The Mardi Gras will set sail on April 24, 2021, the cruise line announced Thursday. It had previously been scheduled to debut in February 2021.
With three-deck-high windows, this ship will feature six distinct “zones,” or themed areas, centered around a grand atrium. Each zone will offer different dining, entertainment, and shopping options, including restaurants from Emeril Lagasse, Guy Fieri, and Shaquille O’Neal. There are three large waterslides, multiple pools, and a waterpark
There’s even a Family Feud live show hosting four games on an authentic set. Teams of five will be able to sign up to audition or join the audience.
From the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland, the Carnival take its delivery later this month, then sail to the U.S. to meet the CDC’s new health safety requirements set in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Port Canaveral, Florida will be the Mardi Gras’ home port
Carnival’s announcement of the cruising date got here the identical day it additionally introduced that it was canceling journeys scheduled to depart from Miami, Port Canaveral, and Galveston by means of the top of February.
“We apologize to our guests however we should proceed to take a considerate, deliberate, and measured method as we map out our return to operations in 2021, Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line, mentioned in a press launch. “Our dedication to the well-being and security of our company, crew, and the communities we go to is at the forefront of our selections and operations.
Royal Caribbean and Norwegian additionally prolonged their suspensions by means of the top of February this week,
Cruise strains are working to fulfill the CDC’s necessities, which embody holding trial voyages with volunteer passengers as a way to show their COVID-19 security protocols are ample.
