Carnival Mardi Gras - 1/22 Sailing live

[BennyBrun]

4 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

Dolphin experience,  swim-up bar

It looks a little busier than when we were there two weeks ago.  It was like a ghost town.

[SNJCruisers]

17 minutes ago, BennyBrun said:

It looks a little busier than when we were there two weeks ago.  It was like a ghost town.

Getting ready for the Oasis?

[BennyBrun]

6 minutes ago, SNJCruisers said:

Getting ready for the Oasis?

Yeap!  My first B2B I freed ( Mardi Gras memories are now locked safely in the cloud) up some space in my iPhone for the massive amount of candid pictures I plan to take 😝 so grab a drink and get ready for the virtual cruise!  It’s going to be a long one!   Also it will be the first time that Cruise Critic Meet & Greet will return on the Oasis with Royal involvement.  Unfortunately I can’t seem to register through the US or the UK link so I will be crashing the M&G.

[JaniceB]

Enjoying your review and pictures of food.  I am getting very hungry!

[Saint Greg]

5 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

We got cookies delivered, I'm guessing cuz of Premier,  not Platinum.  I tried a chocolate chip. Pretty good,  not great.

Looks like someone took a bite out of one of your cookies.

[Roscoe13]

6 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

We got cookies delivered, I'm guessing cuz of Premier,  not Platinum.  I tried a chocolate chip. Pretty good,  not great.

Is it me or did the big cookie in the foreground toss his cookies?  Cookie on cookie crime!

[SNJCruisers]

1 hour ago, Saint Greg said:

Looks like someone took a bite out of one of your cookies.

It was burnt off from the hair dryer trick.

[IntrepidFromDC]

Rudis Sea Grill didn't disappoint! 

[IntrepidFromDC]

[SNJCruisers]

10 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

Rudis Sea Grill didn't disappoint! 

Crab stuffed lobster with whole carrots side and key lime pie.  Your daughter had calamari appetizer. You had the lobster bisque in the video. Any disappointing courses?

Edited January 26, 2022 by SNJCruisers

[IntrepidFromDC]

We both thought everything was delicious. My sea scallops appetizer was my favorite thing, lobster a close second. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

Balmy 84 in Roatan today. Does anyone know the name of the unique palm tree in one photo below?  It was impressive.  The walk back from the beach is nice because you pass through a small forest with animal sounds and it's about 10 degrees cooler and shady. The beach itself is deceptively welcoming- lots of small sharp shells and rocks mixed with the sand and water shoes don't help because the water churns them right into your water shoe. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

I finally realized what was bugging me about Big Chicken... the sauces are crap!  Today I grabbed a big chicken breast sandwich with nothing on it and headed to Blue Iguana for that yummy orange habanero salsa and it's a match made in heaven!  Although it was hard to pass up the leg of lamb on the buffet...

[IntrepidFromDC]

A little is all you want for plenty of heat and great flavor. I also tried a little A1 just cuz it was already on the table and it was also a better flavor combination than any of the sauces at Big Chicken,  to my tastebuds 

[IntrepidFromDC]

A few more food choices we haven't tried yet pictured below, but having heard a couple rave reviews on the  shawarma we will not miss it. I've passed Emeril's about 10 times and the most people I've ever seen eating is 4.  Last pic is actually the beach bar.

[IntrepidFromDC]

Brass Magnolia and Fortune Teller are beautiful bars.

[Knights on the Beach]

4 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

I finally realized what was bugging me about Big Chicken... the sauces are crap!  Today I grabbed a big chicken breast sandwich with nothing on it and headed to Blue Iguana for that yummy orange habanero salsa and it's a match made in heaven!  Although it was hard to pass up the leg of lamb on the buffet...

 

 

That's funny, our friend was whining because they didn't have any sauces out at breakfast time.  Meanwhile, I'd already discovered the chicken tenders were so good I didn't need to mess them up with any sauce at all.  🤣

[rolloman]

The "Palm Tree" you are asking about : 

RAVENALA MADAGASCARIENSIS

This famous Banana relative is not a palm at all, despite its common name, and is a popular ornamental in tropical regions. The leaf arrangement gives the entire plant the appearance of a huge fan. The Madagascan Travelers Palm derives its name from its capacity to hold water in the leaf bases for long periods of time after a rainfall, allegedly providing water for weary travelers, even during a drought.

[SNJCruisers]

6 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

 Today I grabbed a big chicken breast sandwich with nothing on it and headed to Blue Iguana for that yummy orange habanero salsa and it's a match made in heaven!  

I made that suggestion to someone on a previous MG thread.  On February 5 that is my game plan for lunch, one breaded and one naked, both with the habanero.  If two of the ramekins filled with that orange goodness is applicable for a Blue Iguana 🌯, then they will surely bring the heat to Shaq's chicken.

[SNJCruisers]

6 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

A few more food choices we haven't tried yet pictured below,

 

Looking forward to a chorizo on a pretzel roll whichever day they're available.

[Roscoe13]

6 hours ago, IntrepidFromDC said:

I finally realized what was bugging me about Big Chicken... the sauces are crap!  Today I grabbed a big chicken breast sandwich with nothing on it and headed to Blue Iguana for that yummy orange habanero salsa and it's a match made in heaven!  Although it was hard to pass up the leg of lamb on the buffet...

At the Alchemy, at 2 weeks ago on the Liberty 🗽, they had haberno vodka 😳 

I actually had a fireball shot that included "essence" of haberno vodka in it. Any more than that and you are required to sign a waiver...

 

[SNJCruisers]

4 minutes ago, Roscoe13 said:

At the Alchemy, at 2 weeks ago on the Liberty 🗽, they had haberno vodka 😳 

I actually had a fireball shot that included "essence" of haberno vodka in it. Any more than that and you are required to sign a waiver...

 

They make it themselves.  On a Horizon cruise back in 2018, they put a few chopped up habaneros in a bottle of Silver Patron that I requested on day one.  Starting on day three, I had many spicy margaritas.

[Pellaz]

On 1/24/2022 at 2:06 AM, mondello said:

I remember posts about brief power outages on Mardi Gras last summer. Has that ever happened anymore since then?

 

Late reply on this, but we had a brief outage -- maybe 5 minutes? -- on Mardi Gras back in mid-October.  

We had an aft balcony and I got quick photos of the ship's wake under just momentum with no propulsion running, and then another just after the motors restarted.  I don't expect to see THAT again anytime soon!  

[IntrepidFromDC]

9 hours ago, Pellaz said:

 

Late reply on this, but we had a brief outage -- maybe 5 minutes? -- on Mardi Gras back in mid-October.  

We had an aft balcony and I got quick photos of the ship's wake under just momentum with no propulsion running, and then another just after the motors restarted.  I don't expect to see THAT again anytime soon!  

No power outages on this cruise. 

[IntrepidFromDC]

We tried Emeril's.  Fried oysters were yummy but the meat pies tasted like something out of the freezer.  Meat had little flavor,  pie crust was nothing special  and spice was lacking,  I think I tasted white pepper and not much else.  I would return for the oysters.