Our Beautiful Breeze cruise (with pics) 8/15/15

[Jamman54]

We continued our journey aft on Deck 12 towards the Sports Square. Here’s another shot looking forward towards the Carnival Waterworks…..

 

 

For those that like to walk or run aboard ship, the Sky Track is the place to go…..

 

 

 

The Sports Square on the Breeze is just awesome. There are so many things for kids of all ages to enjoy here. You can play pool…..

 

 

How about a game of corn hole, or bean bag toss if you prefer…..

 

 

Mini golf balls and putters neatly stowed…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Speaking of mini golf…..

 

 

Chess anyone?

 

 

Patti catches me doing my favorite activity at the Sports Square Bar…..

 

 

Ryan enjoyed the Sky Course several times during the cruise when it was open…..

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Here are some more Sports Square activities. How about some foosball?

 

 

Here are a couple more shots of the mini golf course…..

 

 

 

Here is the EA Sports Stadium…..

 

 

Of course there is ping pong…..

 

 

This is the Seadog stand. I meant to stop here one day and try the hot dogs, but for some reason, never did. I guess one cruise on the Breeze isn’t enough time to do everything! Lol.

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Patti has joined me at the Sports Square Bar……

 

 

This is one of her favorite drinks, the Caribbean Colada…..

 

 

Now, moving further aft on Deck 12, we come upon the Sports Court and grandstand…..

 

 

 

All the way aft on Deck 12 are two Sky Fitness stations…..

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Looking down on the Tides pool and hot tubs from Deck 12…..

 

 

Back down on Lido Deck 10 aft we find the Pizza Pirate, which is open 24/7…..

 

 

The Tandoor is a great place for Indian food. It was open Noon to 2:30 daily…..

 

 

This is the Tides Bar, one of my favorite hangouts…..

 

 

It was now 2pm, and time for the informal CC roll call get together at the Red Frog Rum Bar. Patti wanted to get a jump on unpacking, so she snapped this quick shot as she left…..

 

 

Heading back to the cabin she came upon a table where they were already taking reservations for the Green Eggs and Ham breakfast…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

We both really liked the hanging lanterns in the Breeze Atrium…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

The roll call get together ended around 3:30, in anticipation of the upcoming muster drill. I made my way back to the cabin to find that Patti had already completed unpacking, so we just hung out until 4:15 when the muster drill started. Our muster station was in the Ovation Theater, so there was no standing out in the hot sun for us. The muster drill was over fairly quickly, so our cruise was about to officially begin. We decided to watch our sail away from Miami out on our “secret” deck. Here’s a shot looking down at the crew area on the bow of the ship…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

We have pushed away from the pier, and the thrusters are pushing us sideways so that we are clear of the Carnival Glory, and we can proceed to the turning basin, and turn around, before heading out to sea…..

 

 

 

 

 

We are sailing past the Carnival Glory…..

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

We are sailing past the last few cruise terminals before reaching the turning basin…..

 

 

There is the Holiday Inn – Port of Miami, where we stayed last night. We could see our room on the 9th floor…..

 

 

We had some nice views as the Carnival Breeze spun around to head out to sea…..

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[VickiD59]

So glad to see I'm not the only riser on a Saturday morning - what a great way to start the day with more updates on your review. I spent the past two weekends reading all your previous ones. I could barely wait for you to return from this last cruise so I could read all about it. :D

[Jamman54]

A Miami police boat is keeping all other water craft a safe distance from us…..

 

 

Here’s a view of the ship’s bell…..

 

 

We are now sailing past the Carnival Glory and heading out to sea. Her upper decks are empty because they are doing their muster drill as we pass…..

 

 

 

 

Here’s a unique family picture. Ryan in the window, and our reflection on the glass…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Here are some views as we sail away from Miami…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ryan is enjoying the sail away from his cabin window…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Here are some more sail away views as we leave Miami…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are heading that way, out to sea…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[VickiD59]

We've only ever sailed out of NY, which is always a spectacular sight, but I have to say I'm liking the beautiful view of the Miami sail-away very much; gotta love a palm tree :)

[Jamman54]

Here comes the Fisher Island ferry…..

 

 

These cars are at the terminal waiting for the ferry to arrive…..

 

 

The Fisher Island Ferry approaches the terminal…..

 

 

We are approaching Miami Beach…..

 

 

I wouldn’t mind owning that beautiful yacht…..

 

 

A speedboat tour heads out to sea…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[DDNY]

Always enjoy your reviews and learn something new from each of them as I study up for my first ever cruise in January!!

[Jamman54]

The people on a couple of passing pleasure boats wish us bon voyage!!

 

 

 

This is a condo on Fisher Island…..

 

 

We are approaching the Miami Beach fishing pier and jetty…..

 

 

Ryan and me on the “secret” deck…..

 

 

Beautiful Miami Beach…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Here are a few more views as we pass Miami Beach…..

 

 

 

 

Ryan photo bombs one of Mom’s shots…..

 

 

We are leaving Miami Beach behind…..

 

 

Our cabin windows are on both sides of the red box…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[jimbo5544]

Hey Jeff! Great start, sailed her twice and loved the ship. How many pics did you end up taking? On our Sunshine cruise I thought I was taking a lot but only ended up with about 350, I was disappointed, thought I had taken so many more....

Edited September 5, 2015 by jimbo5544

[jimbo5544]

Those Fisher Island condo's look pretty inviting!

[SenatorsFan]

I'm enjoying following along, as usual, Jeff. Patti's sail away shots are terrific. I do like sailing from Miami, and got to wave to my old friends Breeze and Glory in July. :):D I appreciate your dedication to Kevin, too.

Heather

[Jamman54]

Goodbye Miami, Hello fun!!!

 

 

 

 

Here comes the Miami Pilot boat to pick up the pilot…..

 

 

We went back to the cabin to find that some more goodies had arrived…..

 

 

These are the bottles of free water that Carnival gives Reds and above…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

We had some time before our first dinner, so Ryan and I went to check out the Winner’s Luck casino. He went to play some slots, and I played blackjack. After an hour or so Ryan had lost a little, and I was up $100. I’ll take it!

 

Soon it was time to head to our first dinner aboard the Breeze. We were at table #749, a booth for 4, which is what I requested, and what we received. We were on the upper level of the Blush Restaurant, which was all the way aft. Thinking back, I should have refined my request a bit more by asking to be on the lower level, and in the midship, (Sapphire), dining room, since our cabins were all the way forward. Our booth had solid walls on three sides, making it feel like a closet, and had no view of the lower level at all. I made my bed, so we’ll deal with it.

 

 

Our wait staff wasn’t the best we have had by far, but they tried, and it wasn’t entirely their fault. Across the aisle from us were two tables of ten with a large family group. Some of them came on time, some came ten minutes late, some much later than that. They could not and would not sit still. Even after placing their orders, they would get up and change places and even tables, which I could see was driving our wait staff nuts. They would wander in and out and block the aisles, making it difficult for the staff to work. They were spending so much time dealing with them, that at times we felt ignored. I probably should have talked to the maitre d’ but I didn’t want to put any more stress on them that they already had. Again, we’ll deal with it. Hey, we’re on a cruise after all.

 

And my last rant will be on the lighting in the dining room. Those big beautiful chandeliers were lit ORANGE. It felt like Halloween in there every night, or something out of the Nightmare before Christmas. Now, I know that those lights could have been lit WHITE, which is what they were when we went to the Sea Day Brunch the next morning, and it looked far more elegant. But…ORANGE? Really??

 

I have to apologize in advance. With the musical chairs being played across the aisle, the lighting, maybe we were tired, or maybe we were really hungry, but we failed miserably with the food porn pictures this night. Being that we would be ordering off the American Table / Feast menus this cruise, I wanted to get pictures of everything. Rest assured it will be better the rest of the way.

 

Patti started off with the cream of sun ripened tomato soup…..

 

 

Followed by an order (as a starter), of bacon mac n cheese…..

 

 

She also had a romaine salad and the everyday salmon entrée. She declined any dessert tonight. I started out with the Maryland corn chowder……

 

 

Followed by a shrimp cocktail, and order of fried shrimp, and a pork chop from the everyday menu, which was really good. For dessert I had the strawberry parfait……

 

 

Ryan had the bacon mac n cheese and the fried shrimp.

 

Here are the entertainment options for our cruise…..

 

 

To be continued…..

Edited September 5, 2015 by Jamman54

[Jamman54]

Here is the entertainment schedule for our itinerary…..

 

 

Since we had no desire to see the Welcome Aboard show, and we were tired, we walked around a little before calling it a night. There was dancing in the Breeze Atrium with the music of Azucar Morena…..

 

 

 

The Breeze Atrium is very pretty at night…..

 

 

Ryan asks the question…….

 

 

Here is tonight’s towel animal and turndown service……

 

 

Coming up next: A very busy first sea day aboard the Carnival Breeze!!

[Jamman54]

So glad to see I'm not the only riser on a Saturday morning - what a great way to start the day with more updates on your review. I spent the past two weekends reading all your previous ones. I could barely wait for you to return from this last cruise so I could read all about it. :D

 

We've only ever sailed out of NY, which is always a spectacular sight, but I have to say I'm liking the beautiful view of the Miami sail-away very much; gotta love a palm tree :)

 

Thanks for following along! I'm up early because I've kept you guys waiting long enough!! :p

 

Miami is a great port to sail from, but New York will always be my favorite! :)

[Jamman54]

Always enjoy your reviews and learn something new from each of them as I study up for my first ever cruise in January!!

 

Thanks for reading!! I'm sure you'll pass with flying colors in January!!:D

 

Hey Jeff! Great start, sailed her twice and loved the ship. How many pics did you end up taking? On our Sunshine cruise I thought I was taking a lot but only ended up with about 350, I was disappointed, thought I had taken so many more....

 

Thanks Jimbo!! We, well mostly Patti, took around 2,000 photos during the cruise part of our vacation, and probably a 1,000 or so more during our pre and post cruise escapades. Of course not every one of the cruise pics will be posted, but somewhere between 50 - 60% will.