Carnival Breeze Review 8/7/2016

[lsp]

Great trip, no real complaints.

 

To start with, we are platinum so we did get a few perks like early boarding and other things. We arrived at the terminal Sunday morning at 10:15 and were on the boat in our cabins at 11:30. Awesome start already.

 

Our daughter, her husband and 2 kids were with us. I booked my husband in one cabin with son-in-law and one grandson (12) and myself in the other cabin with daughter and remaining grandson (14). This solved 2 problems. They got to early board with us and hubby and son-in-law could get the Cheers beverage card. I don't drink nor does my daughter and I couldn't see both of us having to pay for something we wouldn't use. We had connecting cabins which was another plus. I got an extra card for hubby so he didn't have to got thru the other cabin to reach me. I know, kind of confusing already, but, that's life. Our balcony divider was also opened so we had a bigger balcony space.

 

Our room stewards were fantastic. They must hide behind a wall because every time we left and came back, the room was cleaned. Kept the ice bucket full and always fresh towels.

 

The muster drill went on forever it seemed. They kept paging people who apparently weren't were they were suppose to be. They scan your sign and sail card now when you

go into the theater or wherever you go for the drill. But it was over after about 30 minutes and we sailed away.

 

We had early dining, Blush Dining Room, and was next to the back window. Great view. Our waiter was Michael and Natalia. Both very attentive and did everything possible to make you happy. Our bartender in the dining room was from Turkey, can't remember his name but he was awesome. Very talkative and sweet. There was a large table next to us with about 12 people dining. They never showed up until 7pm for 6pm dining. I felt sorry for our waiter because he had another group at 8:15 each night. I felt like the maitre d' should have sent them to the lido deck. But, that's just my opinion.

 

We watched two of the movies at the Seaside Theater, always lots of fun. There was never a problem finding loungers during the day anywhere on the boat. Didn't notice a lot of chair hogs. Very strange. Even the Serendity Deck wasn't crowded.

 

The casino: We played a lot of roulette. Our favorite dealer was Maggie. She was just a blast to be around.

 

Waterslide: Only me and the grandsons did this. Couldn't get the others to join in the fun.

 

Ropes Course: The one day we went to do it the weather turned bad and they shut it down right before we got on. But I've done it in the past, I just hate we didn't go back later.

 

Didn't make it to the Comedy Club so I can't say anything about them.

 

Production shows, Flick and 88 Keys. They were both entertaining. But the most entertainment was in the Fun Times about Flick. When you first look at it the lettering kind of runs together and it looks like "F-ck". I died laughing. I thought my mind was in the gutter until I showed it around and I wasn't the only one thinking that way. They need to change the font style.

 

Jamaica: We did Blue Hole with Peat Taylor tours. I highly recommend them. O'Neil was our guide and he went above and beyond. There was 12 of us in his van and the other family was a bit obnoxious. When we were on our way back in we stopped for lunch. He came over and told us he was starting the van if we wanted to go ahead and get in before the others. They weren't happy when they got back and saw that they got delegated to "the back of the bus". You just don't hog the a/c vents when you have people sitting behind you is all I am going to say on this one.

 

Cayman: We went by taxi to 7 Mile Beach to Calico Jack's. They have lounge chairs, umbrellas, jet skis, food drinks and everything else.

 

Cozumel: We did Carnival's Secret River excursion. You ride the ferry to Playa De EL Carmen and then a short van ride to Secreto River. Don wet suits, hard hat and lamp. This excursion is well worth what you pay. And you get a good lunch afterwards. You are in the caves for about 1 1/2 hours, floating and semi-crawling thru the water seeing the sights.

 

The only bad thing on the cruise was the kids which apparently were left on their own. We have always cruised during the year so we have never had that many kids on the boat with us. There was 1,200 kids on board. The last couple of days security was cracking down on them because of the running and elevator pranks. But, that's the parents fault too.

 

Linda

Edited August 15, 2016 by lsp

[ginjer2911]

Thanks for the review. Sounds like ya'll had a great time!

[Clarea]

Thanks for the report.

[raynvic]

Great review Linda. Must have been the last hurrah before school since there were 1200 kids on board!

[Seago2]

Wow that's a lot of kids on board! Well it sounds like you had a good family time. A great flicking time I should say :p

[tcw92]

Thanks for the review. :)

We leave in 20 days on the Breeze and can't wait!!

Edited August 16, 2016 by tcw92

[picomullet]

Did you go to the thrill theatre? What was the cost?

[riclop]

Thanks for the review.

[JaniceB]

Wonderful review.

 

What was the minimum bet in the Casino?