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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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McLEAN, VA. ~ Lately club members wrote in asking, "Why can't we cruise closer to home?" "Let's learn more about America and our holidays instead of cruising so far away." From your e-mails to our ears, Fun & Fitness offers a winter holiday cruise in 2026 that checks all boxes:
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 Check Box 1. Celebrity Constellation departs America's sunny city Tampa, FL, Feb. 15th, 2026, cruising to the popular American city New Orleans for the nation's biggest Mardi Gras festival happening Feb.17-18. Fly down to Tampa on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14th, then cruise up Feb. 15th for 8 Days / 7 Nights under sunny skies avoiding the nation's coldest time of year. |
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Check Box 2. Celebrity Constellation docks at New Orleans Feb. 17th for day long celebrations with mega floats and marching bands entertaining cheerful revelers in the streets. Stay out as late a you like that night because the ship has no curfew and Lent begins only after midnight. Be back on board ship by 3 PM Feb.18th to cast away at 5 PM. The Constellation docks near the French Quarter, founded in the 1700s by the French who saw then New Orleans as a key port city for North America.
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Check Box 3. America's longest river is the Mississippi flowing 2340 miles down from Minnesota straight through New Orleans cutting the Crescent City in half. ConnectIng the city's East and West banks is Connection Bridge. The Mississippi River flows down to New Orleans at the same speed humans walk: 1.3 miles per hour. But when it leaves New Orleans for the Gulf it's "rolling, rolling down the river" at 3 miles an hour, the average speed of water moving down rivers world wide.
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After Mardi Gras rest and unwind in Progreso in Mexico with a population of only 40,000. Progreso recently re-opened up new port facilities. Cruisers like canoeing through local waterways. 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 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 for the whole cruise and $10,000 in travel insurance coverage 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 boarding. 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 look like one. Specify your bed choice when booking. Your fully refundable cruise deposit is $250 per person or $500 per cabin. Final payment date 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 or 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 through Celebrity Air. No deposit is needed to reserve air. It's added to your cruise cost. Final payment for your total air/sea cruise package is Nov. 10th. Any part, or all of it, may be canceled up to that date with no penalty. Fun & Fitness is holding rooms at a Hilton Tampa Hotel at very low cost that includes free pick up at the airport, a free shuttle to the pier on Feb. 15th and free parking if you drive to Tampa. Call now to celebrate Mardi Gras with all its lowest prices!
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