Badfinger

Sometimes a problem doesn't exist until someone tries to solve it.

This "break even" mentality on drinks that are horribly overpriced to begin with makes me laugh.

My last cruise was #13 , but I learned that I could get a free coffee at the coffee shop on the last day after 5 p.m. instead of my free "Gold" drink -since I don't drink alcohol, I wish I had known this on previous cruises. A great coffee is better to me than a free fruit drink.:D

 

What did you learn on your last cruise?

Cruise #6. I learned that the hot chocolate on the Breeze is very good. But hard for me to drink hot liquids when it is 90* outside. Also learned that I have been correct in never buying FTTF (more of a reinforcement I guess). I also learned that when cruising becomes familiar and routine, it must be time to try some other vacations for a couple years.

I did a search and could not find any postings. I am thinking about bringing a computer printed sign to hold our table at the Lido Restaurant. In the past we have had to take turns getting food which is a pain. We have also had our table cleared by the bussers even though we had only gone for dessert. My husband has back issues so he wants to sit as soon as he gets his food. He hates having to look for me or a table. So I would prefer to pick out table before getting our food. We normally eat early to avoid the crowds. I know guests leave books to save a table. I just thought a sign would be better. Any thoughts?

Except for embarkation day lunch, I have never seen every table occupied in the lido buffet. Sure there might be two people sitting at one end of table for 6, you just sit at the other end. Not a big deal. But as others stated, if I saw a sign, I would take it even if I already had a table.

I hate to break it to you, but carved meats are not nearly as big of a deal as you are making them out to be. I'd agree that MSC is doing a great job at offering a differentiated experience for a great price. However, you have to realize that there is more to food offerings than cost control. There is also demand.

 

MSC adds a heavy european flair to their product. That is good for the snobs, but that is not what the mass market wants. If everyone wanted the MSC experience, Carnival would change their product. The sales numbers don't lie. I like a few good fancy meals here and there. However, if you don't think the average American would love a quick, quality burger or taco, you are kidding yourself.

Carved meats take me back to my childhood Sunday dinners. Meat and potatoes. And along with that comes floral print drapes, grandfather clocks and dads wearing shirts and ties all day long...even on their days off. Those days are over...thankfully.

We like the MDR...and some of the food is quite good to me (the Salmon is excellent..ordered it 3 out of 6 MDR meals on our last cruise). We like to be waited on, we like to slow down (to a point) and it gives us a daily "anchor" during the cruise to share discussion with our kids. More to a cruise than food...much more.

I was NWB for six weeks and was out of the boot by eight after the first rupture.

 

I'm having the FHL tendon transfer this time. Boy do I want to pick your brain! How are you doing now? Any tips?

IMO your surgeon is key. You need to be comfortable with the number of FHL procedures he/she has performed as there is some professional judgement involved during the process. I asked mine and he said "lots". I asked over 100? He smiled and said yeah, way over. I really like how direct and positive he was. During my first visit with him, he stated "here is how we are going to fix you".

One weird thing was I had some pain nowhere near the achilles or scar...I guess it was some type of phantom pain related to the where the donor tendon was.

Biggest hurdle IMO to recovery was overcoming the hesitation to put weight on it and start walking and doing activities in a normal fashion. Understand you will never regain what you had pre-injury.

But all is good today. I had the surgery in June 2015. Was golfing by December 2015. And on my just competed Breeze cruise, I did the stairs (deck 0 to deck 14) for exercise...no problem.

Listen! I've told you a million times, that's not true!

 

;)

 

I wonder whether the folks that say the food is "inedible" (or less drastic descriptions) are choosing dishes that are just not likely to wow them ever, no matter how well prepared?

 

I can't imagine how the flat iron steak could ever disappoint, if cooked to desired doneness. Unless the diner asked for Well-Done, then that's harder to get "just right", and therefore can easily cross the line into shoe-leather.

 

And if all you eat at home is chicken, and you order the herbed chicken breast, served with peas and carrots just like you have at home, well, you will either be very happy that you are in your safe-zone, or disappointed it doesn't taste "exciting".

 

I just pulled up an MDR menu (posted by the Jellybeans family, thanks folks!), randomly selected "Day 2" (not an elegant night), and the Mains selections are:

 

Seared Tilapia

Veal Permesean

Rosemary Lamb Shank

Baked Ziti

Crisp Portobello Mushrooms

Featured Indian Vegetarian

 

Plus, from the grill:

Salmon Fillet

Flat Iron Steak

Chicken Breast

Pork Chop

 

That's 10 tasty-sounding meals (IMHO), and I have had several of them and they tasted very yummy, IME. I wouldn't be able to "run the table" on an 8-day cruise with those choices - and the other nights usually offer up something a bit different - two nights later the menu shows 5 of those 6 "Mains" swapping out for something else.

 

And I still haven't mentioned the Port of Call offerings!

 

I dunno, maybe some folks just have self-fulfilling prophesies: I have decided ahead of time I won't like the meal, so guess what? I didn't like the meal.

Here is my take on that menu, as it was on our Breeze cruise last week (actually thought it was the worst MDR menu of the week):

Seared Talapia - No thanks. Talapia is a fish I avoid for a number of reasons. Not to say it would taste bad. I would pass on it even if the greatest chef in the world prepared it.

Veal Permesean: Nobody ordered it. Generally like it and would not be afraid to try it

Rosemary Lamb Shank: Not a fan of lamb. But if i ever wanted to try lamb, perfect opportunity.

Baked Ziti: My son ordered this. It was all white cheese. No tomato/ red sauce at all, which was weird. Flavor was good but really nothing more than mac and cheese.

Crisp Portobello Mushrooms: Other son ordered this. I like mushrooms, but typical to most any restaurant, buried in other flavors. Average for the industry IMO.

Featured Indian Vegetarian: I am from Texas. Vegetarian? Yeah right.

Plus, from the grill:

Salmon Fillet: BEST ITEM ON THE SHIP. I ordered it three times...including this night.

Flat Iron Steak: Good flavor, a bit tough as expected, cooked rare as ordered. No problems here.

Chicken Breast: Son ordered this. Good flavor but a bit dry.

Pork Chop: Good flavor but pretty tough...even by pork chop standards.

So yeah, overall nobody could honestly call this food inedible. Aside from the Ziti, which might not have been Ziti at all, everything was at least average compared to the restaurant industry if not better

Lol...

 

I never found a $50 drink anyway.

My guess is once this limit is well established, a number of popular drinks that are currently under $20 drinks might creep up in price to over $20 over the next couple years.

question, we are getting ready to cruise on the breeze and are interested int he pass. do yo uhave to sign up for times to use the pool etc or can you just go when you want??? could find nothing on the website and called carnival to a no answer answer

8am to 10pm.

Understand if you get there right at 8am, the loungers and saunas may not be up to "operating temperature" just yet (but given how hot the Oriental Steam and Aroma Steam get, you might like a little less heat). Also I experienced about an hour delay of the T-Pool being available one day as they were still shocking it with chlorine...opened about an hour late.

I am obsessed with finding the ship's coin. It's number one on my to-do list for every cruise.

 

The only other thing I have to do is get up to make pictures of the sunrise. Living in Tennessee, there's always "stuff" between me and the sun coming up so I take advantage of being able to see every second of it with no buildings or trees or hillsides.

Agree. Sunrise and sunset over the gulf, sea or ocean can be spectacular. Sometimes (some) clouds can make it all that much better.

Only one day at sea so what are the things we just can't miss?? One and only cruise so don't want to miss things-we are going to be on Fascination.

This thread is a great example that you have to decide for yourself as everyone has different tastes.

Me...I pretty much hate all things on the Lido deck. Hot, loud and mostly stupid.

And Tea Time? 90* and I am drinking hot tea? Um..no thanks (and yes we did do this one time).

Booking a cruise on a cruise? A waste of valuable vacation time...plus waiting until you get home would give you something fun to do back home on a rainy weekend.

I do agree about sleeping. Sleep an extra hour or take a nap. it will make your entire cruise all the more enjoyable. Notice all the people who start to get the zombie eyes that last day or two. That cannot be fun.

Thanks for your comprehensive report on your recent Breeze cruise.

 

We had spa interior cabins for the first time this summer. It was our first time to try the spa and my three young adult companions were thrilled. One commented that it took cruising to a whole new level.

 

Sad we tried this just as the Breeze is leaving Galveston.

 

Thanks again for your review.

Yes, but the Dream is coming to Galveston...and like the Breeze and unlike the Vista, has a T-Pool.

Ten weeks and still in a boot? Wow. I had achilles surgery (that included reshaping my heel bone, removing a bone spur and relocating a tendon (Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendon transfer) and was out of the book walking inside of six weeks (10 days no weight bearing soft cast, 4 weeks walking boot). Glad to read you had an orthopedic surgeon rather than a podiatrist perform the surgery.

What's happened to the food on Carnival? It seems like it's gone way down in the last couple years. I don't expect high-end gourmet food, but lately it's been pretty sad. I've worked in, and eaten in, five-star restaurants, and my standards are high, but on Carnival cruises a few years ago, I found the food to be surprisingly good. Now: not so much.

I thought the food on the Breeze last week was actually better overall than in past years. It seemed the buffets had fewer choices, but still more than enough choices (not really sure what was missing...just seem to be less). And this might be a good thing as lines seemed to move faster. Cannot speak to the extra charge restaurants.

I am doing this in a single post, so it is long...but easier for me to just cut and paste once. Enjoy!

Galveston Breeze August 12-19, 2018

Itinerary:

Galveston

Sea Day

Sea Day

Jamaica 0900-1730

Grand Cayman 0700-1500

Cozumel 1000-1730

Sea Day

Galveston

Cabins: Lido deck 10 interior 10214 and 10218.

Background: This was our 6thcruise in the past 7 years, all with Carnival out of Galveston. Previous cruises were Triumph, Magic (2) and Breeze (2). We drive from near San Antonio to Galveston via I-10 to Sam Houston Tollway to I-45 south. There were two construction zones but none of them involved any lane closures so it did not impact our Sunday morning travel at all. This is a very easy 4-hour drive…and by easy, I mean we stop 3-4 times along the way. We parked at Galveston Park and Cruise immediately across from the terminal. When booking I requested a “good spot” as we are 6-time returning customers. They did not disappoint! We were in the pink building for those that might want to Google Earth this location. Price was $100.77 for interior/secured parking. Great location that allowed us to park and roll our luggage across the street. No waiting in a traffic line to drop off luggage, no shuttles, etc.

Embarkation: We arrived at the parking at 11:58 am. Dropped our luggage under appropriate deck location sign (no porters involved so no tip). Proceeded to the terminal and with our 1200-1230 checking, were able to walk right in. There was NO wait, except for I had highlighted the names on our boarding passes, so the lady who scanned our passports told us they had to reprint them or else we had to go to a “special line” that would take longer. Who knew? That took about 2 minutes for them to reprint them…but this time they were small like a cash register receipt that easily slipped into our passports. We proceeded to security and were one deep at the scanner. The lady in front of me beeped and they asked to see her boarding pass. It was highlighted (go figure) which for her meant she had a medical implant. So…she had to gather her stuff and go to that previously mentioned “special line”. Now I know. We breezed through security (see what I did there?), and up the stairs. The lady at the top looked at our boarding pass and told us to proceed immediately to the ship. One last checkpoint and onto the ship. We were carrying a suitcase that held 24 cans of soda, 7-8 books and a couple dozen magazines, so we were lugging that heavy thing along. We immediately went to the elevator and luckily Carnival workers were manning them. One opened up and we were right on. The operator stated he only stops on decks 5 and 10. PERFECT! Up to 10 we go. Working our way through the buffet, I noticed the lines were not too bad, however every table was occupied. Given the speed at which we got on the ship, I figured most everybody probably boarded before us. But that did not bother us as we were headed to the Italian restaurant. And as usual there was nobody there…and by nobody I guess I mean only one other table of four. I looked at my watch and it was 12:23. So that was 25 minutes total from turning off the car until being seated in the restaurant. Cannot imagine that taking any less time if I was diamond, platinum, suite guest, or purchased FTTF. After a leisurely lunch, we headed to our cabins about 1:25. By the time we got there, our sign and sail cards were in our mailbox. BEST. EMBARKATION. EVER.

MDR: We chose 6pm early dining. I emailed the Maitre’D about a week earlier requesting a window table. He did not disappoint. We had the very back table for 4 on deck four in the Blush dining room. Excellent view. One of my mantras in life is there is a trade-off to everything. And that applied here as well. Our wait staff, headed by Rudifel was flat out incompetent. Two nights we were in the MDR for 1:55. Numerous items we did not order were put on our table. Items we did order never showed up. Water was refilled twice the entire week. Other times we had to ask. Once they brought us our soup…but did not bring the spoons for another 7-8 minutes. There were other similar issues. Just bad service.

FOOD: I have said before Carnival does not do beef well. But they have stepped up their game. Both the prime rib and filet in the MDR were very good. The filet at the brunch was very good. The brisket in the MDR was still noting but average pot roast, so still room for improvement. I noticed the total lack of beef at the Blue Iguana. The Mongolian Wok only offered beef once (but still the best food on the ship) during the week. Not good for a Texas based cruise IMO. Overall my wife and I thought all the food was better, especially the deserts and MDR entrees. Guys was as greasy good as ever. Tandoor spicy as ever, and the Pizza line as long as ever. Never went to the deli but my son said it was good. It might have just been me, but it seemed the variety on the lido buffets has been scaled back. Not sure what is missing, but obviously still plenty of variety. And maybe less choices make the line move faster. I will stop with the food comments since it is so objective.

CABINS: Our steward “Korn” was wonderful. Extra tip for her! Previously we have always stayed on either deck 11 or 12. By comparison, the lido deck was like staying in the slums. Kids running up and down the hall at all hours (including 2am the last night), dishes and trash put out all hours of the day. The topper was the 3-4 dirty diapers outside of cabin 10212. Not sure if it came from that cabin, but that was the location. It was DISGUSTING. I know many like the lido cabins…have at them…I will never book lido deck again. In the past, I was a balcony only guy…but man do I sleep well in those interior cabins (when kids are not screaming).

CLOUD 9 SPA: I bought a week pass for myself. Another of my mantras is “No Cloud 9 with T-Pool, no Cruise”. Best $139 I ever spent. I went 2-3 times every day and the T-Pool would start out very hot, and eventually cool to its normal “not quite hot enough for a hot tub” temperature by late afternoon. One morning they were still doing an extended high chlorination (according to the prominently place sign) so the T-Pool did not open until about 9am. One lady (senior citizen) went off in a classic rage, ranting and raving about this until she lost her audience. Never saw here again in the Spa so the hour delay was worth it. And to confirm…the bubbles were working the entire week except for one afternoon. I alerted the staff and they had the bubbles working in about 10 minutes. That was the only exception. Having access to the Spa absolutely makes my cruise. Without it I would rather not cruise (thankfully the Dream is coming to Galveston). Believe it or not, I spent almost 32 hours in the Spa.

SHOWS: The first comedy show I saw was Jim Brick’s adult show on the first night. Absolutely hilarious. This guy has no PC filter, so you will be easily offended if you choose to be. Too bad I saw him first, as he made the other three comedians look really bad by comparison. Or maybe they were just really bad. I will never know. I would show up about 15 minutes before the five shows I watched. The doors were wide open so never a line and always lots of seats available. Two the shows did fill up to standing room only. My wife and did attend three Playlist Production shows (Motown, Flick and 88 Keys). They were all entertaining. We did not expect Tony Award winning performances and our expectations were met.

SHIP ON A STICK: For the first time ever I decided to play trivia. The first one was sports. Hey Carnival…this is a Texas based cruise. What is with all the Cricket and Lacrosse questions? I got 6 correct, with the winner getting only 7 correct. The second trivia was Beatles Songs. And yes, I was the Peoples Champion, immediately knowing “Golden Slumbers” and “Long Tall Sally” to separate myself from the pack. I was a team of one. All other teams were 3-6 people. Made it extra rewarding. I will display that SOS proudly until it needs dusting, at which time it will probably go in the trash. I decided to end my trivia career right then, going out on top and all that. After winning an older gentleman came over to congratulate me and I was trying to be gracious, saying “even a blind squirrel can find a nut”. He told me in a stern voice that he plays trivia all the time and is not a blind squirrel and left in a huff. Easy there Sparky! Then his wife came over and said that Beatles trivia is really just for old people (I am mid-50’s). I then thought she should have kicked my butt being at least 15 years my senior…but I let that low hanging fruit alone.

HOT TUBS: Some of you will not like this…but I did not see any bubbles in any of the aft, lanai or serenity hot tubs the entire trip. Just some minor current from the water jets. Did not keep people from using them though. Most were crowded most of the time.

FUN SHOPS: Same old crap. Nothing new. Did not purchase anything.

EXCURSIONS: In Jamaica we did the hop-on hop-off bus. But you could not hop off until it went all the way to the Rose Hall shops. It was a combination of the junk they sell at the port and the jewelry/watches/booze that Carnival sells. Could only see Rose Hall a couple miles off in the distance. What a waste of time. Our second stop was Dr Caves beach. The beach (sand, water) was great. The locals worked hard to sell the tourist dope. They were successful as one family was puffing away most of the 1.5 hours we were there. Made us feel uncomfortable for sure. And then, looking back, I think they tried to scam me. The Carnival lady who helped with getting the hop-on hop-off shuttle told me I could not get on the shuttle back to the port since I was wet. Nothing about my kids or another family that were wet too. Then a local taxi driver tells me for $7 per person he will take me back to the port. No thank you. I am riding the HOHO shuttle. The Carnival lady then tells me again I cannot ride the HOHO. The taxi driver again tries to get my business. I told him since I am on a Carnival excursion, it is their responsibility to get me back. Then the HOHO shuttle arrives. One more attempt to get me to buy another taxi followed by a magical relaxation of the “rule” that allowed me on the HOHO – as long as I took off my swim shirt and sat on a towel. Bad show Jamaica…bad show. Hope to never visit your country again. In Grand Cayman, I reserved some wave runners for myself and my two boys. $75 for 30 minutes plus another $10 for transportation and access to the beach club. We were told to stay between two buoys about ¾ mile off shore and about 1.5 miles apart. No guides. Great fun. Highly recommended. GC is a tender port and the tenders started running at 7:15. I figured if we went to deck 0 about 8:00 we would meet our reservation time of 10:00. I was way off. Once we got to deck 0, there was no line for the tenders. We got right on, waited about 10 minutes and we were off for the shore. Total time from cabin to shore was about 20 minutes. Another 20 to get the cab to the beach and we were really early. Luckily, we were able to get the wave runners right away. I absolutely love 7-mile beach. I could live there. Seriously. In Cozumel, it was more wave runners and beach snorkel via a Carnival excursion. Water was pretty choppy but still a blast. The snorkeling was okay. They provided decent gear. In the ports, we bought a total of 5 t-shirts and one bottle of vanilla (my wife was against this purchase…we will see).

MASSAGE: On night 6 I heard an announcement for reduced full body massage. 60 minutes for $99. Not sure if that is a good deal (never had a massage), but after getting beat up on the wave runners, it sounded nice. And my wife was encouraging me…so what was I do to? So off for a massage. It was great, if not painful for a couple seconds a few times. I was given a sales pitch, but just said no and was on my way. Slept really well that night.

DEBARKATION: We decided to carry our luggage off the ship, as we needed to get home sooner rather than later as we were immediately driving back to TX A&M to drop off my son to start his college career (it was a long driving day for me). I told the family to be ready to go by 8am and that I meant standing in the hall with your suitcase ready to leave. We were told all day Saturday that all the fun would start at 815am. I was hoping to pre-position ourselves on deck 4. But at 7:35 they called all the self-assists from decks 11 and 12. Two minutes later they added deck 10. Luckily everyone was ready so off we go. The elevators were chaos…too many people waiting with their luggage. So down the steps we go with our big suitcases. I fully expected a backup by deck 4, but it did not happen. We made it down to deck three, and the CD asked if we had all our luggage and all our people. I said yes and he directed us to the exit. There was NOBODY in line. We were scanned off the ship. At customs, there was NO LINE. We cruise through that, wheeled our luggage across the street and were driving before 8am. AMAZING!

FTTF: I did not buy this. Did not even consider it. But as you can read above, it would have been an absolute waste of money.

SUMMARY: Overall a very nice cruise and good family time before our boys leave the house for the upcoming college year. But all of it was familiar, bordering on routine, which is not good for a vacation. There was no "oooh or ah moments". I think if we did another cruise in the next year or so, it would cross that border of becoming routine. Odds are we will cruise again, but not after we have explored other vacation options the next few years. Time for break!

Hi,

Just wanted to try and find out what time you can get off the ship if you have priority de-embarkation? We got an upsell to a suite and I see that one of the perks is priority de-embarkation. We will be leaving in about two weeks from Port Canaveral and afterwards going to Disney World for a few days. We arranged for a private company to pick us up at 10 (that was requested before the upsell) but now we were wondering about changing it to be picked up at 9...so we could get to our hotel in Disney a little earlier. Does anyone know what’s the earliest we could get off since we don’t have a flight that day? Do you pick anytime you like with priority? Do you have to do self assist (cause we can’t do that with 2 kids and luggage) thanks for your help! :)

Just yesterday....Breeze...self-assist. Deck 10 was called at 7:40. That is when we left our cabins. We were in the car driving by 8:00. No FTTF, priority status or suite involved. Amazing! But what helped we were able and willing to carry our big bags down seven flights of stairs. Most won't or cannot. Herds of people with luggage waiting at the elevators on each floor. Might still be there.....

On another site John Heald recently asked if your cabin temperature was acceptable. Most said it was too warm, even hot! I know room temperature is subjective, but for those of us who are tired of paying alot of money for a cabin that's to hot to sleep in, lets do something about it. This is an issue that has been ongoing for several years. Maybe if we all sent an email to adonald@carnival.com

someone would finally listen and do something about it.

Just got off the Breeze yesterday. Deck 10 Interior (these should be hot cabins if any exist as warm air rises and no balcony). But the temperature was just fine, as were the cabins on our five previous Carnival cruises. Sorry I cannot help your narrative!

We're cruising on the Breeze in October and wondered if any one had any special advice or tips to share. Thank you in advance!

 

 

 

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Just got off the Breeze this morning. Am writing up a review of that cruise.

But my biggest tip is if your head waiter in the MDR is Rudifel, immediately go to the Maitre'D and request to be seated in a different section. You have been warned.

Not much at Freeport except oil tanks and cement plant. Sounds like a great excursion for there. OTOH, lots to do in Nassau.

We did a kayak excursion in Freeport that was great. Also had a couple hours on an undeveloped beach...that was very cool...no chairs, no buoys, no docks or floats...just the us and the ocean. One of our favorite excursions ever.

Does the Magic have anything for kids that does not include them in the clubs? Perhaps that the whole family could participate in, or that we can bring them to and sit in..(we've done pizza making, science experiment, escape room etc on other ships)..I know there is a rope course and water slides.

 

Thanks

There is the always fun "how tall of a cone can you make before it falls over and makes a big mess everywhere competition" at the soft serve machine, the "hey lets push all the buttons on the elevator" game, the ever popular "lets all sit on the landing of a busy stairway and get in everybody's way", and last but not least the "lets see who can laugh the loudest in the comedy club" challenge. While I have witnessed all that (and it has never bothered me all that much...my kids probably did it as well) my point is kids the age will always find something to do.

Let us know how it goes. We’re leaving in two weeks on the same ship/itinerary. Any excursions planned?

No excursion for Jamaica...playing that "by ear" as none of the Carnival excursions look good to any of us. Might just hop a bus for sight seeing or something like that. Or maybe just walk off this ship, buy a tee shirt and call it good.

Grand Cayman we are going to Royal Palms Beach Club. Once there, we have reserved Wave Runners for myself and our two boys booked through discount excursions. We catch our own transportation back to port, so won't be rushed for beach time!

And in Cozumel, more Wave Runners. This one is through Carnival and includes some shore snorkeling. We did this one before and really like it. We can hang at the beach when done, but after Grand Cayman, well, we will just head back to the ship.

Yay you! What ship? P orts?

Breeze.

Galveston

Sea Day

Sea Day

Jamaica

Grand Cayman

Cozumel

Sea Day

Galveston

While I don't like two consecutive sea days, I prefer them early rather than late. Also could avoid Jamaica but will accept it if it means I get to Grand Cayman 7-mile Beach. Will be my third time there. Absolutely heaven to me!

We did them on the Breeze two years ago and were absolutely in love, in fact, I told my husband we were only going on ships that had it from now on...then last Christmas we were on the Magic and did it again and felt it was nowhere near as good as the Breeze.

Serious question...why did you feel the Magic was not as good as the Breeze with respect to the Thermal suite?

I have been on both twice. Aside from that little ornate divider in the room with the heat loungers, the thermal suites are basically identical. I know the Dream is configured differently...hope to experience that when it comes to Galveston next year.

Stay home , your foot will SWELL up badly on an airplane.

Not to mention the high sodium diet that one encounters on a cruise.

It is just a bad idea IMO.

Self assist is still an option for those physically able to go that route.

Do they still call self-assist from the highest deck to the lowest deck? That has been our experience staying on Deck 12 of the Breeze...Deck 12 was always called first for self-assist.