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DaisyGirl55

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We sailed on The Breeze last week: 10/10 to 10/19. 8 glorious days on a fantastic ship. We went to St Martin, St Kitts, San Juan and Grand Turk. We also had 3 awesome days on the ship - which really made this one of the best cruises I have been on in all of my 36 cruises....so WOW!

 

I will give a brief review as I know inquiring minds want to know! I will not be posting any pictures for two reasons: I have not figured out how to properly post the pix, and there are so many awesome reviews of this ship with pictures already available on Cruise Critic. My review may be a bit jumbled and out of sequence, but I hope you still enjoy reading it.

 

My immediate group totaled 20, but we also interacted with others on the CC Roll Call, and FB. My group started out the cruise by having dinner in the Steakhouse, and ended our last night of the cruise by having dinner at the Cucina Italian restaurant. In-between we enjoyed the MDR, Bonsai Sushi, Fat Jimmy's C-Side BBQ, pub grub in the Red Frog Cantina, Guys Burgers and even the Hot Dog Cart up by the ropes course. Seems like a lot of food, I know - but it was all so good!

 

We had assigned boarding times (1-3pm), but since both my DH and I are Platinum and staying in a Suite, we got to the port around 11:30. By noon we were on the ship and I was unpacked before Muster at 4:00. Our cabin was 7355, mid-ship and absolutely perfect! I would book this room again anytime.

 

We went to Maho Beach in St Martin, and had a great time. We had lunch and a few drinks at the Sunset Bar, and then some of the group stayed to enjoy the beach and some went shopping. If you have never gone to watch the planes land right over your head you should go sometime. What a unique experience!

 

St Kitts was a full day with Leeward Islands Charters. Our group booked a catamaran excursion, with snorkeling at Nevis Island and a full lunch on the beach. Lots of fun with music, rum punch, dancing, and sunshine as we flew across the water.

 

We stayed on the ship in San Juan as I have been there a few times, and it is just too hot for me to walk around. We did jump off to stop at the CVS as I needed some more allergy meds. So off the ship, and then right back on. Some in my group went to the forts, some walked around and shopped, some others stayed on the ship and enjoyed some down time.

 

We went to Margaritaville in Grand Turk, and pretty much just relaxed in the pool. Considering The Sunshine was also in port, the pool and the beach area were not overly crowded.

 

One thing to keep in mind regarding bringing drinks on the ship. The new rule, or the newly enforced rule is embarkation only. Let me say that again. If you want to bring anything on the ship to drink: water, wine, soda, anything at all - it can only be brought on at embarkation. It will be confiscated at all other ports. Lots of unhappy people who bought cans of soda only to have them taken away as they went through security while in port.

 

The changes in the MDR have been discussed here on these boards, and I have to say that I loved the new menus! Tablecloths only on the cruise elegant nights, otherwise no tablecloths. No matter as the tables are very pretty, and I kind of like having the bread and the water on the table. Our wait group of Dusan and Sonja were great! Attentive, had lots of suggestions, and looked like they were having fun singing and dancing. We were lucky to be sitting on the main floor, right in the middle of the action, and we loved it.

 

We attended the past guest party, and enjoyed some music, some dancing, as well as Matt's dialogue complete with his form of humor. The officers were introduced, and several mingled around talking to the guests. Drinks flowed and if you wanted something in particular all we had to do was ask and it was brought right away. The snacks were fresh and yummy too.

 

Regarding disembarkation, as we were Priority and had Zone 1 for our luggage, we met in the theatre and were escorted off the ship by 7:50. Back in the car by 8:05 and walked in the front door home at 12:30. Not bad at all.

 

I am sure there is more I can write about, but at this moment my thoughts are still a bit jumbled. I can say that this ship really has it all together. Matt was great, the music was great, and we were entertained all week. We sailed on the Dream when she first started sailing, and it was always crowded and always had lines no matter what you wanted to do. No so on the Breeze. Lines were manageable, and it was easy to navigate where we wanted to go.

 

My only complaint is with the casino. On the Dream, one half of the casino was non-smoking. On the Breeze, there were non-smoking machines but they were placed right near the smoking machines. Little hard to breathe at times, made all the worse by smokers who were no gambling - just standing around smoking. Other than that, the casino was fun, with lots of different machines and lots of table games available.

 

That's it, I guess. If anyone has any questions, let me know and I will be happy to answer them! Happy Sailing!

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Great recap of your trip on the Breeze!

She is our favorite ship.

Was hoping to get a 3rd cruise in before she leaves for Galveston, but it's not going to happen.:mad::mad:

 

LOVE that ship.

 

Thanks again for the review.

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We sailed on The Breeze last week: 10/10 to 10/19. 8 glorious days on a fantastic ship. We went to St Martin, St Kitts, San Juan and Grand Turk. We also had 3 awesome days on the ship - which really made this one of the best cruises I have been on in all of my 36 cruises....so WOW!

 

I will give a brief review as I know inquiring minds want to know! I will not be posting any pictures for two reasons: I have not figured out how to properly post the pix, and there are so many awesome reviews of this ship with pictures already available on Cruise Critic. My review may be a bit jumbled and out of sequence, but I hope you still enjoy reading it.

 

My immediate group totaled 20, but we also interacted with others on the CC Roll Call, and FB. My group started out the cruise by having dinner in the Steakhouse, and ended our last night of the cruise by having dinner at the Cucina Italian restaurant. In-between we enjoyed the MDR, Bonsai Sushi, Fat Jimmy's C-Side BBQ, pub grub in the Red Frog Cantina, Guys Burgers and even the Hot Dog Cart up by the ropes course. Seems like a lot of food, I know - but it was all so good!

 

We had assigned boarding times (1-3pm), but since both my DH and I are Platinum and staying in a Suite, we got to the port around 11:30. By noon we were on the ship and I was unpacked before Muster at 4:00. Our cabin was 7355, mid-ship and absolutely perfect! I would book this room again anytime.

 

We went to Maho Beach in St Martin, and had a great time. We had lunch and a few drinks at the Sunset Bar, and then some of the group stayed to enjoy the beach and some went shopping. If you have never gone to watch the planes land right over your head you should go sometime. What a unique experience!

 

St Kitts was a full day with Leeward Islands Charters. Our group booked a catamaran excursion, with snorkeling at Nevis Island and a full lunch on the beach. Lots of fun with music, rum punch, dancing, and sunshine as we flew across the water.

 

We stayed on the ship in San Juan as I have been there a few times, and it is just too hot for me to walk around. We did jump off to stop at the CVS as I needed some more allergy meds. So off the ship, and then right back on. Some in my group went to the forts, some walked around and shopped, some others stayed on the ship and enjoyed some down time.

 

We went to Margaritaville in Grand Turk, and pretty much just relaxed in the pool. Considering The Sunshine was also in port, the pool and the beach area were not overly crowded.

 

One thing to keep in mind regarding bringing drinks on the ship. The new rule, or the newly enforced rule is embarkation only. Let me say that again. If you want to bring anything on the ship to drink: water, wine, soda, anything at all - it can only be brought on at embarkation. It will be confiscated at all other ports. Lots of unhappy people who bought cans of soda only to have them taken away as they went through security while in port.

 

The changes in the MDR have been discussed here on these boards, and I have to say that I loved the new menus! Tablecloths only on the cruise elegant nights, otherwise no tablecloths. No matter as the tables are very pretty, and I kind of like having the bread and the water on the table. Our wait group of Dusan and Sonja were great! Attentive, had lots of suggestions, and looked like they were having fun singing and dancing. We were lucky to be sitting on the main floor, right in the middle of the action, and we loved it.

 

We attended the past guest party, and enjoyed some music, some dancing, as well as Matt's dialogue complete with his form of humor. The officers were introduced, and several mingled around talking to the guests. Drinks flowed and if you wanted something in particular all we had to do was ask and it was brought right away. The snacks were fresh and yummy too.

 

Regarding disembarkation, as we were Priority and had Zone 1 for our luggage, we met in the theatre and were escorted off the ship by 7:50. Back in the car by 8:05 and walked in the front door home at 12:30. Not bad at all.

 

I am sure there is more I can write about, but at this moment my thoughts are still a bit jumbled. I can say that this ship really has it all together. Matt was great, the music was great, and we were entertained all week. We sailed on the Dream when she first started sailing, and it was always crowded and always had lines no matter what you wanted to do. No so on the Breeze. Lines were manageable, and it was easy to navigate where we wanted to go.

 

My only complaint is with the casino. On the Dream, one half of the casino was non-smoking. On the Breeze, there were non-smoking machines but they were placed right near the smoking machines. Little hard to breathe at times, made all the worse by smokers who were no gambling - just standing around smoking. Other than that, the casino was fun, with lots of different machines and lots of table games available.

 

That's it, I guess. If anyone has any questions, let me know and I will be happy to answer them! Happy Sailing!

 

Glad to hear you had a great time, we leave on the Breeze Saturday, also for 8 nights to Grand Turk, La Romana, Aruba and Curacao. Can't wait to see the ship.

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One thing to keep in mind regarding bringing drinks on the ship. The new rule, or the newly enforced rule is embarkation only. Let me say that again. If you want to bring anything on the ship to drink: water, wine, soda, anything at all - it can only be brought on at embarkation. It will be confiscated at all other ports. Lots of unhappy people who bought cans of soda only to have them taken away as they went through security while in port.

 

This seems to be in direct contrast to this quote from John Heald:

 

News just in from JH

My thanks to the beards for listening to what you said here a couple of weeks ago about bringing cans of soda on in port.

As of today :

" small quantity of non-alcoholic beverages (i.e., sparkling water, sodas, juice, and milk) packaged in cans or cartons may be brought on oard as well as Carnival branded bottled water previously purchased onboard. A small quantity is considered a maximum of 12 sealed, unopened cans/cartons of 12 ounces each or less per person."

cheers

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This seems to be in direct contrast to this quote from John Heald:

 

News just in from JH

My thanks to the beards for listening to what you said here a couple of weeks ago about bringing cans of soda on in port.

As of today :

" small quantity of non-alcoholic beverages (i.e., sparkling water, sodas, juice, and milk) packaged in cans or cartons may be brought on oard as well as Carnival branded bottled water previously purchased onboard. A small quantity is considered a maximum of 12 sealed, unopened cans/cartons of 12 ounces each or less per person."

cheers

 

Be that as it may, perhaps they are changing it back to bringing on soda at the port. I can only report what I saw and what we were told as we re-entered the ship at each port. ALL DRINKS were confiscated.

 

Can you tell me how much it cost for the Leeward Islands Charters, please?

 

I looked on the website and there is no pricing info.

 

Thank you!!

 

The price was 90.00 per person, held by credit card. 50% was charged a few days before the charter with the rest paid the day of the excursion. It was well worth it! One of the best CAT excursions I have been on. I don't think you will be disappointed.

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The price was 90.00 per person, held by credit card. 50% was charged a few days before the charter with the rest paid the day of the excursion. It was well worth it! One of the best CAT excursions I have been on. I don't think you will be disappointed.

 

Thank you so much! That is a good price.

 

I was afraid it was one of those things where if you have to ask the price, you can't afford it...lol.

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This seems to be in direct contrast to this quote from John Heald:

 

News just in from JH

My thanks to the beards for listening to what you said here a couple of weeks ago about bringing cans of soda on in port.

As of today :

" small quantity of non-alcoholic beverages (i.e., sparkling water, sodas, juice, and milk) packaged in cans or cartons may be brought on oard as well as Carnival branded bottled water previously purchased onboard. A small quantity is considered a maximum of 12 sealed, unopened cans/cartons of 12 ounces each or less per person."

cheers

 

Perhaps because this ship left before that decision was made and they didn't want to change policies half way through.

 

Thanks for the report, OP!

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This is great news. Just booked a cruise with my sister for mid-January on the Breeze. Looking forward to it after DaisyGirls review and many comments by others.

 

StaciK ~ Have you joined our roll call for the January Breeze cruise?

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Hi, was the meat very spicy hot at Fat Jimmys? We were on Breeze in September and the meat was sooo spicy hott that we couldn't eat it. Others said that it was hot as well.

 

 

The sausage was pretty spicy to me, and I love spicy foods. The other meats were not.

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