Photo review--> carnival breeze april 21-27 2013

[VickiD59]

The mini fridge sucks... it took 2 days to get the stuff cold. Lame.

 

Technically... it's not a fridge, more like a cold box with a door. It will keep previously cold things cool - but it won't.. say make a warm soda cold or chilled, no. I see it referred to as a fridge many times, but it's not, as you can attest ;)

[deladane]

Great review so far! Can't wait to read the rest :) What kind of setting are you using on your camera to make the photos look like that? It's a really cool effect!

[Briitini]

dive in movie

 

nice seating area above lido deck that goes all the way around. it rained tonight, but not long. that is the only time we saw rain for the entire cruise!

 

I really liked this ship for the most part. The ship was enormous, but it never felt that "big" and it never felt crowded.

 

The people that talk about the sewage smell all the time are CORRECT. I have a ridiculously sensitive sense of smell and I can't remember how many different times I smelled the sewage smell.. alllll over the boat!!!

 

 

today it was time to wake up and enjoy the decks before all the others woke up. We headed up to serenity to check it out. i did not like it because there was not a pool there. i am not someone who can bake in the sun without getting in the water every so often. i also did not care for the fact that it was so far away from the breakfast and lunch facilities. even if you wanted to get a lemonade or tea you had to go down a bunch of stairs and half of the ship to get there. i prefer to be able to walk down some stairs and be right there. (like on the imagination) to me serenity was way too secluded, so i chose to lay out by the main beach pool which provided prime people watching.. we had some real gems on this cruise lol.

 

brekkie before heading to the main beach pool.. this was at likee 7:30am. i am totally an early riser. these breakfast burritos were great and NOT a long wait!! yes!!

 

Main beach pool.. i did not notice tons of chair hogs at all. all of the chairs around the pool were taken of course.. but most of the people were in the pool, at the water park, eating and coming back, or in their chairs. i was sitting under the straw hut thing (idk what to call it) and a family was around the pool with a few little kids watching them.. (like they are supposed to!!!) and i heard the grandma yell.. omg they are taking our stuff! and literally ran from the beach pool.. up the 2 sets of stairs and to the very top deck by the water park and point to the pool. when she got back she said the guy was really rude when she said she was at the pool with the kids. i felt offended for her because they were by the pool watching the kids swim because all the loungers by the pool were taken. its not like she was back in her room napping or gone for hours. they were being responsible WATCHING their kids like they should have been doing! thats the only time i noticed any items being taken, but were put back.

 

one day I was in my lounger and my bf decided to go back to the room and nap. there was a single lounger next to his and saw a couple put their stuff on one and were just sharing it. i told them they could use my boyfriends until he got back. the guy quickly got up when he came back. sharing is caring people!!

 

TIP 5 --> IF YOU WANT A LOUNGER, I SUGGEST YOU BE AT THE POOL AREA NO LATER THAN 9AM.

 

beautiful day!

[Briitini]

I had to go to the quick meeting for the mixology contest.. i did some exploring as well.

 

The BEAUTIFUL liquid nightclub.. i loved the lighting in here!!!

 

very big and open inside

 

the whole club

 

Piano bar 88... little did i know i'd be here EVERY NIGHT until closing

 

the piano/bar... the BEST bartenders i've ever had on a cruise- Adi & Lyudmylla. simply amazing.

 

piano bar 88!!!!!!!!!! ron pass!!!!!!!!

 

TIP 6--> IF YOU PLAN ON WANTING TO SEE RON PASS HIS LAST CRUISE IS MAY 25TH.

 

Ron Pass was absolutely addicting and I was there every night but the first and last night from 9:30pm - closing which was 12:30am. The bartenders at this bar are FANTASTIC. Ron really knows how to draw in a crowd. I loved loved loved this bar.

[Briitini]

Just curious, how much did you pay for the upgrade from inside to balcony, and at what time before your cruise did you get the upsell offer?

 

We had the same issue with our cabin steward on our Legend cruise, no formal intro, we actually removed our fridge contents ourselves and communicated our needs by using stcky notes, so sad!

 

I did not pay anything and less than a month before the cruise. I know people from Carnival.

[Briitini]

Great review so far! Can't wait to read the rest :) What kind of setting are you using on your camera to make the photos look like that? It's a really cool effect!

 

 

Thank you!! HDR setting.

[daremi82]

we had an african american gentleman.. i believe from cambodia. meaning i have no idea what his name was :/

 

:( C'mon it's 2013...... He can't be African American AND from Cambodia. First Cambodia isn't in Africa. Second, if he probably wasnt African American if he's a room steward on a cruise ship with an accent. Could happen but probably not as not many American citizens work as room stewards. I'll guess he was dark skinned?....Doesn't make him African American. But I digress:(

[Briitini]

I have a question about your room on Lido. We sailed the Breeze in Jan. and had a cove balcony which I really liked but my DH didn't like the lifeboats above as it blocked the view of the stars. We are planning on booking Oct. on the Breeze. He also likes to look down at the water-spends a lot of time on the balcony!!-and I know many of the balconies have a blocked view of the water because of promenade deck. Can you tell me how your balcony on Lido was?

Pat

 

Yes, the view was partially blocked. The only time this was annoying was when we were docked in Nassau and wanted to see the pier runners. I could see the waves from the front of the boat and all of that though. I'll see if I can post a pic.

[Briitini]

:( C'mon it's 2013...... He can't be African American AND from Cambodia. First Cambodia isn't in Africa. Second, if he probably wasnt African American if he's a room steward on a cruise ship with an accent. Could happen but probably not as not many American citizens work as room stewards. I'll guess he was dark skinned?....Doesn't make him African American. But I digress:(

 

That's nice.. back to my review.

[Briitini]

:( C'mon it's 2013...... He can't be African American AND from Cambodia. First Cambodia isn't in Africa. Second, if he probably wasnt African American if he's a room steward on a cruise ship with an accent. Could happen but probably not as not many American citizens work as room stewards. I'll guess he was dark skinned?....Doesn't make him African American. But I digress:(

 

& I meant to say Camaroon and i overheard him talking to another couple about his living situation and parents.. but thanks for trying to start drama.

[Phillysfinest4]

Are there lounge chairs on the "secret deck"?

[dfmeeks]

great review! you have me considering the breeze!

[Briitini]

so anyways, back to my review before i was rudely interrupted.

 

RON!!! How will they replace him?!!?

 

LIVE THIRSTY!!

 

Beautiful!!

 

I loved this little place other than the live singer Ryan. Ryan was talented and sang a lot of country but seemed very full of himself and begged for tips. I don't agree with that at all. He could have done it in a less of an invasive way like Ron Pass. That's the beauty of a cruise ship, if you don't care for someone you can elect not to see that person.

 

Loved the colors

 

the lanai outside of red frog

[Briitini]

Are there lounge chairs on the "secret deck"?

 

nope. only those brown "carnival breeze" benches.

[Briitini]

 

my bf tested out the sushi.. i am NOT a fan of this stuff. i drank my martini while he ate a spicy tuna roll.. which he loved!

 

spicy tuna roll

 

andddd now we are in GRAND TURK!!!!!!!!!! i thought i had been here, but i had not. holy freaking amazing. best port after cozumel. i can not even begin to explain how gorgeous this place is.

 

good mornin GT!!!!!!!!!!!

 

on the way to jack's shack

 

clearest water i've ever saw.. also the sand was like butter

 

award winning view

[Briitini]

 

finally at jack's shack!!

 

TIP 7 --> THE WIFI AT JACK'S BARELY WORKS AND IF YOU WAIT TO LONG TO USE THE WIFI AT MARGARITAVILLE IT WILL NOT WORK EITHER. GET OFF THE BOAT AND GO DIRECTLY TO MARGARITAVILLE AND USE WIFI AS NEEDED.. ALSO IF YOU EAT OR DRINK SOMETHING AT JACK'S YOU CAN RENT THE CHAIR FOR FREE. I ORDERED A DIET COKE. OTHERWISE IT'S $5.

 

view from jack's shack

 

internet superstar topher!!

 

perfect. i would move here in a heartbeat!!!!

 

next, we found a tour around the island.

[Briitini]

$20 a person for a 90 minute tram ride around the GT island. these two guys own the tram and are actually from here in south florida.

 

islandtrams.com

 

wild horses

 

 

 

 

they took us up to the lighthouse

[Briitini]

they told us to go to the lookout and look for whales. you can sometimes see the whales playing as they migrate up to canada. GT is actually the only place in the world where it is LEGAL to swim with the whales. he also told us the whales are just as curious about us as we are about them. so freaking amazing. no whales today though!

 

crystal water

 

a little history

 

can i PLEASE just move here??!

 

looking for whales

[Briitini]

the prison

 

 

salt pond

 

farrrr away from the whale tail

 

back on the ship and time for some lunch

 

wings were AMAZING from red frog pub. YUMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

 

coconut shrimp.. yummy!!!!!!

[becky11111]

they told us to go to the lookout and look for whales. you can sometimes see the whales playing as they migrate up to canada. GT is actually the only place in the world where it is LEGAL to swim with the whales. he also told us the whales are just as curious about us as we are about them. so freaking amazing. no whales today though!

 

crystal water

 

a little history

 

can i PLEASE just move here??!

 

looking for whales

We are on the Breeze in November. I would love to take this tram ride so I can get this photo you took. I love the whole shoreline, and maybe I could catch a whale sighting!

Cheers program is $295 right? How much are drinks single price, so how many drinks do you have to drink to make it worth the cost? I also heard on a few reviews that the crew were not as attentive to the cheers program customers. Did you have any issues with that?

Loving your review thanks for taking the time to share!!!

[Briitini]

 

good mornin jamaica

 

 

watching the arrival from the "secret deck"

 

sooooooooo i've been to jamaica before. back in 2009 we went not knowing what we would do. we got off the ship and just found a tour company. we asked them to take us to dunns river falls and got to experience that. after dunns river we asked olive the tour operator from juta tours how much for a tour of jamaica. she gave us a good deal for $10 per person and it lasted about 1.5 hrs.

 

this time we planned on the same thing. we got off the boat and went to the little blue mountain coffee place to the left of the port area and bought wifi for $3 for 2 hours. we only needed it for a few minutes, so off we went to the taxis. i found 2 people standing to the side and they worked for the same juta company. we asked how much for a tour and he said 10$ each to the falls.. $20 at the falls per person for entry. we accepted.. got into this tiny van (last tour in 2009 was a very nice van). he continued to bring people and was squeezing everyone in. we got to the falls and decided we did not want to pay $20 a person to go to the falls because I had saw them before. He charged us $25 for a "tour" while the others went to the falls. i clearly explained to him that last time, his coworker olive took us to an overlook of jamaica and we were able to stop and have a red stripe and buy some knick nacks and thats what i wanted to do. he basically took us up into the "canopy" of the rainforest and brought us to some sketchy place off the road selling all kinds of things. this is not what i asked, but whatever. i was over it. after this i told him to talk us to scotchies to get some jerk chicken. sooo glad we did this.. AMAZING FOOD!!!!!

 

canopy

 

roadside selling

[Briitini]

We are on the Breeze in November. I would love to take this tram ride so I can get this photo you took. I love the whole shoreline, and maybe I could catch a whale sighting!

Cheers program is $295 right? How much are drinks single price, so how many drinks do you have to drink to make it worth the cost? I also heard on a few reviews that the crew were not as attentive to the cheers program customers. Did you have any issues with that?

Loving your review thanks for taking the time to share!!!

 

The tram is worth it.. beautiful place to visit!!!

 

we paid 295$ minus $125 each from an OBC.. we drank the more expensive drinks.. i had super premium martinis and a lot of the beautiful lady martinis from the limelight lounge. there were only a couple days we maxed out on our limit. the last day i had 1 drink. i did calculate everything roughly and it was MORE than worth it.

 

i never ever ever had ANY issues with bar staff not being attentive to us with the cheers program. i never heard anything like that from anyone else on board either.

[Briitini]

scotchies menu.. we had 1/2 chicken and 2 cokes for $11. the BEST jerk chicken i have ever had in my life. not toooo spicy

 

landscaped nicely

 

cooking method

 

so much chicken!!

 

gorgeous

 

cute little sign

[Briitini]

scotchies jerk chicken. the best of the best.

 

a little jerk chicken stand on the way into the port

 

yummy!!!

 

time to go back to the ship

 

beautiful day

 

[Briitini]

time to enjoy jamaica from our balcony