Carnival Adjusts Arrival Times for Mardi Gras Cruises

Carnival Mardi Gras

Carnival Cruise Line announced adjustments to the arrival times for the 2025 and 2026 departures onboard the Mardi Gras.

According to a statement sent to booked guests, the 2020-built ship will now return to its homeport in Port Canaveral later than initially scheduled.

“We have slightly revised the itinerary for your cruise and now plan to conclude the voyage at 8:00 AM instead of 7:00 AM,” the company said.

Affected sailings include all cruises set to depart in 2026, as well as most of the departures in 2025, including the voyages scheduled to depart between January 1 and September 7, 2025.

The cruises set to take place between October 16 and December 27, 2025 will also arrive in Port Canaveral one hour later.

Sailing from Central Florida on a year-round basis, the Mardi Gras offers a series of six- to eight-night cruises to the Caribbean and the Bahamas.

Itineraries feature visits to Grand Turk, Curaçao, Aruba, Amber Cove, Nassau, Cozumel, Mahogany Bay, St. Thomas, Celebration Key and more.

In 2025, the LNG-powered ship is also scheduled to offer two trans-Atlantic crossings that sail between Port Canaveral and Barcelona.

During a month-long gap between the sailings, the Mardi Gras is expected to visit a European shipyard for its first major dry dock.

Carnival Cruise Line has been adjusting several of its upcoming itineraries for 2025 and 2026 over the past few weeks.

Earlier this month, the company revealed changes to the itineraries of the Carnival Vista and the Carnival Sunrise.

As part of the adjustments, several itineraries saw ports of call replaced, in addition to changed port times and days.

The company had previously announced changes to 2025 and 2026 sailings onboard the Carnival Freedom and the Carnival Spirit, as well as the Mardi Gras.

At the time, Carnival changed days and port times for ports of call for selected departures while also replacing destinations for some itineraries.

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