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Easy solution is to go to deck 10....like I did.

We stayed 4 nights at the H10 near Playa Cataluna.  The H10s are great hotels for the price.  Highly recommend.

Everyone on the Breeze should call post-cruise guest care at 1-800-CARNIVAL and let them know of any specific issues. As for me, I know you can't control the weather or medical emergencies but you can have the shore excursion desk open to answer questions as soon as the announcement was made rather than waiting for the scheduled desk times.

I've been on both. I prefer the Dream to the Breeze. Main reason: wifey likes sun, I like shade. Lido deck on the Dream has umbrellas, Breeze does not.

I was on this sailing and the "mob" is being overstated. Sure, there was a lot of complaining but it was not like there were hundreds and hundreds of passengers with pitchforks and torches storming the guest services desk.

My biggest gripe with the whole thing was not the medical emergencies, 4 rainy days, or the missed ports, which one could argue that we missed Cozumel too since schedule change brought us in from 3-11 pm rather than during daytime, but it was a somewhat lackluster response to these changes.

When it was announced that we would be diverting to Cozumel first, they didn't open the shore excursion desk until the normally scheduled time. So it left a group of us standing in line waiting for the desk to open. Why not have crew there as soon as they made the announcement to assist passengers? Also, when we missed GC, there should have been a bunch of on-board activities added but once again, there was a minimal response from the staff. They did add a second lobster night in the dining room as a bone for such a "challenging" cruise.

I was on the Breeze. 4 days of rain, missed GC, 2 medical emergencies, amd a Cozumel port visit from 3pm to 11pm. Not many happy campers.

In GC, the Breeze arrived at 1am after steaming at 22+ knots all afternoon and evening, offloaded a medical emergency, went back out and sailed in circles for 6 hours. My guess was that they went back out to keep the casino open but the official word was that it was done so the ship could deploy stabilizers and smoothen out the ride. When we arrived back at the port around 7am, the Magic was already there. Sat around for about an hour with tenders bobbing around both boats and then the Magic literally went into reverse and bailed out. We followed a few minutes later. Could not tender due to sea and wind conditions.

IHC has a friends and family rate that's pretty much open to anyone. Google it.

The Intercontinental in Miami is a really nice hotel in the downtown area. However, it's not on South Beach. If you want to stay there, Google the IHC Friends and Family rate and you'll get a nice price break.

As for me, I'm staying at the Loews on South Beach for my October cruise.

Liberty vs Breeze....no contest. The Breeze is a far superior ship.

IMO - Carnival has a much better cabin setup for 3-4 passengers.

Just got off the Getaway and I didn't find any of the food, either in the main dining rooms or the premium restaurants, to be very good and service was abysmal in general.

I just got off the Getaway Eastern Caribbean - go starboard.

Based on CC recommendations have booked the following excursions so far:

 

St Lucia - COSOL Island Tour

St Kitts - Royston Island Tour

 

St. Kitts - the 6 hr Catamaran tour was great! Highly recommend.

How can one obstructed bacony be better or worse than another obstructed?? I just booked an obstr. on the Miracle. Got a heck of a good deal (I think), but now I'm thinking maybe I didn't. Please explain this to me. I'm a Carnival virgin, and was hoping for a glowing first experience. :eek:

Depends on what's obstructing your view and the extent to which it is obstructed.

Anything on the Lido Deck is great!

FYI - they hand out little pocket deck plans when you board the ship.