Quick Carnival Breeze review: April 25-May 3 (with a few pics)

[tropical83]

Agreed, when in doubt the pizza was the go to meal for our kids or if roaming the ship and needing something quick

 

I will add to the food that the Red Frog Pub Grub was quite good, the wings especially, a little bit of a wait and the wings were rather small, but tasted very good, the grouper fingers I was less impressed with. Order two orders of wings in order to have more than a snack.

 

Also Bonsai sushi was quite good, my DD8 likes sea weed and rice and they were able to accommodate her by simply choosing the California roll and marking through the veggies and fish. DW got veggie sushie the same way, just marking through the fish in the California roll.

 

Tandoor, the Indian place, was very good, some of it was very spicy, a large part of the crew eat there for lunch, we enjoyed eating there very much. The hot fresh naan bread and chicken and rice, top notch.

 

We did the chef's table which was excellent, well worth the cost.

 

I'm glad you enjoyed the other dining options I didn't mention. I didn't try them at all.

 

Thanks to everyone for the compliments. Sorry that this may not be the best review, I've read so many awesome reviews on these boards! But I'll post some more soon!

Edited May 7, 2015 by tropical83

[tropical83]

A few pics from around the ship:

 

Lido marketplace Again, I really liked the decor in here

 

 

 

 

At night

 

One thing I wanted to mention is that we found the floors in the Lido marketplace to be slippery. My husband fell in there at night and I saw a few people slipping around as well as myself throughout the cruise during the day as well as at night. The floors weren't wet so I am not sure why that would happen. Maybe it had to do with the shoes people were wearing? I'm not sure but thought I'd mention this. I haven't seen anything posted about this before.

[tropical83]

I loved this picture of the starfish in one of the stairwells. There were so many nice pictures but this is the only one I snapped a pic of.

 

 

Red Frog Pub: We went in here a few times and they had someone playing live acoustic guitar.

 

 

[tropical83]

Ocean Plaza: This is where a lot of activities were held. At night they had some karaoke here as well as a band playing. I didn't spend too much time here, I would mostly just walk through and check out what was going on for a few minutes here and there

 

 

Lanai on Deck 5. Nice place to sit and chat.

 

 

Red Frog Rum Bar on the mid Lido deck

 

 

Blue Iguana Bar on the mid Lido deck

 

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One thing I wanted to mention is that we found the floors in the Lido marketplace to be slippery. My husband fell in there at night and I saw a few people slipping around as well as myself throughout the cruise during the day as well as at night. The floors weren't wet so I am not sure why that would happen. Maybe it had to do with the shoes people were wearing? I'm not sure but thought I'd mention this. I haven't seen anything posted about this before.

 

I've read about the Lido Marketplace slippery floors in many Breeze reviews.

 

Suprised Carnival has not yet addressed this issue.

 

 

 

 

[GoofyCdn]

Thank you for the pics. I love looking at them and I am so excited about our trip next February.

[tropical83]

I've read about the Lido Marketplace slippery floors in many Breeze reviews.

 

Suprised Carnival has not yet addressed this issue.

 

 

Oh really? Its dangerous. My hubby fell HARD. Feet in the air, pizza went flying. He was ok, but still.

[tropical83]

Thank you for the pics. I love looking at them and I am so excited about our trip next February.

 

You're welcome! Hope you have a great trip!

[wrigley80]

The reason that the floors in the Lido are always so slippery is when the ship is going south you get the sea breeze and the tradewinds that make it slippery. Plus you have people coming and going from the pool area with sunscreen on. I try to avoid the Lido restaurant during the day because of the slippery floors

[RenoNanaOz]

Embarkation: We arrived at the Port of Miami at about 10am. Everything went quickly and we got Zone 2 boarding. We walked onto the ship at 12:15pm. We went to our room and it was ready so we dropped off our carry on luggage. However our checked luggage came late at about 6:30pm.

 

Views of Miami from the ship:

 

 

 

Myself

 

I have almost the exact same picture, we were next door on the glory leaving on the 25th too. The breeze will be our next one, thanks for sharing your photos.

[tropical83]

I have almost the exact same picture, we were next door on the glory leaving on the 25th too. The breeze will be our next one, thanks for sharing your photos.

 

Hope you had a great time on the Glory.

You'll love the Breeze!

[tropical83]

Lido Pools/Hot Tubs:

I enjoyed spending time lounging on the back Lido deck area everyday. I was always able to find a chair no problem, no matter what time I went. The mid Lido area was always more crowded so I never really bothered to find a chair there. However, I would go and check out what was going on or eat in this area. I also noticed a lot of available chairs on the higher decks along the sides of the ship as well as the Lanai area on deck 5. The pools were always full of people, but not so bad on port days obviously. The hot tubs were usually full from what I saw or at least had a few people in them, everywhere on the ship. The hot tubs on the back Lido deck had kids splashing around and jumping in them quite often. I went in the hot tubs in all areas of the ship a few times and found them to be a decent temperature. As for Serenity Deck,

I went up there twice and it was full both times with a lot of people sleeping. I did use the hot tub once and that is about it.

 

Aft Lido deck

 

 

 

Mid Lido deck

 

 

 

 

[retiring soon]

Hi all!

 

tropical83 ~ you're doing a great job on your review.:D The pictures are lovely & I'm enjoying revisiting my time on this great ship. I've been on Breeze twice & wouldn't mind sailing on it again.

 

~ Jo ~ :)

[sandij]

Does the Breeze not have the little rocking chairs out by the big screen? I always enjoy watching movies in them but I don't see them in your picture, which are great by the way.

[Cyndi03]

Love your review! We leave on the Breeze in 15 days!

[Lulleecruise]

Thank you for the lovely pics and the great review. We sail out on her in just 15 days. But who's counting :D

[Bellacruiser2712]

Really nice review! Good points! Thanks!! I'm going on June 20. Hello Bandit!!

[riclop]

Oh really? Its dangerous. My hubby fell HARD. Feet in the air, pizza went flying. He was ok, but still.

 

Many people have fallen on that floor.

[tropical83]

Hi all!

 

tropical83 ~ you're doing a great job on your review.:D The pictures are lovely & I'm enjoying revisiting my time on this great ship. I've been on Breeze twice & wouldn't mind sailing on it again.

 

~ Jo ~ :)

 

Thanks for the compliments! I miss the Breeze so much. I'm having withdrawals! lol

 

Does the Breeze not have the little rocking chairs out by the big screen? I always enjoy watching movies in them but I don't see them in your picture, which are great by the way.

 

I did not see any rocking chairs!

[tropical83]

Really nice review! Good points! Thanks!! I'm going on June 20. Hello Bandit!!

 

Thank you for the lovely pics and the great review. We sail out on her in just 15 days. But who's counting :D

 

 

 

Thanks!! Hope you both have a great cruise!!

[tropical83]

Many people have fallen on that floor.

 

That's too bad. Hopefully no one hurt themselves badly

[legion3]

We didn't find it that slippery, but to be honest we did not do lunch there when the pool area's were in full swing. but even when cutting through the area it did not seem overly slippy. However, I have heard enough that it clearly is, we were just lucky I guess. Didn't see anyone fall last week.

[tropical83]

We didn't find it that slippery, but to be honest we did not do lunch there when the pool area's were in full swing. but even when cutting through the area it did not seem overly slippy. However, I have heard enough that it clearly is, we were just lucky I guess. Didn't see anyone fall last week.

 

Honestly to me it was more slippery at night. That is when my husband fell and when I saw a few others slip around and lose their balance including myself. I didn't see anyone else actually fall though.

[tropical83]

Casino:

The casino was always busy when I was in there. I played some slots but never won anything. On the Splendor last summer I had some luck on the slots and won about $250.

My Husband had some luck on Roulette throughout the trip. I felt the casino was pretty big for a cruise ship. They had a nice selection of slots to play.

A lot of people smoked in the casino and it bothered me as I can't stand the smell of smoke but oh well, I knew that smoking would be allowed in there.

At the casino bar, on one side of the bar you can smoke and the other side you cannot which is good. A lot of people crowd around the casino bar because that is the only bar that shows sports. It was mostly basketball from what I saw. There were a few NHL playoff games on during the weekend but none were on during weekdays.

 

My few pictures of the casino aren't the best:

 

 

I liked the ceiling:

 

 

[tropical83]

Piano Bar:

The Piano Bar is on Deck 5 aft right near the Limelight Lounge where they have the comedy shows at night and some karaoke as well. It is in an open area not in a separate room like on the Splendor. If you are lined up to go into the comedy shows you will be right in the piano bar area. I guess it is a good thing since it may draw more people to the piano bar. Although some people were saying they like it better when the Piano bar is in a separate room.