!!//6-Day Breeze Review\\ Only 3 Months After Sailing!!

[TheCriuseDirector]

Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum to ‘Ya! I’m ‘yer Captain TheCriuseDirector and the tale ‘yer ‘bout to ‘ere is one of the seas finest. Now, I tried selling this story before, only to be caught up in the midst of a great plumage from a rival ship, known as The U.S.A. School System and also its fleet mate The Computer Upload Troubles. But they have been fought and the tale is ready to be told fully, for the first time.

 

Ok. So I’ll cut it out with the pirate-talk, but this story is no joke. This is the story of my cruise onboard the lovely Carnival Breeze! The date was quite far off (January 24th of this year) but I still have all my trip notes and everything I collected so it should be as good, if not better than what the original creation would have been. Now you might be wondering why I started a new thread instead of just continuing on with my old one and not having to type as much, and to that I would agree with you. It would be much less time consuming, as I was already on the boat in the first review, but I feel it’s best to relive this whole thing from start to finish as opposed to just jumping into the beginning-middle of this story.

 

Now before I continue to talk, let me just give a few “rules” now these aren’t like you can’t do these things, but it would be highly appreciative if you don’t do the following, so that those who are just reading the review can get through it just a bit smoother than some of the other reviews:

1.) When Quoting Something I said or a picture, please DO NOT quote the entire post, just take the part you need. It gets quite confusing when people quote the entire thing, as it seems that there is a new post when there is not.

2.) Last one, please don’t use the exact same font and color that I am using (4, Comic Sans, Olive) so that those who wish to not read the comments can just look for the Olive Comic Sans and know that that is a part they should read. To help with this, I will be responding to comments in just the default text size and font so I don’t break my own rule :P

FINALLY! All done with the wordy bits so let’s get into this review!

[TheCriuseDirector]

About Me:

I am just your average teenage cruiser (if there is one lol) who has been immersed into this culturally diverse vacation since I was 11 (If you look at when that cruise was you can find out how old I actually am) but that’s neither here nor there. I am a food ADDICT and I love trying all different types of food, but once I get to like something, I’m bound to order it multiple times until I’m pressured into trying something different. I also am quite active, being a gymnast for 8 years has really helped with this and Track and Field was actually one of the main reasons why the previous review had to come to a halt. This cruise was taken with the company of my Mother and Father, who both like to cruise as well. But looking back at it, I don’t think I have many photos with them, but I DO have lots of food porn. Enough about me, let’s get to why you’re REALLY here, THE CRUISE!

 

As stated above this was the January 24th sailing onboard the Carnival Breeze, a ship I’ve dreamt about going on since my early days of cruising. And this was my first time to the Caribbean ever! So I was super pumped about that, and to add to the excitement MY BIRTHDAY WAS THE SAILAWAY DATE FOR THE CRUISE!! AAAHHH! I was beyond excited to be cruising to Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel on my birth(week?). But this was my dream vacation and it all went smoothly for the most part. Now, let’s get on with the pictures and the fun parts! It’s been too long without a picture (I forgot I put the one at the start of this post but whatever).

Edited April 17, 2016 by TheCriuseDirector
Picture Messed Up

[TheCriuseDirector]

To be quite honest this is all I packed clothes wise because I refused to have anything of mine put into our checked bag, as I 100% don’t trust the airline baggage system. With this way, if anything gets lost, it’s my fault. (Picture captions will be on the bottom)

So since it was my birthday, I decided to stay up until midnight to get all those “I was first to wish you happy birthday” texts and wound up falling asleep at 0015. BAD IDEA WHEN YOU ARE FLYING AT 0600!!! I had to get up at roughly 0300 in order to make it to the airport in time to catch our flight. So I was functioning on 3 hours of sleep this whole time but I did manage to get an hour on the plane, I’m thanking the Day 1 adrenaline for this. But we got to the airport at 0420 and was checked in and at the gate by 0450. Here’s some pictures I took on the way to the gate.

They have this really cool statue at PIT that looks like a transformer made up of the city’s bridges

I can also thank this for me being able to make it through the day (and also not really sleeping on the plane).

So we were at the gate for a little bit, and I sat there on my phone drinking my grande caffe mocha (I’m a teenager what can you expect?) and at 0545 we were boarding!

So ready to start my vacation and get out of these subzero temps and get into some warm weather!

I was sat close to the wing of the plane in seat 9F, luckily with a window seat.

[TheCriuseDirector]

I’m so glad I don’t have to be out there! Lol

So at 0640, 40 mins after we were supposed to be on our marry way, they come up on the loudspeaker and make an announcement that due to a technical issue, we would have to deplane, but luckily there were quite a few planes that American had on the tarmac already so we could just do a quick switch and be on our way again. No upset here, they handled this situation very well and orderly.

So at 0720 we were boarding again and were taxiing our way to the runway! Hooray! Next stop- MIA!

Here we ggggooOOOOOO!!!

I love looking out on planes and seeing all the clouds and the loveliness of the sky.

These are getting repetitive but we are almost in FLORIDA!!!

[TheCriuseDirector]

Finally landing at Miami-Dade International Airport. But I was on the side of the plane where you cannot see the ships in port :(

While getting to our gate, I happened to see this little fella right here, glad to know Joe Biden is here in Miami with us! Maybe he was there for the Marathon? Or Maybe the Madonna Concert :P

I love all types of planes, like the other AA flight reminds me of the Brady Bunch Goes to Hawaii Movie!

[TheCriuseDirector]

That's all I have for tonight, folks, tomorrow will surely be a day filled with posts after I get back from doing a project and going to mass, so stay tuned for that! Just a heads up though, Weekdays might be pretty slow as I have homework and Track after school, but I will try to get at least something out every day.

[cshellz]

Following, great start.

[Keith1010]

Better late then never.

 

Enjoying your review.

 

Keith

[JaniceB]

Following

[Clarea]

Better late than never! Nice photos.:)

[fourkittys]

I want to thank you for what I expect will be a very complete review from a young cruiser.

I noted your "rules" and as we CC members are "old" compared to you, we often do what you mentioned without thinking. If we forget again PLEaSE forgive us.

I'm not speaking for other CC members, just for my self but....

It would be highly appreciated if you would compile our review and post everything at once, or at least the same day as it is inconvenient sometimes to keep checking back, over and over. I know you understand. Sometimes these reviews go on for weeks.

and thank you.

[loubetti]

You sound like a future aviator! I started learning to fly when I was 15, and 42 years later, I love ships and planes, though planes come first.

 

Looking forward to your review.

 

In the meantime, tell me what those things are drooping down from the front of the wing on the plane you flew on? Also, what was that thing sticking up from the tip of the wing, and what do both of these devices do?

 

Aviation lesson 1, perhaps? :D

[elainmir]

You are a cute kiddo...can't wait to hear more ....

[TheCriuseDirector]

Looks like this is going to be a fun review! Happy belated birthday, by the way. :)

Why Thank You!

 

I want to thank you for what I expect will be a very complete review from a young cruiser.

I noted your "rules" and as we CC members are "old" compared to you, we often do what you mentioned without thinking. If we forget again PLEaSE forgive us.

I'm not speaking for other CC members, just for my self but....

It would be highly appreciated if you would compile our review and post everything at once, or at least the same day as it is inconvenient sometimes to keep checking back, over and over. I know you understand. Sometimes these reviews go on for weeks.

and thank you.

With the rules it's kinda just a bit of a guideline, just to bring light on what things kinda make it flow a bit weird, but I do understand if you do happen to do it on accident. And as for the updates, I'll try to get an entire day's worth written up at once and then post that all at the same time, to hopefully decrease the amount of checking back time :)

[TheCriuseDirector]

You sound like a future aviator! I started learning to fly when I was 15, and 42 years later, I love ships and planes, though planes come first.

 

Looking forward to your review.

 

In the meantime, tell me what those things are drooping down from the front of the wing on the plane you flew on? Also, what was that thing sticking up from the tip of the wing, and what do both of these devices do?

 

Aviation lesson 1, perhaps? :D

 

Welcome! I'm not the best flight expert but I do believe that the little flaps help maintain speed and the little doo-hickie things sticking up help with fuel efficiency, but I could be wrong as I am no flight expert.

[cruisinsly]

You are a really good writer for your age. My husband is in Grad school and I have seen some of his classmates write and you are miles and oceans above them! Great review and pictures. Cant wait for the rest.

[TheCriuseDirector]

You are a really good writer for your age. My husband is in Grad school and I have seen some of his classmates write and you are miles and oceans above them! Great review and pictures. Cant wait for the rest.

 

Thank you so much! I've been trying my best to get this to be a quality review, like many of the reviewers here. Your support helps me make this as good as it can be!

[TheCriuseDirector]

Baggage seemed to go by superfast, but that could be because we had the furthest baggage claim area from the gate, but I actually enjoyed that better, less standing around to do is better for me. But once we got our bag, we made a few switches of toiletries to put in our cruise carry-ons and we went up to dine at the famous Nathan’s Hot Dogs. Now I’m not sure if it’s because we had them in the Miami Airport, but I just wasn’t thrilled with them, we have a great hot dog place by where I live and I would take those over Nathans 10000x over. But, hey, I wasn’t really that hungry.

Now, if you take anything from this review take this. IF YOU HAVE A FLIGHT OR ARE CLOSE TO THE AIRPORT GET THE AIRPORT CHECKIN!!!! You don’t need port transfers either. This was a life saver when we were checking in. We got checked in and got our sail and sign cards all within 20 minutes and we were ready to get in a cab and get on our way to the boat!

It took us less than 5 minutes to get a cab at MIA and our driver was very polite and told us a bit about the area. Then we saw the boat’s whale tail and I was so excited I almost screamed…

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We checked our bags and got in this line, which I’m assuming is about normal for Miami, but who knows because we were inside 15 minutes later. This is where the benefits of pre-checking in really came in handy. We were taken over to the side in a MUCH shorter line than what it would be if we hadn’t. We were ready to go through the detectors and within 30-45 minutes of us getting to the port, we were in the pre-boarding phase which if you have never cruised out of Miami goes by zones but this is where the last benefit of pre boarding comes in, where you get put in line right after FTTF and before we knew it we were on the gangway!

You can see just how packed the terminal was when we got there, take that! We don’t have to wait in line AND we aren’t priority!

So the first thing we did when we got onboard the majestic BREEZE was go up to Lido and get some food before the lines got too long and then we went to go explore the ship, or I took these pics on the way to the lido…

[TheCriuseDirector]

So i said i was going to stop after each day but I wasn't as productive today as I'd like to have been with this, but I'll be sure to get more up for the following days.

[riclop]

Thanks for the review.

[fourkittys]

Why Thank You!

 

 

With the rules it's kinda just a bit of a guideline, just to bring light on what things kinda make it flow a bit weird, but I do understand if you do happen to do it on accident. And as for the updates, I'll try to get an entire day's worth written up at once and then post that all at the same time, to hopefully decrease the amount of checking back time :)

 

You are a sweetheart. Looking forward to the rest of your review!!!!!!! Thanks!!!

[AhoyEllie]

Really liking the review. Also enjoy getting to see the crusing perspective from someone in my age range too!

[ladybird73]

Awesome so far!

 

 

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[TheCriuseDirector]

So we went to our room to drop our stuff off but we decided to stop for some photos before, which I only have one of…

But OUR ROOM! Let me tell you, I was not expecting this for our Aft-Extended balcony, I do have some photos of the room so you can see just how marvelous it was. It was spacious and it really was a treat to have that extra space on the balcony.

This is our balcony, as you can see, we are covered, and its HUGE! But the one next to us was bigger. :/

 

As you can see my parents got the birthday package for our room, those decorations never came down. Lol :P