Thank you for posting your live review and answering questions, Mardi Gras looks awesome!  Are you checking out the Spa during your cruise?  If so, are they limiting the number of people?  TIA!

[SNJCruisers]

27 minutes ago, DebO17 said:

According to the letter that Carnival sent out, masks are "strongly encouraged", not mandatory. But hopefully common sense will prevail.

 

Loving you review/pictures so far. I still have 433 days away 😞 

The "strongly encouraged" is for all of the indoor locations where it is not mandatory.  The mandatory areas were previously listed as buffet, casino, shops, entertainment venues, elevators, waiting in line at MDR and other areas around the ship where people congregate that will have signs.

 

Seems like the only place that it is being enforced on the MG is the buffet.  Last week there were a handful of positive cases reported on the Vista and mid cruise the mask policy went into effect. It was reported on a different thread that inside the entertainment venues, if you had a drink in your hand, that did not waive the mask rule, it was being enforced in between sips.

[Joe817]

Loving your review Eli_6! Keep up the good work!  👍

[SNJCruisers]

23 minutes ago, Sagittarius traveler said:

Now I'll be in the section more this look more like for adults now compared to old serenity decks... I'll be dressed fancy in the area with my drink in hand. Thank you I need to book for this ship.

You do have 3 options.  Option 1 is the Mardi Gras out of Port Canaveral, option 2 would be the Celebration out of Miami, which debuts at the end of 2022, and option 3 would be Excel 3, which is rumored to begin in late 2023 out of Galveston.

[mjrcruiser]

Thank you so much for your review and pictures!  Not sailing until April 2022, and it can't come fast enough! 

[zencruisers]

Following along. Thanks for taking the time to share.

[mrpayroll]

Enjoying your pictures and comments.  Will be on September  18th.

[Eli_6]

2 hours ago, d-train said:

 

Awesome! Probably not put out yet...

 

Thanks so much for posting all the pics and sharing your experiences!

We are so looking forward to being on Mardi Gras!

We just got back from up there and they have chairs out now. 

[Eli_6]

Also: They have a non smoking section in the casino. 

 

I don't know if they have this on other boats, but I have never noticed it if they do. 

[14nascarfan]

On 8/7/2021 at 1:49 PM, mrpayroll said:

Love that pool on the back of the ship.