A new player enters the Caribbean cruise market plus controversial changes made on the Mardi Gras

Name: A new player enters the Caribbean cruise market plus controversial changes made on the Mardi Gras
Uploaded: 2025-10-18T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 8 min 19 s
Channel: Whent There Cruising

Whent There Cruising

🥈Expert

👁️ 48 views📅 8 months ago⏱️ 8:19

Princess Cruises

Disney Cruise Line

Royal Caribbean Group

Carnival Cruise Line

Mardi Gras

Disney Destiny

What This Creator Said

1 Happy Bacon

Creator Had Mixed FeelingsTips & Advice🥈Expert Creator

Source: Our analysis of the creator's lived experience, based on what they said in this video.

Creator's Key Takeaways

Princess Cruises makes some changes to how they do deposits, some controversial changes on the upgrade of the Carnival Mardigra, and there's a new player in the Caribbean cruising scene.

So, apparently about 100 cruise cabins were made into adjoining cabins.

I personally would prefer not to have an adjoining cabin.

Kunard a long history cruise line but has not ever sailed out of the Caribbean before.

Creator's Tips & Advice

✓If you want a refundable deposit on Princess Cruises, be prepared to pay a higher initial down payment.

✓Check with Carnival to see if your booked cabin is now an adjoining cabin, as deck plans may not be updated.

Questions This Creator Answers

QWhat changes has Princess Cruises made to deposits and final payments?

QWhat controversial changes were made to cabins on the Carnival Mardi Gras?

QIs Kunard's entry into the Caribbean cruise market a positive development?

Topics Covered

Booking Process1 Happy BaconCabin Interior2 Sad BaconCruise News1 Happy BaconItinerary Route1 Happy Bacon

Port Highlights

Fort Lauderdale3 Happy Bacon

Miami1 Happy Bacon

Nassau2 Happy Bacon

How to read the Trip Bacon Score

Happy Bacon — creators loved this aspect

Sad Bacon — creators took issue with this

Meh — no strong opinion either way

Scale: 0–5 strips in half-step increments. 0 = “meh”, 5 = “bacon bliss”. Aggregated from creator-review sentiment, weighted by channel expertise.

About our Bacon Score methodology

Full Consensus

See what all creators think about Mardi Gras

→

YouTube Video Description↓

Cruise news for Saturday October 18, 2025. Princess Cruises has made some changes to how it does deposits and final payments. Disney Cruise Line has taken possession of their new ship, the Disney Destiny. Royal Caribbean will be opening their new beach club in the Bahamas early. Carnival has made some controversial changes to cruise cabins on the Mardi Gras while it was in drydock. Finally, a long-standing cruise line has started sailing in the Caribbean for the first time. #cruisenewsupdate #cruisenews #princesscruiseship #carnivalcruise Link to Cruise Cabin video: https://youtu.be/HYFFA3sgIeY Timeline: 00:00 Introduction 00:31 Princess Cruises makes changes to deposits and final payments 01:57 Disney takes possession of the Disney Destiny 02:24 Royal Caribbean to open their new beach club in the Bahamas early. 04:00 Carnival makes controversial changes to cabins on the Mardi Gras 06:10 Another cruise company has started sailing in the Caribbean for the first time The Whent There Cruising Channel is dedicated to cruise content. We provide cruise news, cruise tips, ship and excursion walkthroughs and general cruise commentary.