Kri1970

All assigned dining was in Blush on our December cruise. YTD was in Sapphire. 

Yes, when we were on in December. 

you can get coffee, and they offer for sale different types of tea, including green. 

Ours asked and seemed mildy offended that we only wanted evening, he proceeded to question us about why not both? We (well, hubby) slept in several mornings, so was just easier to us. 

I admit that after reading how bad the buffet was, I was mildly afraid of it when we went on our first cruise. However, after San Juan's million steps, i just didn't want to put on fancy shoes, LOL, so we did the buffet that night, and to my surprise, it was pretty good. Obviously smaller buffet selection than land based buffets, but still a decent salad bar, 5-6 veggies (not including rice/potatoes), a chicken dish, a fish dish, steaks, seems like another prepared meat, plus the carving station. Everything I ate EXCEPT 1 DESSERT, was fresh and tasty (the 1 dessert must have been leftover from lunch or something, as was dried out a fair amount).  I never made it to the pizza, deli, or Blue Iguana (I'm very disappointed on that one), but we did manage to get Guys Burgers, the Pig and Anchor BBQ, etc. and I can't really say we found anything that wasn't decently good to very good. 

We were in a suite in December, and saw no mold, we did see small amounts of rust, on balcony/walking path decks, but we expected that, and it was small amounts even so. We loved the Breeze!

On 1/25/2020 at 2:53 PM, pusywillow said:

 

Hot tea and coffee are not free.

 

Yes, coffee and hot tea (lipton tea bag) are free, and available in the dining room, I had hot tea a couple time in December on Breeze at dinner and every day at breakfast/brunch. 

We haven't booked yet, but are looking pretty seriously at 5/2/21, so like 450?

We are just starting to look at what our next cruise will be, and looking for May-July 2021. There are 2 that particularly interest me, so I'm wondering what your thoughts are between them.

Option 1- Panama cruise, leaves May 2 from Port Canaveral on Radiance, does Aruba, Curacao, Cartagena, the Canal, Limon, Cozumel, ends at Galveston (we would then fly home to Florida)- 2 cabins, prices range from 5130 for 2 of the 4k, to 6410 in 2 balconies.

Option 2- San Juan Fascination, leaves 5/30, does St Thomas, St Maarten, St Kitts, St Lucia and Barbados, back to San Juan. Prices are less, 3-5k total, but would be round trip airfare for 4, vs the 1 way flight, plus would likely add a couple ground days in San Juan on the front or back, so that would make costs roughly equal.

This would be first cruise for my girls, who would be 23 and 20 for the Panama, youngest turns 21 on 5/30 of that year. Second cruise for hubby and I, we did Eastern 7 day on Breeze this past year, so only ports anyone has seen on either are St Thomas and San Juan. 

We were just on the Breeze last month, they did not have soda machines anywhere accessible by guests. 

On our 7 night, we spent $250-300 on drinks total, hubby mostly drinks beer, I think had maybe 4 mixed drinks over the week. I drink martini's, pina colada, or several nights had a couple amaretto and sprite. Probably had 3 drinks each on average per day, something like that, but had a couple port days where we might not have any or had one, and beers hubby usually just bought a bucket and when those were gone, he was done. 

Jimbo, do you find the aft or aft wrap balconies to feel more movement? We were just on the Breeze earlier this month, and in a forward port side suite, which was fantastic. However, we walked deck 5 around basically daily, and the aft corners of the ship seemed to have enough motion to make our heads swim a bit. Not sure if that's a problem only for the breeze or only because of the semi rough seas or what?

We just got back from our first ever cruise. We had prepaid the standard gratuities, did not have a drink package. We had Your Time Dining, so had a different group every night.  But for room service, we added a tip (only did the free breakfasts), and every drink we bought, we added usually a dollar or two, even though the 18% is already in the cost. Also, on the last night, our favorite 2 bartenders at the piano bar, we did drink orders with $5 added tips for each. We left an additional $20 for our room steward, he was very nice, but only came once a day, never left any ice, I felt the service was good, but not so great that I felt more was warranted. 

Just got a call offering to upgrade my ocean suite to a grand suite, but at a rate of $91 per day, $637 total. Cruise leaves in 3 days, and is paid in full, I am thinking definitely not worth that much cost. 

2 hours ago, Luke Saint Joe said:

Guy's Pig & Anchor 11:30-2:30, Cucina del Capitano (complimentary @ lunchtime) 11:30-2:30, Blue Iguana Cantina (great tacos, burritos, taco salads) 11:30-Safety Briefing, Tandoor 11:30-Safety Briefing, Guy's Burgers 11:30-6, and of course, lido buffet.

No more Tandoor on Breeze, replaced with Seafood Shack. 

I wouldn't do it now, but did once take out a loan to pay for a Disney vacation when my girls were little, think I paid 15% interest on it. Now I'm paying for college bills, etc, I don't need to add to the indebtedness! We are going on our first cruise next month, but we booked it over a year ago and paid it off in February with tax return. 

30 days till the Breeze. 

If you don't need every day, can you use the WIFI in ports instead? That's my current plan, just update online when in port. 

40 days from today! It's getting close!

1 hour ago, Bookster99 said:

I prefer gift cards. I buy them from AARP, which gives me a 10% discount. Any leftover funds at the end of the cruise, Carnival puts them on a giftcard and sends it to me, to be used next time.

I think AARP discontinued the discounted Carnival cards. 

This sounds right up my husband's alley, we'll have to watch for it on Breeze in December. 

5 minutes ago, Butterbean1000 said:

No, we're on the Breeze out of Port Canaveral. 

Aha! The Breeze is our ship as well, in December!

17 hours ago, Butterbean1000 said:

TWELVE Days!!

You might be on the same cruise as my sister, hers is out of San Juan the same day. I know mine is getting close (55 days), but I'm still jealous of this month!

1 hour ago, Essiesmom said:

Is this their first cruise?  They won't know what other ships are like.  If you have never been one a ship, the smallest will seem HUGE.  In fact, we sailed MS Seaside in February, and their smallest, MSC Armonia last/this month (a Dorian extended cruise).  We really liked the small ship - just a bit smaller than Fantasy class.  She felt a lot more spacious than Fantasy class, too.  In my opinion, sailing the newest/grandest first is never a good idea.  EM

It will be  the kids' first cruise (they'll be 23 and 21 respectively at the time), yes. We live in Tampa area and have family in Orlando area, so if we cruise from there, I don't have to pay to park, which is nice. I'm not against a smaller ship, and we did see about the refurb which gained it quite a few things that my oldest will like (waterworks, Alchemy, Guys). 

We leave on our first ever cruise, on the Breeze, in a couple months, but I've been looking this week at the 2021 cruise options, thinking to do a cruise with our grown daughters, probably a 4-5 night. I'm seeing some interesting ones on Elation. My concern is, after the Breeze, is Elation going to feel small/old/less than? Has anyone done both fairly recently?