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Omg..the towel man is so cute! I am going next month on the breeze and I hope he makes an appearance. Also, I did this itinerary last year with a different ship, it a great one.

How was your cruise, did you see the towel elephant?

Loving the review. We are going the same exact week next year. Can you advise if the ship was really crowded? Were you able to get lounge chairs, get in pool, long lines for food etc? Thanks

I was surprised how the ship never really felt crowded. We were always able to find to lounge chairs together. The pools were always full but not overly crowded. Hope you have a great trip

I'm loving your review!! :D It makes me want to go NOW, lol. I will be doing a B2B on Breeze for New Years and the 1st week in January, can't wait!! :D It'll be my 2nd (and 3rd I guess since it's technically 2 seperate cruises) on the Breeze, she's my all time favourite ship. It was nice seeing your pics from Antigua, that's one f our ports on the 2nd half of the B2B and I've never been there. It looks so pretty and that beach looks wonderful. What was it called again?

 

What did you think of Saphhire Beach in St Thomas? We went there this past January when we did a New Years cruise on the Eurodam, definatly one of my favourite beaches!! I also love Orient Bay Beach in St Maarten (the beach is on the French side of the island).

I believe the beach in Antigua was called Valley Church Beach. Saphire was a beautiful beach. One of my favorite beaches. Have fun on your B2B. I have done one of those yet but hope to someday

Hi there! I recognize your sister, Diane! We met her on the Breeze when we sailed her a few years ago. My husband and I met her and her brother on the pub crawl in Key West. Please tell her hello from Mitch and Karen! I'm enjoying your review and am sailing the Breeze again in March. Keep writing and I'll keep reading. :)

That's cool, I will tell her you said hi :)

Awesome review! I sailed Breeze in February, and we just booked an 8 day Eastern for September. Trying out a cove this time! We loved the piano bar, but Ben Gentry was there in Feb. I'm hoping the one in Sept. will be good as well.

I hear Ben is great. Hope you enjoy the cove balcony. I haven't tried those yet

Enjoying your post. If you had to choose 1 thing to tell someone to definitely not miss on this ship, what would it be? Are there things on this ship that are a definite improvement to previous ships you have been on.

That's a great question. It really depends. If you are traveling with kids I would say you need to check out the ropes course. The Red Frog Pub is really cool too. My ultimate favorite place on the ship were the hot tubs on deck 5. They kind of go out over the ocean and have amazing views and were never too crowded

I'm loving this review. All of these places sound and look so beautiful. I'm thinking about to book my first. Any suggestions like what ships and locations are a must see?

I recommend any ship that is Conquest Class or bigger. Carnival's private island Half Moon Cay in the Bahamas is amazing! The Eastern Caribbean itinerary is one of my favorites. Thanks for reading :)

We were on board with you :D Fun trip

It was fun! One of my favorites

We woke up around 5am and had the front desk call us a cab, then headed to the airport. The flight home was very turbulent. It go so bumpy that the captain told the flight crew to stop snack and beverage service and sit down. Then someone turned on their service light. Someone came on the intercom and said to please turn off you light unless it is an emergency. They left their light on so a flight attendant came over and there was a page for a doctor or nurse. A couple of people went up. The laid the sick guy on the floor, and they held up a sheet to block the guy. When the sheet was put down the guy had an Oxygen mask on and an IV in. The captain then came on and said we were making an emergency medical landing in Poenix. So we landed in Phoenix, the passenger was taken offand were there for about 30-45 mins. I hope the poor guy was okay.Then we were back in the air and on our way to LAX. We got off the plane, grabbed our luggage and took the shuttle to the parking lot where Diane's car was. We must have been excited to start our vacation when we parked the car because we forgot to look where parked the car. After looking for awhile we finally found it. Before we knew it we were back at Diane's house saying our goodbyes and our vacation was over.

Thanks for reading my review and I hope you enjoyed it. If you have any questions let me know and I'll be happy to answer them.

We decided it was time to leave the beach so we walked to the bus stop and took the bus back to the Publix. We walked over to the Ross across the street the started to walk back to the hotel. On the wall back the sky became really cloudy and it started to rain pretty good.

We walked back to the hotel,showered, changed and walk back to Firehouse Subs to grab dinner. Then we walked back to the hotel. On the way back to the hotel we came across an alley that appeared to be a shortcut. We were going to take the alley but we saw this sign

So we decide this was probably not the best way to go

When we returned to the hotel we ate dinner, watched tv and called out a night

The bus drops you off right at the beach. We found a good spot on the beach spread out our towels and laid out. The beach was beautiful

We sat, enjoyed the view, and watched some kite surfers for a while. Then we watche a Royal Caribbean ship sail away.

We woke up, went to the buffet, and grabbed some breakfast. Then headed to the cabin to the eat. Jonnathan came by to chat and told us to take our time leaving. Them we said our goodbyes and Jonnathan left to clean some other cabins

We

A little while later we left our cabins and started walking down the hall. Jonnathan happened to see us walk by so he came out to give us one last hug and say that he was going to miss is. He was the best cabin steward I have had.

One last shot of the atrium

Then we headed off the ship and commented on how it's not as fun walking off the ship as it is walking on. We got our luggage and headed to customs. The customs agent was really friendly and saw on my ID I was from San Clemente. He said he used to be in the military and was stationed at Camp Pendleton, which is right next to where I live. After getting through customs we headed to wait for SAS to pick us up. The van dropped us off at our hotel in Fort Lauderdale. We stayed at the Hyatt Place. We got an early checking and headed to the room and took a nap. After we woke up we decided to go to the pool. Then we decided to go to the beach. We walked over to the Publix nearby. And waited for the bus. It seemed to take forever for the bus to get there but it finally came.

A shot from the bus. You can see a cruise ship in port

Some shots from the bus

A shot from the bus of this cool hotel that looks like a cruise ship. It used to be a Sheraton but I'm not sure what it is now.

Seth and I

Diane and Seth

After we said our goodbyes we went to make our last trip to grab pizza the headed to bed.

After dinner we came back to the room to see this

The most amazing cabin steward ever had straighten out all or previous towel animals and added a heart. He said he had completed our zoo

Jonnathan and I

After chatting with Jonnathan for a bit we packed up or cabins and put our luggage in the hallway. Then we headed to the piano bar for one last hurrah. We stayed on the piano bar all night not wanting it to end. When it did we took pictures with all the great people we met during the week

Our hilarious bartender Adi. He kept us laughing all week long

The awesome group of people who hung out at the bar every night. We had such a great time with them and made lots of good memories

The Fascination sailing away

After watching the Fascination sail away we decided it was time to head back to the ship. We gathered out belongings and started the walk back.

A banner for the Junkanoo Carnival

As we were walking back we walked by this.

I thought it was cool because I LOVE anchors!

Back on the ship we went to the room, showered, and headed to dinner. I always get sad when I hear the waiters sing the Leaving from a Funship song. It's like official notice that the cruise is winding down:(

As we walked from the bar back to our chairs from the bar we walked by the cutest little kids playing Drums

I have each kid a dollar and they were very happy then we returned to our chairs, drank our beer and enjoy the view

We went down to feel the water but it was cold and we didn't want to go in it.

While we were in our chairs we heard the song "Who Let the Dogs Out" playing from a truck in the street. I walked over to the street and a truck was pullin a flatbed thing with a whole bunch of locals in costumes dancing. They were letting everyone know the the Junkanoo Carnival was coming up soon. It was really cool to see. After that we returned to our chairs and ordered the drinks that came with our chairs. I ordered some kind of tropical daiquiri and Diane ordered a banana daiquiri. I liked mine but Diane wasn't too thrilled with hers so she went to the bar to exchange it for something else.

While Diane was at the bar I saw a couple coming out of the water that had been snorkeling. I went over to them and asked how the snorkeling was. The guy answered me and said it wasn't too great. As I walked away from them I thought to myself that the couple looked familiar but didn't really think anything about it. After we got back on the ship I realized that the couple looked like my cousin's cousin and wife on the other side of her family. When I got home I sent a FaceBook message to my cousin's cousin asking her if she was in The Bahamas that day. She said yes that she was there on a cruise. I told her that I was the one who asked about the snorkeling. She replied " I thought you looked familiar". I asked her what cruise ship she was on, there were 5 ships I'm port that day. She said they were on the Breze. Small world huh?

Anyways.....back to the review. After we had our daiquiris we went to the bar to get out last two beers and shots

This time we had some green shots.

Our cool bartender

We walked around Atlantist for a bit and I had to try my luck in the casino ( I had no luck). Them we hopped onto a cab to head back to the port. We happened to get in a can with a family from our ship. We had met the daughter earlier in the cruise when we were in a hot tub. She saw me get in the cab and she said to me, "I'm really glad to see that you are not as burnt as you were when I met you. I was a little worried for you." We laughed and shared stories about our time at Atlantis. They bought a day pass and showed us some of their pictures and it looked pretty cool

We got back to the port and decided we were going to walk to a beach that someone on the ship told us about. So we headed over. On our way we stopped at the straw market to browse. I wasn't really feeling this area. The vendors were quite aggressive. I did end up buying a bracelet for my daughter. Them we continued our walk to the beach.

The beach we went to was Junkanoo Beach. I loved the vibe of this beach. They a bar there where you could get 4 beers and 4 shots for 10.00. So we got one of those, they gave us two beers and two shots and told us to come back when we wanted the rest. I don't know what the the shots were but they were sweet and yummy. We walked to the water and a guy stopped us and asked if we wanted beach chairs. $10.00 for a chair and a choice of like 4 drinks. So we decided to that. The guy got us our chairs and said he would come back later to see what drinks we wanted since we had just gotten our beers we sat on the chairs and relaxed. For a bit listening to The music from the bar

When we got off the boat the guide told us how to walk to Atlantis. Apparently we don't listen well because we got lost. We came across a little security booth and asked for directions and he told us how to get there. I guess went right on a street when we should have made a left. We left the guard and quickly found our way to Atlantis.

Walking by the shops towards Atlantis

Ben & Jerrys

We didn't want to spend the money to walk around the grounds so we just walk through the free areas.

We walked over to the water taxi to go over to Atlantis.

The boat ride over was nice. They pointed some of the houses as we went by. One was owned by Nicholas Cage. I forgot who else owned the others.

The guide told us that the area behind us was where they relocated dolphins after a hurricane destroyed their habitat

We grabbed something for lunch then went to the cabin and grabbed our bags. Then we headed off the ship.

The water slide on the Disney Dream

We them headed up to watch us sail in. I think this was my favorite island to sail into. I've always wanted to go to Atlantis and it was really cool seeing it in the distance as we sailed in. Also the water was beautiful and there were some nice houses along the water

The Ecstacy and Disney Dream

Atlantis in the background