Chris' & Ginny's Breeze Review w/ Large Pictures

[sonicbuffalo]

I'll be back this afternoon to post more. I have to run into town and get my 4 mile walk in before I into a chair potato the rest of the day....Thanks for all the compliments. That's what makes me keep posting. I know people out there want to see what the Breeze was like. :cool:

[scrappinannie]

Thank you for your wonderful review and pictures! The ship is beautiful....love the Lido Marketplace and Water Works. We're considering a cruise on the Breeze in October. It will be the first for our young kids, who are 3 & 6, so I love seeing these reviews with pics. Looks like you and your wife had a wonderful time. I noticed the pool in the spa area....can anyone go there or do you have to have a spa appointment/service to use it? Looks inviting, not sure we'll get too much Serenity time with 2 little ones but maybe a trip to the spa I could manage. Looking forward to more of your review.:D If you have copies of The Fun Times (is that what it's even called? Sorry, I can't remember what was in your pic) and menus I would love to see them. Thanks again for sharing your vacation.

[KirkNC]

Thanks for the review!

[sonicbuffalo]

looking down Diamond Row in St. Thomas

 

 

 

The Lady Liberty docked behind The Lady Breeze....from across the harbor

 

 

 

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Ginny's Sapphire & Diamond ring that I bought her for Christmas...a little blurry

 

 

Tell Jose hello when you shop here...it's where the damage was done..lol

 

 

 

 

[As You Wish]

I'm loving the review so far. Wonderful photos. I can't wait for the rest.

[sonicbuffalo]

On the way back to the ship....there has been road construction outside of the port both times we've been there...don't seem like they are in any hurry to repair the roads around there...

 

 

Don't look now but it was getting ready to pour down rain in an afternoon tropical rainstorm...and we made a dash to the gangway only to be held up by a woman who had fallen over the pier into the water beside the Breeze. Security shut down the gangway and we got really drenched. We watched them fetch the woman out of the water with a few rope ladders and saw she was bruised and scraped on her arms, and hands. We heard later on that she had broken her arm. We hope she's ok now, but she really got too close to the edge of the pier. There were very unmistakable signs saying not to get any closer than about 5' from the edge. They handed us towels to dry off after we finally boarded. I'm sorry I can't post any pictures from that event as it was really pouring down rain.

 

 

Some very colorful Caribbean dresses that Ginny was looking through.

 

 

The Lady Liberty as seen from our balcony....it was lit up at night and looked very patriotic...She actually left the pier and was backing out when suddenly she made a manueveur to pull back into the pier. We found out later from our balcony neighbors that The Lady Liberty had to come back to disembark a medical emergency into an ambulance. We had left to go to dinner.

 

 

 

Even though the Lady Liberty left before we did, we passed her later that night.

 

[sonicbuffalo]

Ginny and her wabbit

 

 

Going to Antigua the next day on 12-12-12.....Catamaran Sail & Snorkel Tour after breakfast

 

 

Welcome to Antigua

 

 

 

The commercial port in Antigua...

 

 

[Luckysll]

Great review and wonderful pictures of the Breeze! I will get to see her for myself in 6 weeks!! :D

[sonicbuffalo]

The Seabourn Quest coming in behind us....high dollar passengers on board...

 

 

If you look under the gangway there is a safety net. It didn't do the woman in St. Thomas any good since she fell a good 20 yards away from the gangway.

 

 

 

The Steel Bands like we need back on Carnival for sail away....

 

 

It was a beautiful day and Ginny and I decided to sit up on the netting in the front of the Catamaran. It didn't last too long as it was uncomfortable up there...but the view was better.

 

 

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Now that's a real mansion....one of the guides said it was a $6 million house.

 

 

World famous Sandals Resorts in Antigua...

 

 

 

a Cat like the one we were on...they had a whole fleet of them...

 

[sonicbuffalo]

shhhhh....the bar area where the rum punch was

 

 

The lady who conned us into beach chairs and shirts

 

 

The cat we sailed on....parked while we beached it...snorkeling was just too rough out where we went so we were glad to go to the beach....

 

 

The Captain giving us his spiel....very animated....

 

 

 

[sonicbuffalo]

One of the lady passengers from The Seabourn who was on the tour with us. Her and her bf or hubby were very nice to us and weren't snobbish at all. I read where the people on that ship pay up to $15,000 to sail on it...with a bottom range of around $4,000. All inclusive except excursions.

 

 

 

look at the line waiting to get back on board....wow...wish I was in that line right now.

 

 

Our cats home...

 

 

A little free advertisement

 

 

After snorkeling we went back on the ship, showered, and ate, then went out again to shop....and look around a bit

 

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Not too great of shopping around the port....and the downtown looked run down and poor....we stayed on the beaten path...

 

 

some more free advertisement....for DI

 

 

 

She's trying out for Cirque De Soleil....but needs airfare to Vegas...

 

 

 

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heading back to the ship....another day of snorkeling tomorrow in Tortolla...

 

 

Looking back towards the town...we went into the old part of the city, but there wasn't much there...

 

 

 

Senor Frog

 

 

 

[sonicbuffalo]

Going snorkeling the next day in Tortolla....one of the boats mates...

 

 

The water was really rough going to our snorkeling spot...but once we got there it was awesome...

 

 

We sat too far back in the boat and got drenched by the waves...

 

 

 

 

[sonicbuffalo]

A Happy Sailor

 

 

A drenched sailor boy

 

 

Our snorkel site...at least the best site....we did stop for beach snorkeling later on...the caves were cool...and there was a good reef down under and lots of beautiful fish...too bad I don't have an underwater camera ;-(

 

 

 

 

It was beautiful snorkeling around here....would do it again...big fun...

 

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some people went snorkeling by the beach....but Ginny & I just went in and swam a little....the best snorkeling was where we had just come from...

 

 

 

 

Our snorkeling boat....just don't sit on the sides near the rear...unless you want to get drenched....

 

[sonicbuffalo]

heading back to the Lady Breeze....

 

 

 

If you look about 8 decks up on the aft of the Breeze and the 2nd cabin from the left, you will see our balcony....(heck I can't even see that good)....lol

 

 

 

back on board for our shower and to eat before going out into the shopping district, which wasn't too good here either...

 

 

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the downtown area and shopping district....looks like a government building right in front

 

 

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the excursion taxi's dropping off their passengers

 

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Ginny was hunting down a free recipe book offered through a shopping book she had bought...

 

 

 

A mother hen with her chicklets...

 

 

back to the ship to get ready for dinner...

 

 

[Pauser]

What great photos - the Breeze really is a beautiful ship! Thanks for taking the time to post this!

[gambee]

You sir are posting faster than I can read :D. Just logged in and noticed all the posts you have made since this morning. Nice pics.

[sonicbuffalo]

 

bye bye Tortolla....loved snorkeling here...

 

 

 

 

 

Another relaxing Sea Day ahead....