Mardi Gras to Depart for Florida on May 21 to Prepare for Return
Photo Courtesy: Carnival Cruise Line
The new Mardi Gras cruise ship will finally depart for Florida on Friday and sail to her new homeport of Port Canaveral to prepare for resuming operations later in the year.
Carnival Cruise Line has also decided to reflag the vessel. She will now be registered in the Bahamas and no longer flagged with the registry in Panama.
Mardi Gras Departing This Friday
The first Excel-class cruise ship in the fleet has been on hold in Europe since being delivered at the end of 2020. Most of that time, she has been based out of Barcelona, Spain, and now finally, the new ship will depart for Florida.
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Santa Takes Carnival Cruise Line’s Roller Coaster For a Ride
Published 4 months ago
Santa was zipping through the sky yesterday not on his sled, but on the roller coaster that tops Carnival Cruise Line’s new ship,
Mardi Gras.
Workers at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland were putting the finishing touches on
Mardi Gras when they heard a particularly distinct laugh coming from somewhere above their heads. This wasn’t your typical guffaw or titter, but rather the kind of hearty “Ho, ho, ho” which is pretty much associated with only one person on the planet.
Looking up, they were taken aback to find that Santa had snuck on board in order to take BOLT, the roller coaster which soars above