Carnival's new MARDI GRAS!

Aida Nova in a somewhat Carnival suit.

6600 passengers? No thanks.. maybe when it’s doing a TA or a repositioning but Caribbean, Bahamas and Mexico out of Port Canaveral? 3000 passengers max for me..

For its schedule of  basic Carnival Itinerary this sounds far to big.. The first TA looks interesting but after that I think its one to avoid unless they relocate it to somewhere that can actually cope with those numbers.

Did Royals Harmony before the cruise thinking what are we doing on this ship with over 6000 passengers. Completely surprised that the passengers spread out and really never crowded. Ended up being one of your favorite ships. Already booked on the Mardi Gras for the Halloween cruise 2020. 74 years old and want that roller coaster ride. 

Any one remember how Carnival

got their "Fun Ships" moniker?

Every time the rust bucket

Mardi Gra got stuck for mechanical

issues they gave away free

Liquor til they ran out...

We are the Moore's

Tampa Bay

Mardi GRA

12/20/2020

Hi...we are also booked on the 2020 Inaugural  Mardi Gras out of Copenhagen...Patty and John.

Nearby Safety Harbor, Florida. 

Another disaster..

On 4/17/2019 at 8:33 AM, DD474 said:

Mardi Gras will be the biggest Carnival ship ever built. Other than RCL Oasis Class ships (all 4 are tied for 1st). Mardi Gras will be the 5th biggest ship in the world as of 2020.   She'll have both Emeril Lagasse and Guy Fieri Restaurants. 1st roller coaster at sea.   Gross Tonnage  180,800     Guest Capacity  5,282     Length In Feet  1,130     Onboard Crew  1,745

Also Shaq's Chicken

4 hours ago, twodaywonder said:

Also Shaq's Chicken

You are correct..it just keeps getting better. 😁

Our first ever cruise was on the Mardi Gras in September of 1979 out of Miami.  Seeing the old ship pictured next to the new one is amazing regarding size.  Also, in 1979 the ships did not have the stabilizers like they do these days.  My husband was so sea sick that it took me 11 years to get him to cruise again.  I guess we'll try the new one.

My parents were on the original Mardi Gras in February 1978 during the blazered of "78" After seeing the original Mardi Gras in a picture next to the new Mardi Gras I new I had do book it. My husband and I have been on over 14 cruises most being on Carnival we will be on the Freedom in October going to the Panama Canal. In September 2020 we will be on the Mardi Gras going out of NY very excited not sure how I feel about such a big ship I'll keep you all posted 

Is this going to be ready to sail by August of next year? 🤔 Seems like they have a long way to go.

I am booked on it for 9/9/20-9/23/20.  I already had my Vista cruise cancelled because it had to go into dry dock.  I hope I don't have a cruise curse... (With that said, Carnival gave us a free cruise AND our $ back for canceling us at the last minute so it was not a bad deal.)

We are booked on this for their TA from London to NY!  We love Royals Oasis class ships & we are looking forward to this. We will probably take it all the way to Florida! 

The original Mardi Gras was my very first cruise as a kid out of Boston to Halifax in 1982 so like someone before me posted, I just need to sail on her.