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Breeze decor - is it really that awful?

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We just finished watching Gambee's very thorough video review of the Breeze on youtube and we are just plain dizzy from all the stripes.

We're booked with 3 of our teen grandkids for an 8-day on her next July, and while I think the kids will have a blast, we're almost nauseous from the decor. Is it truly as bad as it looks? Holy cow, that appears to be one ugly ship. Big and loaded, but ugly. The stripes and circles, the colors, doesn't it get old and annoying after a few hours?

I'm hoping that in reality, it doesn't come off as awful as it does in videos. I have to admit that if I'd seen this a few weeks ago, I would have never booked on this ship. Tacky, tacky, tacky. Do you ever get used to it enough to ignore it?

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The Breeze consistently gets positive reviews for her tasteful decorations and subtle colors. We were on the Glory, it looks like a pre-schoolers crayon box!

 

The NCL Epic, now that's an ugly ship but we had a great time anyway.

 

Look at more reviews and videos - you have time to switch to different line.

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Yes, it was definitely the Breeze. Go on youtube and there's Gambee's 4-part review. I think it was the striped walkways that got to us in the videos - that and the concentric circles on the atrium floor. It just looked dizzying, but if nobody that's been on the ship has been bothered by it, I'll take that as a good thing!

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We just finished watching Gambee's very thorough video review of the Breeze on youtube and we are just plain dizzy from all the stripes.

We're booked with 3 of our teen grandkids for an 8-day on her next July, and while I think the kids will have a blast, we're almost nauseous from the decor. Is it truly as bad as it looks? Holy cow, that appears to be one ugly ship. Big and loaded, but ugly. The stripes and circles, the colors, doesn't it get old and annoying after a few hours?

I'm hoping that in reality, it doesn't come off as awful as it does in videos. I have to admit that if I'd seen this a few weeks ago, I would have never booked on this ship. Tacky, tacky, tacky. Do you ever get used to it enough to ignore it?

 

I just watched some of the videos and I would say 95% of what the problem is the he is using a "fish eye" type lens and it made me dizzy watching it. And truth be told The Breeze was my last cruise and I never noticed all the lines until I read it here and watched the videos.

I think it will be very different seeing it in person.

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It's funny that you mention the stripes. When we were on the Valor we never noticed how many stripes were in the decor. It wasn't until we started going through our photos that we noticed how prominent they were. They look obnoxious in the photos but we honestly never paid attention to them. I'm very sensitive to esthetics and I was thinking the Breeze might seem boring compared to the other Carnival ships. Now I'm prepared to love it!

 

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We just finished watching Gambee's very thorough video review of the Breeze on youtube and we are just plain dizzy from all the stripes.

We're booked with 3 of our teen grandkids for an 8-day on her next July, and while I think the kids will have a blast, we're almost nauseous from the decor. Is it truly as bad as it looks? Holy cow, that appears to be one ugly ship. Big and loaded, but ugly. The stripes and circles, the colors, doesn't it get old and annoying after a few hours?

I'm hoping that in reality, it doesn't come off as awful as it does in videos. I have to admit that if I'd seen this a few weeks ago, I would have never booked on this ship. Tacky, tacky, tacky. Do you ever get used to it enough to ignore it?

 

Seriously?

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I'm watching the videos now. It is stripey and swirly!

 

I never noticed it in the still pictures. I think it's the walking and the fisheye that make the perspective look "off". Even the pillars warp as Gambee walks past them.

 

The color palette is is very soothing and very tasteful. Not elegant but nice, sort of simple. Not gaudy.

 

WOW, it's been a few minutes since I stopped watching the video and I feel a bit queasy.

 

Gosh, I love Gambee though.

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Well, it's rare you see it that way because there are always people walking around! How did they get photos without anyone in them? The atrium was almost always packed when we were going thru. Also love the new decor compared to the older ships, and especially the wider walkways and airier feel. The trees in the middle of the walkways were interesting.

 

 

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We just finished watching Gambee's very thorough video review of the Breeze on youtube and we are just plain dizzy from all the stripes.

We're booked with 3 of our teen grandkids for an 8-day on her next July, and while I think the kids will have a blast, we're almost nauseous from the decor. Is it truly as bad as it looks? Holy cow, that appears to be one ugly ship. Big and loaded, but ugly. The stripes and circles, the colors, doesn't it get old and annoying after a few hours?

I'm hoping that in reality, it doesn't come off as awful as it does in videos. I have to admit that if I'd seen this a few weeks ago, I would have never booked on this ship. Tacky, tacky, tacky. Do you ever get used to it enough to ignore it?

 

I'm shocked, been on the breeze twice with two more sailings to come. I think her decor is the best in the fleet, something tame...

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We just finished watching Gambee's very thorough video review of the Breeze on youtube and we are just plain dizzy from all the stripes.

We're booked with 3 of our teen grandkids for an 8-day on her next July, and while I think the kids will have a blast, we're almost nauseous from the decor. Is it truly as bad as it looks? Holy cow, that appears to be one ugly ship. Big and loaded, but ugly. The stripes and circles, the colors, doesn't it get old and annoying after a few hours?

I'm hoping that in reality, it doesn't come off as awful as it does in videos. I have to admit that if I'd seen this a few weeks ago, I would have never booked on this ship. Tacky, tacky, tacky. Do you ever get used to it enough to ignore it?

 

Find another youtube video and see if you feel the same way. I'm pretty sure that you'll feel differently once on board....I hope.

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I do wish he would not put in his reviews so many fish eye lens and the animation pics. Its cute once in a while but way to many pics are shown in this fashion. I love his reviews and his standard pictures but find the fisheye lens far less useful and much more difficult to look at on a long basis.

 

Won't stop me from reading his reviews though.

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