My Better Late, Than Never BREEZE review! Lots of pics!

[CaribbeanH2OLover]

We can't wait to read more! We will be on the Breeze next month.

 

 

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[MIZZ_K]

Can't wait to read the rest,I'm sailing on The Breeze next month,I can't wait :)

[Spring1onu]

Loving your review! The Breeze is beautiful! Considering this ship for next yr. We did this itinerary on the Freedom and loved it. Thank you for providing such a great review :-)

 

 

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[taecruise2]

How di it work out for you with renting the van one-way. We were considering doing this next month for our cruise. We would be leaving from Orlando , but was not sure if it was too much of a hassle. What transportation did you use to get from the airport to the port and back ?

[tampabrat22]

Yay, more readers! I was starting to worry that I was talking to myself! Glad you all are enjoying it!

 

How di it work out for you with renting the van one-way. We were considering doing this next month for our cruise. We would be leaving from Orlando , but was not sure if it was too much of a hassle. What transportation did you use to get from the airport to the port and back ?

 

It's a little more work (and possible a tad bit more $$ than parking), but worth the effort. I reserved our vehicles from the Tampa airport because they are the only ones who allow a one way rental in my area. I was in & out of Alamo in about 15 mins, I used the new self service kiosk and then made my way to the garage to select the van I wanted. I chose our Miami hotel close to the airport so that we could return it quickly in the morning. And that too was very simple, we just followed the signs to our rental center and there was a guy there waiting to check us in. We took the elevators up to the shuttle area and were whisked away to the port within 5 minutes. The shuttle took us right to the front doors of the port check in area, sweet!

 

Getting back to the Airport was a little more stressful, not because of the cruise line or rental company but because of some rude people we encountered (long story but the same rude type that don't know proper elevator etiquette or how to wait their turn:mad:). Basically we debarked and had the porter direct us to the shuttle area. It was very crowded and kind of a mess, but we were able to flag down a bus and we had to show our rental reservation to get on. We were then quickly shuttled back to the airport where we picked up our return rental. We are doing the same thing on our upcoming cruise in 2 weeks so hopefully it all goes just as smoothly. Oh and if you do rent, make sure your company has a shuttle to the port, not all of them do.

[cat_in_cda]

we are the breeze in December in our very first cove balcony so looking forward to all your pics and hope you have lots of the cove balcony :-)

[alreadypacked]

Great review with beautiful photos! Doesn't matter that it's a little late. I'm just happy there are three great Breeze reviews on cc at the same time (yours, GAPearls's and Mike and Tracy)!!:) Keep it coming!:)

[nycchic12]

I'm reading too! Looking forward to more pics :)

[tampabrat22]

Sail Away!!

 

After what felt like an eternity, it was time for the sail away fun! Butch the CD was great! He kept everyone up & moving and having a good time. He is our favorite cruise director to date, I don't really follow who will be on what ship but I was glad to hear he will be on our upcoming Breeze cruise. He truly was the best CD's we have ever had. Very energetic, fun and a sharp dresser!

 

 

 

Our little group found a nice spot on deck 12 two decks above lido, perfect spot to watch the people below and have a great view of the skyline!

 

 

My son, friend & cousin!

 

And us enjoying our Funship Specials (that's me there in the back in the purple top)!! It's probably the only pic you will see of me, I prefer to be behind the camera lol! Anyway we stayed out here getting our fill of drinks, people watching and enjoying the sights and sounds!

 

[oncruisecontrol]

Sail Away!!

 

 

 

Wow! That is quite a sky in this photo. Very nice.

[tampabrat22]

After a few hours at the sail away party we all went back to our cabins to freshen up for dinner. We had assigned seating in the Sapphire dining room at 8:15p (as we requested). The ten of us were seated at table 471, which is on the upper level and over looks the center of the dining room. We really liked this area because we had a good view when the waiters did their singing & dancing!

 

My son being silly (but notice how empty it was on the first night). There were a lot of empty tables. But we loved everything about the dining room, the decor was very nice and I loved those wavy ceiling lights!

 

 

My Mom & Daughter

 

 

And a little food porn for the foodies! This was the Linguine with Italian Sausage starter (can also be ordered as a meal).

 

 

And I had the Tender Braised Beef Brisket in gravy. It was delicious!

 

 

And for desert...the infamous Warm Chocolate Melting Cake!!!

 

 

The first night in the dining room went great, fast service, good food and nice servers. This was our first sailing after the dining room change they made (3 person wait team and they have more tables) and although most nights everything was smooth, it was clearly different than before. The waiters no longer have time to chat or get to know you (or vice versa), it just wasn't as personal as it used to be. We always enjoyed getting to know our wait team, but they were so busy we only saw them when they were taking orders or bringing drinks/food. We still loved everything, just wish they would have left things the way they were. Service was much better when the staff had time to relax.

[anewmac]

Loving your review!!! We just booked the Breeze for March 2015, Southen Caribbean though. But I am enjoying your tour of the ship and cant wait to see what yall do in ports (I love seeing peoples vacations, lol)

[Cushing985]

Loving your review!!! We just booked the Breeze for March 2015, Southen Caribbean though. But I am enjoying your tour of the ship and cant wait to see what yall do in ports (I love seeing peoples vacations, lol)

 

Don't love it too much. Her last post was October 9, 2013. I think this one will turn out to be one of the many never finished.:rolleyes:

 

Do a quick search for Gambee's review for the Breeze. A ton of pictures and a lot of detail.

Edited June 29, 2014 by Cushing985

[Shimmy86]

Great review so far, can't wait to read more!

 

 

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[anewmac]

Lol didn't even realize it was from 2013! Come back please finish lol

 

 

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[tampabrat22]

Lol didn't even realize it was from 2013! Come back please finish lol

 

Don't love it too much. Her last post was October 9, 2013. I think this one will turn out to be one of the many never finished.:rolleyes:

 

Hey! Don't count me out yet & stop that eye rolling, lol! I just saw this pop up on the forum and honestly I just got so busy I forgot about it. By the time I remembered I figured no one would want to read...but since there are still people out there looking for Breeze reviews I will continue!

 

So when I left off we had just finished our first night in the dining room. Everyone was exhausted from the long day of travel, boarding and all the excitement so we all called it a night early (no show review tonight, sorry). The following morning we met our group early for the Comedy Brunch, we were really excited to try this. Brunch + comedy = what's not to love?

 

The menu & table setting

 

My daughter had the funny french toast. She loved it!

 

Me & my son had the Carne y Huevos- Filet Mignon, with 2 fried eggs, Bearnaise sauce, grilled tomato and home fries.

 

 

Everything was delicious! The servings were really large, we would have been fine with half of that. As for the comedy part, ehhh, that was pretty bad. I'm sure you have read here on the boards, basically a comic would do a joke or two and then inform us of the upcoming shows during the cruise. There really wasn't much comedy. So I can see why they have now done away with it. But this was the first time we had ever had a meal in the dining room other than at dinner so it was a nice experience.

[tampabrat22]

As normal for our group, usually the first day at see we try to chill. We like to hang out by the pool, explore the ship and basically just relax...with plenty of cocktails of course!! So after brunch we walked around the ship a bit.

 

 

 

Can you tell she liked Cherry on Top?

 

I LOVE Hello Kitty! And yeah I'm 37, so what of it? LOL!

 

They had the chocolate covered strawberries here. Some days it was the little tux strawberries and other days these little choc covered cherry mice!

[tampabrat22]

A few shots of the casino. I rarely spend time here as I'm not much of a gambler, I do like Roulette but I rather shop with my money. My kids dad plays enough for the both of us when he sails with us.

 

 

 

 

 

the promenade at the back starboard side of the ship & some artwork

 

[tampabrat22]

Next we made our way over to the Red Frog Pub & Liquid Nightclub. Wish I had taken more pics at the Pub, I really like the look and atmosphere. This is one spot I really ended up loving and spent more time here as the cruise progressed!

 

 

 

Liquid Nightclub

 

My cousin & her husband being silly!

 

Our girls being silly too!

 

And at this point we decided it was time for some pool time for the kids and drink time for the adults!! Surprisingly the lido area was not packed around the pool so finding seats was no problem. It was around lunchtime so I guess people were probably eating...we were still stuffed from brunch!

 

 

[tampabrat22]

Our girls finally had enough swimming so we decided to go check out the trivia. My daughter saw that they were having a game based on the old show Full House and she was determined to win. She is a major Full House fan, she watches episodes over & over on Netflix.

 

 

So we made our way over to Ocean Plaza to check it out. We had a great time! The kids played trivia while we had a few drinks and just hung out! What was funny though is I brought a drink with me from the Lido and then ordered another at the Ocean Plaza bar, same drink, two different colors!! I thought it was funny (but it may have just been the drinks getting to me)!

 

 

Cousin & hubby

 

AND my daughter WON Full House trivia! She was so happy to finally have her very own ship on a stick! Her brother won one years ago from an ice cream eating contest at Camp Carnival and she has wanted one ever since!

 

 

After a few games of trivia we went to try some pizza at Pizza Pirate..

 

I think the slices are a bit too large!! LOL!

 

My son acting silly...but he loved the pizza as did everyone else.

 

After pizza we went to our cabins for a late afternoon nap and to get ready for dinner!

[tampabrat22]

Thank you for picking up where you left off. :)

 

Thanks for reading! :D

[tampabrat22]

So after everyone got a little rest in, it was time to get ready for our first elegant night! YAY! We are one of those groups that enjoys the elegant nights, me and my cousin have so much fun picking out the perfect outfits for us and our kids.

 

My kids all ready for dinner

 

 

My son can not resist making silly faces for the camera!

 

 

 

Our group

[tampabrat22]

I didn't take a whole lot of pics at dinner tonight but here are the stuffed mushrooms, they are one of my faves!

 

 

And the lobster tail & shrimp, it was good, I'm not much of a lobster fan, but it was good enough for me!

 

 

Dinner service was good, we were there about 2 hours which seems to be the norm for us. We decided to go check out the comedy show, so the teens went to the teen club and our girls went to Camp Carnival. I think my mom decided to go to the show by herself, I'm not a huge fan of the stage shows so I don't go to many anymore. When we went to the line to get in to the comedy club it was massive. We waited about 15 mins but we gave up figuring by the time we made it in there probably wouldn't be many good seats left anyway. So we decided to check out the nightclub instead.

 

Liquid Nightclub was the happening spot tonight! It was crowded with lots of people having a great time! The music was a mix of current top hits and some older stuff, plenty of hits to get your groove on to! I loved the lights on the ceiling that pulse to the beat of the music!

 

 

We had a few of these shots in cute little blinking glasses and tried a few drinks from the bar. We had a great time at Liquid!

 

 

 

After our fun night at Liquid to we decided to call it a night! Our first day at sea was perfect and ended on a good note.

[NW Native1]

Thank you for continuing - can't wait to read more!

[krazy4cruising]

Great review so far! I love that you included the kiddos in your review because it really gives their perspective and if they are busy and having fun so are you!!