Our Fascination Anniversary / Spring Break Getaway Cruise (with pics) - 3/26/16

[Jamman54]

For my main, I chose the jerked pork loin, and the chili rellenos…..

 

 

 

Here is tonight’s dessert menu……

 

 

Tonight our waiters danced “Gangham Style”…..

 

 

 

To our surprise, our waiters brought us an Anniversary cake, and sang “Hoppy Annibersary two shoes” to us…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

In addition to the cake, we both had the apple pie for dessert…..

 

 

Outside the Dining Room, is a ship model of the Imagination…..

 

 

After dinner Patti went back to the cabin, and I went to the Casino Royale to play some blackjack. I wound up getting killed tonight, losing everything that I had won so far. Oh well, back to the drawing board.

 

It’s time to head back to the cabin to go to bed. Here is tonight’s turndown service…..

 

 

 

Coming up next: Our day in Nassau. Trying something different!

[pr1vatepiles]

apple pie looks very yummy.

[iloverags2]

Just joining in and really enjoying your review!

[Jamman54]

apple pie looks very yummy.

 

Just joining in and really enjoying your review!

 

Thank you both for following along. Much more to come!

[Jamman54]

Welcome to Nassau! This is going to be a fairly long segment, which will take 25 posts, and about 150 pictures to complete. It may take a couple of days to complete, so please be patient.

 

 

We were up at 7:30, and according to the bow camera view on our television we were already docked in Nassau…….

 

 

Patti and I have been here in Nassau so many times, on both land and sea vacations, that we have lost count. We have done just about everything there is of interest to do in Nassau, so now we have been checking out the resorts that have day passes. On our last cruise here aboard the Carnival Splendor last June, we checked out the nearby British Colonial Hilton. A review and pictures from that experience can be found on that Splendor review.

 

This time, we have purchased day passes to the Breezes resort on Cable Beach. Much more on that will be coming up later in this segment.

 

We made our way up to the Coconut Grove for a light breakfast. Once up there, we could see the Disney Dream backing into her berth across the way…..

 

 

There are two beautiful yachts moored directly behind us…..

 

 

Looks like most people are leaving the ship since the Serenity area is completely deserted…..

 

 

The Carnival Victory is docked across the pier from us…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Here is the stern of the Disney Dream. It looks like we have a long walk to reach the beginning of the pier…..

 

 

Here is another view of the Disney Dream…….

 

 

Patti caught someone riding on the Aqua Duck…..

 

 

Around 9:15am, Patti and I left the ship…..

 

 

Looking up at the Carnival Victory…..

 

 

The Potato Heads were on the pier looking for photo opportunities…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[OceansOfTravels]

Here are a few more Freeport Harbour views…..

 

 

There are three ships in drydock at the Grand Bahama Shipyard. This is where Carnival sends most of their ships to be drydocked…..

 

 

The Carnival Triumph is presently here getting her 2.0 upgrades…..

 

 

 

Can anyone name this little cruise ship?

 

 

To be continued…..

 

It's the new Fathom ship, Adonia!

 

Loving the review, thank you for taking the time to write it! :D

[Jamman54]

The stern of the Carnival Victory, docked in Nassau…..

 

 

The Laurel…..

 

 

The stern of the Carnival Fascination…..

 

 

The Disney Dream, Disney Magic, and the Majesty of the Seas, docked in Nassau…..

 

 

The Fascination is testing their lifeboats…..

 

 

The Disney Dream is also testing their lifeboats…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

The Carnival Fascination and the Carnival Victory docked in Nassau…..

 

 

Here are the Disney Dream and the Disney Magic.....

 

 

Here is a closer look at Mickey on the stern of the Disney Dream…..

 

 

Here is the stern of the Disney Magic…..

 

 

The Disney Magic docked in Nassau…..

 

 

The Majesty of the Seas has the closest berth to Festival Place…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

The stern of the Majesty of the Seas…..

 

 

Welcome to Nassau sign…..

 

 

Once outside the gate, we arranged for a cab to take us to the Breezes Resort on Cable Beach. The fare for just the two of us in the cab was $22. If we had shared the cab it would have been $15, but since we wanted to get there as soon as possible, we told the driver to go ahead and go.

 

On the way over to Breezes Patti took a few pictures. Here is the sign for Fat Tuesday. It is located just before you get to Junkanoo Beach…..

 

 

Here is a view looking across to Cable Beach……

 

 

She didn’t know it at the time, but this shot was looking directly at the Breezes Resort…..

 

 

We have arrived at Breezes…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

The grounds at Breezes are nicely landscaped…..

 

 

Here is the open aired lobby where the front desk is located. This is where we checked in. We reserved our passes online. The cost was $85 per person, all inclusive, with a $20 deposit required at the time of booking. You pay your balance when you check in, credit card only, and you are given a wristband. Everything on the grounds is at your disposal. One more thing, the day pass hours are from 10am until 6pm.…..

 

 

These cool light fixtures are in the lobby…..

 

 

Here is another lobby view…..

 

 

This is the bar just past the lobby…..

 

 

Here is our first look at the beautiful pool area. The towel hut is on the left, and the Beach Grill is on the right…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

The Pool Bar is on the lower level and there is comfy seating on the upper level…..

 

 

Here are a couple of pool views…..

 

 

 

They have a rock climbing wall if you are so inclined…..

 

 

We set up shop under some thatched umbrellas. That’s me in the blue swim trunks in the lower left corner of the photo…..

 

 

There is a nice beach volleyball net set up…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

This is a very beautiful beach view…….

 

 

There is a roped off area for swimming. The water is a beautiful shade of blue…..

 

 

There was a trapeze and net set up on site. Never did find out what that was all about…..

 

 

Non motorized water sports were included in the price…..

 

 

Parasailing and waverunners were available for a fee…..

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Here are a couple more beach views…..

 

 

 

Patti catches me in the water, which was a little chilly, but I got used to it pretty quickly…..

 

 

This is the large hot tub in the main pool area…..

 

 

Activities board by the towel hut. Hey look at that, trapeze lessons from 2 to 5!!…..

 

 

Notice the loungers in this shallow pool?

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Here a few more pool area views…..

 

 

 

The Pool Bar is starting to get a little busy…..

 

 

Patti heads up the stairs to the upper level to get some overhead shots. The guests that are staying in ground floor rooms get their own private hammock…..

 

 

Here are some pool area views taken from above…..

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

Here are some more overhead pool area views…..

 

 

 

Here’s a view looking out towards the beach. We are set up just beyond the stage area…..

 

 

Here is another activities board along with a site map…..

 

 

I’m in the water once again…..

 

 

There are lifeguards on duty…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[Jamman54]

This is a view looking over towards Balmoral Island. Carnival sells many different types of excursions going here. We’ll probably give this a shot one time in the future, but the reviews are not very encouraging, mostly concerning the length of time you get to be there, and the long, slow boat ride out there. We were there years ago when it was called Blackbeard’s Island and we enjoyed it.…..

 

 

Here are some more random shots that Patti took while exploring the site…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued……

[Jamman54]

Here is another awesome Patti beach view…..

 

 

Patti caught me relaxing between swims, drinking Kalik’s, (Bahamian Beer). They give it to you in 8 oz. cups, but they will give you as many as you can carry. I’ve got a nice little stack of cups growing on the table…..

 

 

Patti only had two Bahama Mama’s because she said they were super strong!!

 

Here is the Beach Grill. They had a really good menu which included all types of salads, burgers, hot dogs, fish, jerked chicken, just to name a few…...

 

 

You had a choice of eating here or at the buffet, or even both! We chose to check out the buffet. On the way to the buffet we passed the Pelican Bar, which looked like a good place to hang out at night……

 

 

 

 

To be continued…….

[Jamman54]

The buffet was simply awesome!! I’ll let the pictures tell the story of how good it was……

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued…..

[cruiser fanatic]

This is a view looking over towards Balmoral Island. Carnival sells many different types of excursions going here. We’ll probably give this a shot one time in the future, but the reviews are not very encouraging, mostly concerning the length of time you get to be there, and the long, slow boat ride out there. We were there years ago when it was called Blackbeard’s Island and we enjoyed it.…..

 

 

Here are some more random shots that Patti took while exploring the site…..

 

 

 

 

 

 

To be continued……

 

These are some great pictures. We will definitely consider doing this the next time we go to Nassau. We did Balmoral Island on our Valor B2B cruise last year and I was not impressed. The water was nice but everything was so expensive on the island. It was also very crowded and the WiFi never worked either.

[SMSACE6]

Jamman I am loving the review! It is so nice to see Breezes, and I recognized it immediately as the hotel I spent a week at back in the 90's. I believe it was a Wyndham hotel back then. Building still looks the same, but pool has been enlarged and looks awesome. I used to vacation fairly often in Nassau back then, but only got to revisit on my Freedom cruise in 2014. Cable beach sure has been built up since my early visits there.

 

By the way, that yacht Laurel. I googled it and you can charter it for a week for the price of 525.000!!! One can only dream:)

 

Thanks again for the review.

[Jamman54]

Here are a few more buffet pictures…..

 

 

 

Patti started out with a salad plate…..

 

 

I went right for the good stuff!!! My favorite was the jalepeno mac & cheese……

 

 

 

We stayed at Breezes until 2:30pm. The Fascination wasn’t sailing until 5pm, but we wanted to make sure we gave ourselves plenty of time to get back. The cab ride only takes about 20 minutes.

 

We both really liked the Breezes resort. Plenty to drink, and all you could possibly eat. Most of the pictures taken by Patti were taken before noon, and you might get the impression that the place was deserted. But let me tell you, about noon, when all of the spring breakers got up after a late night of partying, the place was jumping. They had plenty of bartenders, so there really wasn’t a wait to get a drink.

 

Patti still prefers the British Colonial Hilton, mostly because it’s within walking distance to the ships. For me, I prefer Breezes.

 

We got a cab back to the pier, and because we shared with another family, the fare for the both of us was $15.

 

At first, Patti thought that she would do a bit of shopping, but then decided just to go back to the ship. There was a bit of a line to get through the check point, but it moved fairly quickly.

 

Once on the pier, Patti got a close up of Goofy on the stern of the Disney Magic…..

 

 

To be continued…..

[PC Cruisin]

Your reviews are always great to read! Thank you for doing these reviews for us.

 

Next month we will be in Nassau between 8am thru 11:59pm and we are considering going to the Breezes Resort since we have a whole day at this port.

 

Can you just walk into the resort and pay for a day pass or do you have to reserve it online?

[cruise_mojo]

really need a cab to get there is several miles, the Hilton and or junkanoo beach are the beachy things many people walk to

 

I know the Hilton has packages, and junkanoo is a pubic beach.

 

here is a map link that may work, otherwise just seach for breezes Nassau and look for it on a map in the search engine

 

https://www.bing.com/mapspreview?&ty=18&q=Breezes%20Resort%20%26%20Spa%20Bahamas%20Nassau%20New%20Providence&ss=ypid.YN8028x16399584753032453641&ppois=25.0708293914795_-77.3928298950195_Breezes%20Resort%20%26%20Spa%20Bahamas_YN8028x16399584753032453641~&cp=25.070829~-77.39283&v=2&sV=1