Guy Fieri Sails Carnival’s Mardi Gras for TV Special

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โ€œFlavortownโ€ has long been a staple of Carnival Cruise Line, but now the chef behind the cruise lineโ€™s beloved Burger Joint is inviting fans to watch his familyโ€™s adventures as they sail the Caribbean with the cruise line.

โ€œGuyโ€™s Ultimate Family Cruiseโ€ features the entire Fieri family as they celebrate a graduation. The chef, who is as famous for his spiky bleached locks as he is for his big personality and bold flavors, brings his wife, Lori, and sons, Hunter and Ryder, aboard a Carnival vessel, inviting cameras to follow their every move.

From Lori braving the first rollercoaster at sea to Hunter swimming with stingrays to Guy sampling the cuisine during a Chefโ€™s Table that includes a tour of the shipโ€™s galley, the TV special highlights all the fun that can be had on a Carnival โ€œfun ship.โ€

The adventure takes place on the cruise lineโ€™s largest vessel, the 180,800-gross-ton Mardi Gras, which debuted in 2021 after numerous Covid-related delays.

It was well worth the wait, however, as the first of the cruise lineโ€™s Excel-class vessels went on to be voted Cruise Hiveโ€™s Best Overall Cruise Ship for three consecutive years.

Although the show doesnโ€™t indicate which sailing the Fieri family enjoyed, the vessel regularly sails to the Caribbean from its homeport of Port Canaveral near Orlando. Seven-night itineraries often include a call at Half Moon Cay, owned by the cruise lineโ€™s parent company, Carnival Corporation.

โ€œGuyโ€™s Ultimate Family Cruiseโ€ will air on January 31, 2025, at 9 p.m. EST, and will be available for streaming on Max.

Fieri-Carnival Collaboration

Guy Fieri, who won the second season of โ€œThe Next Food Network Starโ€ in 2006, became a staple of the Food Network, debuting his first hit TV show, โ€œGuyโ€™s Big Biteโ€ that same year.

He followed that with the hit series โ€œDiners, Drive-Ins and Dives,โ€ which is one of the channelโ€™s longest-running shows.

Guy Fieri on board Mardi Gras
Guy Fieri on board Mardi Gras (Photo Credit: Carnival Cruise Line)

With his zest for life โ€“ paired with his ability to make a killer burger โ€“ Fieri was a natural fit to join Carnival Cruise Line. Together, they introduced Guyโ€™s Burger Joint on Carnival Liberty in 2011 as a casual dining option, gradually rolling out to every ship in Carnivalโ€™s fleet of 27 ships as part of its FUN 2.0 upgrades.

Of course, the joint is featured on the TV special, with Guy giving Ryder a lesson in Burger 101.

The partnership has extended to include Guyโ€™s Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que Smokehouse, another casual, open-air offering, on several vessels, including Mardi Gras.

During the show, Guy will take viewers behind the scenes and also show how the cruise line brews craft beer at sea.

This isnโ€™t the first time Fieri and family have shared their Carnival Cruise experience with fans. In 2018, he brought 50 family members on a Carnival Vista sailing to the Caribbean, where a young Ryder can be seen riding the SkyRide bikes high in the sky.

The 6,500-passenger Mardi Gras is currently sailing a 7-night roundtrip Eastern Caribbean cruise that includes a stop in the Turks and Caicos.

When it returns to port on February 1, 2025, it will embark on a 7-night Western Caribbean itinerary to Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico, and Roatan, Honduras.

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Lissa Poirot
Lissa Poirot
Lissa Poirot has been covering travel for more than a decade, including sites such as TripAdvisor, CruiseCritic, The Points Guy, Family Vacation Critic, and Family Traveller. Her love of travel has led Lissa to visit more than 43 countries and has her on a mission to see every state in the U.S. (only 4 states to go!). When she's not traveling, she's exploring new attractions and events on the weekends, be it in New York City or Philadelphia, as Lissa lives between both fabulous cities.

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