After a chequered start more than 50 years ago – its first ship, Mardi Gras hit a sandbar just outside Miami on its maiden cruise – Carnival Cruise Line has become one of the world’s biggest cruise ...

The Carnival Mardi Gras is the first cruise ship onboard to use liquefied natural gas (LNG), a type of fuel that eliminates hazardous pollutants. This ship can carry 6338 passengers at 185,000 GT.

Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras, which has been sailing itineraries of seven nights or longer from Port Canaveral, will ...