Knights on the Beach

Celebration 1997 was our first Carnival cruise and I loved that ship. I had a hard time finding pictures that we weren't in but I did find a few - and they're not very good. LOL

It's been a long time since we've had a Funship. We might have to fix that next month. 🙂

Morning - Bloody Mary and/or mimosas Afternoon - something fruity (Kiss on the Lips, Pina Colada, Caribbean Colada, etc) Evening - Champagne, Bellinis (with Peach Schnapps not puree) and/or Christine's Fav (on Celebration but I'm going to see if they can make it for us at Alchemy on other ships)

I'm allergic to shellfish and don't eat any seafood at all. I had the steak at Rudi's in December 2022 and it was definitely better than the steakhouse on Mardi Gras 9 months earlier.

We've been on Mardi Gras (x4) and Celebration at full capacity and they never felt crowded to us except Lido deck during sail away. I loved Freedom but we're going on Vista in April for a B2B and we're looking forward to it!

This will be our first and we're counting the days! 🙂

This is disappointing to hear. We've been on Mardi Gras 4 times and are booked again for September. Unfortunately, MDR has been the biggest disappointment of the cruise each time. Our first time on MG, we went to the MDR twice (hoping the first time was a fluke). Second MG cruise we went to the MDR once and not at all on the next two cruises. We had the opposite experience on Celebration in December. We ate in the MDR 4 times I believe, and food and service were great each time. I was really hoping MG would get it together by now. If Celebration can make it work, Mardi Gras should be able to as well. Fortunately, there are a lot of other food options on Mardi Gras so I'm sure we won't starve but it's just a shame.

This is a good question and I need to know the answer. We're on a B2B on Vista in April and will have Cheers for both legs. I'm wondering if I can get a mimosa the morning of the in between day on my old Cheers before my new Cheers kicks in. 🥂 I enjoyed following along on your cruise Greg, can't wait for your next one! 🙂

Yes but it's always nice to hear from recent cruisers for confirmation. That's why this forum exists, yes?

I've actually noticed a lot of women with small crossbody purses on cruises lately.

I carry my phone in a small crossbody purse. It has card slots so I could put my S&S card in there too but I've started using a lanyard with detachable clip again. It's just more convenient for me.

Great review, thank you for posting! So nice to see such an objective yet positive review from an experienced cruiser. We live 2 miles from terminal 3 at Port Canaveral and mainly cruise with Carnival, but are planning to branch out soon and try Celebrity, NCL and Princess.

Thank you!

We did a spring break cruise on Mardi Gras in 2022. We heard some wild stories but fortunately we didn't see most of the antics. We stayed away from pools and hot tubs that week (except the hot tubs by Serenity a couple times). 🙂

We're in concierge next January. It will be our first Celebrity cruise so I'm not even sure we'll be able to get an early enough arrival time to make it to the lunch. Would anyone happen to have a copy of the menu?

The real benefit is having someone to reach out to when something goes wrong or you need to make changes to a booking. We used to use a big online TA for all our cruises (1997 - 2010) - same guy for most of those cruises until he retired. Then when we started cruising again in 2021, I booked the first couple myself then found a great PVP. When Freedom caught on fire a couple days prior to our cruise in 2022, she was able to quickly get us on Mardi Gras for the same cruise date before it sold out.

Very late to the party but I'm here now! We had the grandbabies over for the weekend so I'm ready to cruise!

Yikes

Looking forward to more pictures. 🙂

Vista left a little early Friday and we almost missed seeing her. She looks so shiny! 😍

Yes, my friend at the port told me Freedom had a little issue but everything seems to be OK now. He's not sure why Mardi did a little jig out there. Anyway, I'm glad all is well! 🙂

I watched Mardi Gras turn north then back east and looks like it may be back on course now. Freedom has also moved since then.

What is happening? Is Mardi Gras coming back?

If it's the one we saw in port yesterday, it looks like a supply vessel. Past Grills but before the casino boat terminal?

Not sure what's going on with Freedom - it appears to be just sitting out there.