!!! BREEZE !!! Western Caribbean ^_^ The Ultimate Review and Complete Pictorial Guide

[vwrestler171]

I was on the Breeze last year and was wondering if they fixed the problem with the slippery floors in the buffet?

 

 

I almost slipped a couple of times inside the buffet area. One time a friend slipped a bit and I turned to make sure he was OK and I slipped as well. The floors were very slippery in my opinion.

 

 

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[sharpasice]

Gambee, I gotta say, this is one of your best so far...I love that you give an unbiased opinion on all your reviews...keep up the great work!

[gambee]

Gambee glad to see you spilled a drink. I was beginning to worry but glad to see things are back to normal ;):D

 

Great pictures as always my friend!

 

Yeah I know right, I was behind on that. Mom still holds the record at 2 martinis after 3 hours of boarding the Silhouette :D

 

I almost slipped a couple of times inside the buffet area. One time a friend slipped a bit and I turned to make sure he was OK and I slipped as well. The floors were very slippery in my opinion.

 

 

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That you Travis, yeah that's what I thought after seeing the guy wipe out. Although he was pretty intoxicated.

[gambee]

Gambee, I gotta say, this is one of your best so far...I love that you give an unbiased opinion on all your reviews...keep up the great work!

 

Thank you :)

[gambee]

I will start day tomorrow

Edited May 21, 2014 by gambee

[perfect match]

Another great Gambee review! And this time I am actually getting to read it as it is being written!

 

I am really enjoying your excellent pictures, as always. I am also enjoying your detailed written review. I learn so much from reading your reviews, but I have so much fun reading them, too.

 

I can't wait to see what you did in Grand Cayman, although I think I can make a pretty good guess. I just returned from spending a week there, and I had some really fun adventures during our stay. I'm pretty sure you will have some spectacular pictures. :D

[gambee]

Another great Gambee review! And this time I am actually getting to read it as it is being written!

 

I am really enjoying your excellent pictures, as always. I am also enjoying your detailed written review. I learn so much from reading your reviews, but I have so much fun reading them, too.

 

I can't wait to see what you did in Grand Cayman, although I think I can make a pretty good guess. I just returned from spending a week there, and I had some really fun adventures during our stay. I'm pretty sure you will have some spectacular pictures. :D

 

Thank you for the nice comment. Grand Cayman was a blast! I want to go back just to repeat the same shore excursion with mom. We will see when the time is right.

 

Nice having you here.

[brookmill18]

Thank you so much for writing these! It really helps to get a sense of different lines and different boats when deciding on vacations! Did the waterslides/rope course/pool table area get super crowded or was it usually a quick wait? I ask b/c we have only ever been on the DCL Dream and RCCL Oasis. While we loved the DCL Dream for the kids club and service, on our last cruise I realized that if our kids got to the point where they didn't want to use the clubs, there may not be that much for them to do on the ship. The Aquaduck is fun, but you really only do it once or twice--that line gets crazy. And the pools are just way too small. When we were docked in Nassau I noticed an NCL and a Carnival boat (not the Breeze, I don't think though) that had the slides and rope courses and trampolines and funny enough I was wondering if those might be better as the kids get older. We are also not ones to do much in ports--we go on a cruise for the boat and do land vacations for the islands.

 

Just curious about wait times for the "fun stuff" on the Breeze. Thanks again!

[gambee]

Thank you so much for writing these! It really helps to get a sense of different lines and different boats when deciding on vacations! Did the waterslides/rope course/pool table area get super crowded or was it usually a quick wait? I ask b/c we have only ever been on the DCL Dream and RCCL Oasis. While we loved the DCL Dream for the kids club and service, on our last cruise I realized that if our kids got to the point where they didn't want to use the clubs, there may not be that much for them to do on the ship. The Aquaduck is fun, but you really only do it once or twice--that line gets crazy. And the pools are just way too small. When we were docked in Nassau I noticed an NCL and a Carnival boat (not the Breeze, I don't think though) that had the slides and rope courses and trampolines and funny enough I was wondering if those might be better as the kids get older. We are also not ones to do much in ports--we go on a cruise for the boat and do land vacations for the islands.

 

Just curious about wait times for the "fun stuff" on the Breeze. Thanks again!

 

The lines on the water slides and rope course were nothing like the one for the Disney water slide. But then again our sailing had few children in it, not sure how it will be on a sailing with more kids in there.

 

As for pools, other the Allure/Oasis I find most ship's pools are on the small side. I guess it just comes with the territory.

[gambee]

Day 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[suziqz007]

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Day 3

 

 

I woke up about at my average time, which is really early by the way. I wish I could sleep till later, but my biological alarm always goes off…

 

 

Just sailing along the coast Cuba

 

 

Remember that TV glitch that I talked about, here is a picture of it. Every time the image changed, it would hold part of the previous image and mix them. Some times they would morph into an image and you would have to wait for the system to go around to get to the one you wanted to see.

 

 

Talking about outlets, there are two in the dresser and one more in the bathroom. I managed with just using those 2 outlets, but there was a lot of cable swapping. Keep in mind that I have two batteries for each of the 3 cameras, plus the cell and laptop. So I have to stay on top of it just to make it work.

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

They give you those breathe right for free, I guess there are too many people snoring at night :D

 

 

 

So anyway I wanted to try something different for breakfast since the day before was a little disappointing, I decided to shower and head to the MDR and check it out.

 

One thing that I would like to point out that absolutely love about carnival, is that they have dailies all over the ship. I really don’t understand why other lines are so cheap with this. On breakaway I went to guest services and asked for one and they told me they had none at 1pm. In Carnival you could find one at 11pm without a problem.

 

I grabbed an extra one to carry around since it was a sea day.

 

 

 

I took advantage and took pictures of the drink list in the atrium

 

 

[gambee]

The facts are pretty silly, but fun to read. I was just actually reading them now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It was early in the morning and my guess is that everyone was enjoying sleeping late at our first day at sea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a short video of the Carnival Breeze video that morning

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

Here is the menu for day 3 dinner.

 

I did not eat dinner in the MDR that night, so that is why I am posting it now. Nothing really caught my eye, and I also feeling a little uneasy that night.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a short video of the Main dining room by the Atrium, mid ship

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

Then I started heading towards the aft of the ship to the back MDR, that is the one that they had open for breakfast.

 

On the way there I went through Deck 4 which is one that I have yet to visit.

 

I never went there, but noticed in the fun times that several events are held here. Also keep in mind that there is a second part to the library and it is across the hall. They had an event early that morning and a couple was puzzled were to go, it was later that I realized about the second part of the library that they did not notice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

 

This wine is actually very tasty.

 

 

 

The ironic part of the library bar is where they have the alcoholics anonymous meetings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Someone in our roll call made comment how you can look at the people eating if you're walking through this corridor. I have to agree with him, I am not a fan of that at all. You're out like in exhibition, thankfully I was never sat there.

 

 

 

[gambee]

Computer areas are abundant on the Breeze, definitely the most i've seen o any ship. If you're thinking of wether to bring your computer or not, and you have no need to download pictures and such. I would suggest leaving it at home. I saw plenty of people making use of them, throughout the cruise.

 

 

 

 

I visited the thrill theater once, it was a lot of fun. The cost for one admission is $7.95 and the show lasts about 25 minutes. Plan on getting very wet because you will, I had 3 cameras with me and I was having a hard time time finding cover for all of them. The one I saw was the 3 short films that once of logs, the other one is a river one and my favorite one is the last one with happy feet. It is definitely worth a try. Although I will say people with back problems should avoid it, the ride can get very rough at some points. And considering that there is no harness you find yourself all over the place.

 

I had a blast, I think most will do so as well. I would buy the unlimited pass if its a longer 8 day voyage. Carnival also offers the unlimited pass as one of the presents for many of their contests, so you might get lucky and win one.

 

 

 

There are many other rides to try out.

 

 

[gambee]

 

I kept on walking and noticed two more camp carnival areas. I must say they both had a musty smell to them. It was a first for this ship. Oh I forgot, I am not sure what Carnival is doing with this ship, but the smoke smell in the casino was none existent. I am not sure how they pull that one off, very impressive. I had people smoking next to me and the smell was undetectable. They must have an excellent filtration system deployed on that part of the ship.

 

Anyway here are the pictures for the two kid areas. One area is for one age group while the other one is for another. Keep in mind that on top of the lido deck is the area for the youngest ones.

 

 

Gambee reflection;-)

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 21, 2014 by gambee

[gambee]

 

 

 

 

Our voyage had very few kids, it was made on an announcement by Butch and you could totally feel it on the ship. I am aware of just person on or roll call that had two young daughters. We met with them once, well I did. And they seemed to having a great time aboard with a smiling face.

 

 

 

They had some cool music in the background at all times.

 

 

 

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Here are two videos of camp Carnival, one for each of the age groups.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

The Arcade in the Carnival Breeze is kind of hidden behind a Camp carnival area. I must say it was really big, the biggest that I have seen aboard any ship. Carnival certainly offers nice areas for kids to have fun and stay occupied. But that is as far as my knowledge goes in this area.

 

Here are the pictures for the arcade area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a short video of the Arcade area.

 

 

 

 

 

Once I got to the Blush dinning room I asked to be sat in a table for one. I must admit that early in the morning I am not the most talkative person, it is usually after some coffee that I wake up and start becoming functional.

 

The restaurant is beautiful with very long chandeliers at the entrance.

 

 

 

There was no wait, maybe 2 minutes.

 

 

 

[gambee]

 

 

This is one of the times that I really miss my mom being there with me. I have not really addressed the traveling solo part of the review. I think overall I did pretty well and kept myself busy throughout the cruise. But being introverted maybe is not the best personality to go on a cruise solo, I still had a great time and I did a lot of things that I wanted to do. But there are times that you just want to share with close family.

 

I think I am at a point in my life that I am ready to start dating again and looking for a potential partner who I can spend the rest of my life with. One thing is for sure, I won’t make the mistake of dating someone who dislikes cruising, because that would be catastrophic to the relationship from the start.

 

 

 

Anyway, back to the review. Here is the menu for brunch. I got sat towards the back of the ship with a view of the wake.

 

 

I now realize that I should of gotten the smoked salmon with the bagel. I never saw the smoked salmon in the MDR for breakfast, although it was in the room service menu. The pork chop looks good too.