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Mardi Gras in New Orleans Feb. 17 - 18, 2026
Fully refundable deposit is $250 per person.
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By Cynthia Neu McCluskey
Cruise Coordinator
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To book this cruise send e-mail to Cynthia@fun-fitness.com She is currently escorting a fitness cruise to Europe returning July 20.
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McLEAN, VA. ~ Many club members are reluctant to travel abroad for various political and economic reasons. But we also know from personal experiences the easiest, most fun, economical, comfortable and safest way to travel is to cruise. Plus, when you cruise with Fun & Fitness it's especially safe because we all know each other. Literally ~ there are no strangers in the Fun & Fitness Travel Club. We are a private club whose new members are invited to join by long time club members. Fun & Fitness does not sell on the Internet. We have no dues, no membership fees and no meetings. We're a very popular club! When traveling we watch out for each other and commit to doing exercises too. Travel costs are calculated using senior, group discounted rates. We even share them with club members and new guests who aren't seniors!
Lately club members called Fun & Fitness asking, "Why do we go so far?" "Why can't we cruise closer to home?" "Let's learn more about America instead of so much about foreign places." "Cruises need to cost less during these hard times." Today, from your phone calls to our ears, Fun & Fitness announces a new winter cruise in 2026 that checks all the boxes:
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 Check Box 1. Celebrity Constellation departs Tampa, FL, Feb. 15th, 2026, cruising up to New Orleans for the world recognized Mardi Gras festival happening Feb. 17th and 18th in the Crescent City. You can book this sweetheart deal for you and a friend to fly down to Tampa on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14th, then board ship Feb. 15th. You will cruise for 8 Days / 7 Nights in sunshine during the winter's coldest month. Less than 390,000 citizens live in New Orleans all year. But during Mardi Gras another one million jubilers come to town to celebrate too! |
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Check Box 2. Your cruise ship (not this float!) arrives to New Orleans mid-morning Feb. 17th in time to join day long celebrations with mega Mardi Gras floats rolling by and revelers cheering in the streets. During that festive night in the Big Easy celebrate with locals before the Catholic Church counts down to Lent starting the next day on Feb.18th. Stay out as late a you like Feb.17th because the ship has no curfew. But be back on board by 3 PM Feb.18th to cast away at 5 PM. Taking this cruise to Mardi Gras you save thousands of dollars by not flying to New Orleans at its prime time of year and avoiding hotel and dining expenses; plus you pay no car rental or parking fees. Celebrity docks near the French Quarter founded in the 1700s by the French who saw then the potential for New Orleans as a port city. We don't mean wine port, we mean as a shipping port. Although New Orleans sells 1.5 million gallons of wine every year as one of America's top tourist sites, it can not produce wine locally because its weather is too warm.
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Check Box 3. America's longest river is the Mississippi flowing 2,340 miles down from the northern state of Minnesota right through New Orleans splitting the Crescent City in half. ConnectIng the city's East and West banks is Connection Bridge, called the CCC. When the Mississippi River first leaves Minnesota it flows downward only at the speed humans walk: 1.3 miles per hour. But by the time that same water arrives to New Orleans it 's "rolling, rolling down the river" out to the Gulf at 3 miles per hour, which is the average running speed of water for all long rivers world wide.
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After Mardi Gras you can rest and unwind at Progreso in Mexico with a population of only 40,000. Progreso just re-opened its remodeled port facilities. Cruisers like canoeing through local waterways. Progreso offers many exceptional nature themed tours. If you ever thought about buying a winter hide away in Mexico this is the place. Very few Americans have yet discovered it.
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Check Box 4. ALL INCLUSIVE prices shown below pay per person per cabin: All Meals, Nightly Live Entertainment, All Tips for all cabin stewards and waiters whether in the formal dining hall, at any cafe or bar, and even out on deck; it provides Wi-fi throughout the ship and $10,000 in travel insurance per person; it also includes the Classic Drink package with alcohol, beers, wines, gourmet coffees, seltzer waters and bottled water. Without the drink package one bottle of water costs $8 (eight dollars). This All Inclusive price pays all taxes, fees and service charges before you ever board ship. You have no "surprise" charges on the ship. Private dining tables are reserved for club members in the formal dining hall at 6 PM each evening; and private water exercise classes are held in ship's indoor heated Solarium pool at 86 degrees! Classes are private for Fun & Fitness Club members only.
All staterooms have two beds.They're pushed together in photos to seem as one. Specify your bed choice when booking. Your fully refundable cruise deposit is $250 per person or $500 per cabin. Final payment date for this cruise is Nov. 10, 2025. If you cancel after Nov. 10 you still qualify for monies back because all guests are insured. Don't wait to book this cruise because you don't yet have a roommate. Pay a fully refundable deposit now and then take time to invite a cruise companion. This would make a perfect Valentine's gift in 2026! Better to book your cruise now to give it up later for a full refund than wait to find a roommate and learn there are no more cabins.
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Mardi Gras Cruise 2026
Date: Port: Arrive: Depart:
15 Feb...Tampa.....................4:00 PM
16 Feb... At Sea
17 Feb... In New Orleans at 10:30 AM
18 Feb... Out New Orleans at 5:00 PM
19 Feb... At Sea
20 Feb... Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico
In at 8 AM...Out at 5:00 PM
21 Feb... At Sea
22 Feb... Tampa...Disembark 8:00 AM
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ALL INCLUSIVE PRICES!
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ALL CABINS HAVE 2 BEDS
CONNECT TO MAKE 1 BED
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INSIDE DOUBLE EACH : $2300
INSIDE SINGLE : $3800
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WINDOW DOUBLE EACH : $2700
WINDOW SINGLE : $4600
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BALCONY EACH DOUBLE : $2850
BALCONY SINGLE : $5100
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BOOK AIR / NO DEPOSIT
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Fun & Fitness can book flights too through Celebrity Air. No deposit is needed to reserve your air now. It's simply added to your cruise cost. Final payment for your complete air/sea cruise package is due by Nov. 10th. Any part or all of it may be canceled up to Nov. 10th without any penalty. Celebrity offers hotels in Tampa to review at hotels.celebritycruises.com Be sure to choose a hotel with a free airport shuttle. There are many.
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