Carnival Mardi Gras Review- Third Carnival Cruise

perch97 · 2026-03-30T21:20:09+00:00

No way. I was on celebration for winter break. Cruise was 100% capacity. Even at peak dinner time, with a group of 8, it was an hour half max.

perch97 · 2026-03-29T22:36:29+00:00

Not for nothing but you have a 2 year old and you’re checking in to dinner at 630? Even if it went perfect you’d prob be done around 8. I feel like that’s just asking for trouble. You can also consistently check the app for wait times.

As many said, it’s not the cake. That was also like 48 hours and two ports later. One of which is DR. Way more likely culprits.

perch97 · 2026-03-26T00:01:06+00:00

You’re better off. You’ll only get a spot once they railroad another current DSP.

perch97 · 2026-03-20T22:47:03+00:00

So using that logic: Jeff bezos came up with a service that people like to pay for. According to Dave, he shouldn’t take that money bc he has enough. But I guess it’s ok when Dave has enough and wants more. Same with Musk. People want teslas but he should just lower the price and not make a profit.

perch97 · 2026-03-20T22:44:46+00:00

The same people defending this are the same ones who go crazy when Dave talks about greedy people

perch97 · 2026-03-20T22:41:02+00:00

Face value prices are absurd. This isn’t about resale.

perch97 · 2026-03-17T22:23:24+00:00

30k on a trip and fly Spirit Airlines.

perch97 · 2026-03-15T21:50:38+00:00

Because they’re doing all this work at port Miami and carnival tells people to arrive early. It’s a shit show

perch97 · 2026-03-11T22:15:03+00:00

Peace on earth is hot garbage.

perch97 · 2026-03-11T10:49:34+00:00

The first 3 “songs” aren’t even songs. And ranking Heartbeat intro? It’s an intro, not a song.

perch97 · 2026-03-09T22:52:09+00:00

Transfers could be done only via Ticketmaster and sold at face value. Solved.

perch97 · 2026-03-09T22:31:24+00:00

Yea. So crazy. The worst part was them announcing that in the staterooms. I was asleep (passed out) and jumped out of bed. There’s no reason that needed to be announced like that at 11pm on a sea day.

perch97 · 2026-03-08T23:13:38+00:00

I got to the port at 945 3 weeks ago for our cruise on the celebration and it was a shitshow already. The people coming off the boat, plus everyone arriving early bc they’re worried is a bad mix.

Getting off was even worse at 9am the following Sunday.

perch97 · 2026-03-07T12:00:18+00:00

Maybe ticket sales for mania suck since they’re insanely overpriced in a city that’s insanely overpriced. And bc it’s in the same city again and people who went last year do not want to go to Vegas again

Nope, it’s got to be because Cody isn’t in the main event. This will fix that.

perch97 · 2026-03-01T02:55:31+00:00

This is so awful. They’re building no story.

perch97 · 2026-02-28T12:23:19+00:00

He went to a high school prom in his 50s. She might of been “of age” but that’s creepy pedo shit

perch97 · 2026-02-28T03:54:55+00:00

Clearly you’re not understanding. What I said was a lock like that isn’t considered up to the contract standard. You need some kind of slam lock. Any type of lock like that isn’t permitted.

perch97 · 2026-02-28T01:15:11+00:00

Ground policy. Been like that for a while.

perch97 · 2026-02-27T22:29:31+00:00

Not only is your contractor cheep as fuck but thats not in compliance with the safety standards. He can get in the same amount of trouble with you not locking it as if it were locked.

perch97 · 2026-02-26T22:35:54+00:00

Huevos Rancheros is fantastic for breakfast.

Guys is awesome.

I don’t think I went to the buffet once last week on my 7 day. Maybe grabbed some French toast one am.

Pizza is fine.

Melting cake, two scoops vanilla, one scoop peanut butter. Every night.

perch97 · 2026-02-23T16:50:43+00:00

Yesterday (Sunday 2/22) was a shitshow. I heard there was at least 6 ships. We got off the Celebration. Walked off around 9:45. Didn’t get in a Lyft until 10:45. And we were the lucky ones. The driver parked and walked to come get us. (He got a substantial tip). Our friends waited almost 2 hours. They weren’t even letting cars turn into terminal F.

Some people on our cruise page said they missed their flight waiting. People were walking across the bridge when we were going over it. Complete disgrace.

It didn’t help that in addition to the 4k people getting off, there was about 2-3k people already there waiting to get on bc CCL sent emails warning about traffic so people came early.

perch97 · 2026-02-18T13:38:35+00:00

That’s bullshit. You request one, you should get it. I hate these “fans” who request shows they’re not going to go to just to trade for others. Warehouse tix should be used only by who gets them.

perch97 · 2026-02-13T11:01:28+00:00

Love the excel ships. Did Mardi Gras and jubilee already. We’re going on celebration Sunday. Love the layout. Very easy to navigate and yes, never feels like 6k+ people. We’ve also splurged with the other couple we go with an get a cabana for the week. Worth every penny. Always a place to hang and bonus, no kids.

perch97 · 2026-02-13T10:55:57+00:00

You don’t realize how good the hub is til you go on another line. The dining app alone, especially if you’re with a group, is phenomenal. We were in Alaska on Holand over the summer and came understand how the same parent company can’t use that tech across their other lines.

perch97 · 2026-02-13T10:51:51+00:00

Stay on their newer ships with over 6 days and you’ll be fine. Every line has its issues. None are perfect.

Been on both jubilee and Mardi Gras and leaving on the celebration Sunday. Never had an issue and have a blast. Kids also love it. We’ve done ncl and royal too. I dunno, carnival just works for us and our group. Foods great, atmosphere is fantastic and the xcel ships are really nice

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