We had previously won a cruise during a bingo session aboard the Navigator (a beautiful ship with a fantastic crew) and since we had planned to attend Mardi Gras we decided to take the Mardi Gras Cruise aboard Rhapsody of the Seas from Feb 22-29. We arrived a day early to enjoy an evening of Galveston's Mardi Gras celebration before departing on what RCCL staff described as a Mardi Gras party ...