Carnival Breeze 10/6 Mini-Review

[xostacylee]

My friends and I were on the Breeze 10/6 sailing, and I wanted to write a mini-review. We had such a great time! Hopefully I'll get to sail on her again. Gorgeous ship!

 

 

Here's my mini-review:

 

Good

- Piano bar: Ben was absolutely amazing, though sometimes he would take the tip and not play the song.

- Karaoke: We ended up here every night. Super fun!

- Trivia: Some of the trivia was better than others (ie the 80s decades trivia was politics NOT pop culture!)

- Drinks: The Long Islands/Long Beaches/Blue Long Island drinks were strong AND affordable ($10 after tip and tax). They got us every time

- Taste Bar: BEST SAMPLES EVER!! They weren't open all the time, but whenever we had their stuff it was really good.

- Faster To The Fun: WORTH EVERY PENNY! We skipped lines on the way in, skipped lines at guest services, and had priority debarking. I swear it only too us 20-25 minutes to embark and debark. Our room was ready when we got on the ship, though not all of our bags were there. Would definitely recommend this to everyone.

Guys Burgers - I had to have it twice. So good!

- Comedy Show: We saw Jeff Duke and he was really funny! The only thing bad about the Punchliner was the lines! We waited 45 minutes for a 45 minute long show.

- Tea Time: We loved this! Just a nice quiet break from all the people and we had the little tea time treats. Highly recommend this!

 

 

Bad

- Room Steward/Service: It wasn't consistent. We drank our bottle of water in the room and never got a new one, or we had one dirty glass (filled partially with liquid) and he wouldn't clean it and give us a new one. It wasn't terrible service, but some days he was better than other days.

- Bonsai Sushi: HORRIBLE!! By far the WORST service on board the ship. They were slow (took us over an hour to have two rolls and a bowl of miso soup!). My friend had to ask for her wine twice and they messed up her order. My other friend got the california roll and it's supposed to have crab meat, instead it had what seemed like tuna from a can. She ate one roll and couldn't eat the rest. They ended up crediting both my friends a plate. Oh and when they brought out the soup, they gave me a soup spoon and my friend a regular spoon. I had to give her my soup spoon when I was done. Waste of money!

- Dining Room: Though the servers were super friendly and entertaining, it was just slow (too slow for our taste). The entire ship is geared towards instant gratification, the MDR was just painfully slow. And the drink server messed up our drinks almost every night (salt on the rim vs. sugar, red wine vs white wine, etc.). But otherwise it wasn't bad. Food was OK.. not amazing. We only went 3x because of it.

 

 

Random Notes

- I swear I thought there was a POOL in the Serenity area, not just hot tubs?

- The last morning before debarkation they put towel animals on all the seats by the pool. We missed it but saw photos.. so make sure to check it out if they do it on all ships!

- I would highly recommend the catamaran ride with snorkeling in Grand Turk. We went to a private beach and were the only ones there.. absolutely amazing!

[CrzRani]

thanks for the mini review of the Breeze. Going in March, so I'm always curious the goods and the bads. One bad is no pool in the Serenity, for sure.

 

That's why some day now I hope to sail on the Sunshine, just to enjoy their triple decker Serenity.

[xostacylee]

thanks for the mini review of the Breeze. Going in March, so I'm always curious the goods and the bads. One bad is no pool in the Serenity, for sure.

 

That's why some day now I hope to sail on the Sunshine, just to enjoy their triple decker Serenity.

 

Go to the back pool.. there were always seats available there!

 

Oh, another bad...the back pool was as hot as BATH WATER. It was so hot I couldn't stay in it! I just had to get in and get back out to stay cool.

Edited October 21, 2013 by xostacylee

[Cruisin Dave]

Thanks for the mini review. Well done, concise and too the point. I'll have to set my alarm for the poolside towel animals.

[CrzRani]

Well I see you're from the OC. Good to see peeps from this side :D

[xostacylee]

Well I see you're from the OC. Good to see peeps from this side :D

 

Yes! And it was funny, we made friends with these guys on our ship who were on a B2B, and they're from Woodland Hills!!

[xostacylee]

Delayed photos...

 

The sail away party, had a great crowd!

 

Our catamaran ride excursion in Grand Turk. I highly recommend this!

 

The always-busy piano bar. Get there early if you want a seat AT the bar!

 

Our first animal. Weren't sure exactly what it was! haha

 

Another good: Our Deluxe Ocean View. A bit tight at times, but the two bathrooms were worth not upgrading to a balcony!

[JerseyshoreBruce]

The only thing i disagree completely about was the Bonsai Sushi......we thought it was so good we ate there 2 times....loved it. Everything else is close to how we felt but our room service (steward) was great but sure we had a different one!

[rrraydon]

Thanks for the review! :)

[torybruno]

Curious what you did in the other ports?

[xostacylee]

Curious what you did in the other ports?

 

We didn't do anything in Nassau (regret not choosing something as that was the one port we weren't right on the beach), so instead of walking around we just went back to the boat.

 

Jamaica we did the bus tour (not the Bob Marley one) that took us to a private beach for lunch. Definitely interesting, but we probably would have opted for something more exciting if we went back.