My Island Breeze Picture Review. (4/7/13-4/13/13) Carnival Breeze

[VickiD59]

Taste Bar is free and yummy. It's just the perfect little nibble to tied ya over till dinner :)

[SPKEMO]

With the Nassau change, this also affected my steakhouse reservation. We had a 7:30 reservation for the steakhouse so I canceled that rescheduled that for Friday night.

 

This was the second time i had to cancel and reschedule my reservation. My first reservation was for Tuesday night but, when i got on the ship I found out that was the night of my Chef’s Table reservation as well. No biggie.

 

We arrived in Nassau later then expected. We weren’t able to get off the ship until around 4:30.

 

 

Of course we didn’t have much time there being that we had to be back on the ship by 8:30. We decided to head over to Atlantis and just walk around. There wasn’t much we could see at Atlantis as most stuff requires, at the very least, a $120 day pass. Being that we had limited time there, that was out of the question.

 

We got to Atlantis and, wow, it’s beautiful. There really is EVERYTHING to do there if you are staying.

 

 

 

 

[SPKEMO]

As our ‘cruise stomachs’ began to kick in, again, it was time for more food.

 

We walked around Atlantis and found this little BBQ joint. It was right before the start of their dinner service so it was pretty dead.

 

 

I ended up getting the ‘Trash’ ribs which I ordered off the bar menu. They came with a mustard cole slaw which seemed to lack a hit of acid. For the ribs, they were good. All in all, happy eating.

 

 

The view from our table was awesome. I really wish we would have had a whole day in Atlantis to really see what it’s all about. Oh well, maybe next time.

 

 

We ordered the Key Lime pie for dessert. It was really good. Maybe I haven’t had a lot of key lime pie, but this one was great.

 

 

After lunch we decided to walk around the little town outside of Atlantis.

 

TBC..

[SPKEMO]

Is there a charge for the Taste Bar??

 

Taste Bar is free but, only opened on limited days for a limited time.

[jaxstiles]

Awesome review!

[SUSIEK]

Doesn't the Breeze sail on Sunday this weekend? :confused: Hope so - that's when we fly in!!

 

Yes, it's Sunday. I keep telling people Saturday too because we are coming down a night early. Soooo excited!!!! The ship looks gorgeous.

[pamelab]

I love your pictures. What camera are you using and editing program? I also love your review. Glad you two had a great cruise and can't wait to hear more!

[SPKEMO]

I love your pictures. What camera are you using and editing program? I also love your review. Glad you two had a great cruise and can't wait to hear more!

 

Just using my iPhone 4S and Instagram to edit the photos. Glad you like my review.

[SPKEMO]

The town outside of Atlantis was a cute little town. Little shops and stores, an ice cream shop, and a Johnny Rockets that seemed strangely out of place.

 

 

 

My wife found a stray cat. She wanted to take it home but I doubt we would have made it past customs with the little guy. Oh well, good luck on the rest of your life cat.

 

 

Loved the lights strung up through the trees.

 

 

The views outside continued to be gorgeous off the harbor.

 

 

As we made our way back to the ship I caught this shot of the sunset. The Breeze looked especially beautiful as the sun was setting behind her.

 

 

TBC...

[SPKEMO]

Decided to use the ‘panoramic’ feature of my iPhone to get a close shot of the Breeze. What a great ship!! And, this looks like a postcard. :)

 

 

As we got back on the ship and in our room 1 of my platinum gifts was waiting. Chocolate covered strawberries, chocolate truffles, and one tiny little macaroon. Macaroons and my favorite thing on the planet Earth, so yea, one tiny little macaroon. ;)

 

 

My wife loved all this stuff.

 

TBC...

[Cruizinman]

Whew ! your gonna have to watch her in Mexico, those long legged cats are weird looking ;)

 

[SPKEMO]

Whew ! your gonna have to watch her in Mexico, those long legged cats are weird looking ;)

 

Trust me, I know!!!:confused:

[jkjmt]

Great review. Keep it coming.

 

You should enter that sunset over the Breeze picture into Currents photo contests.

[SPKEMO]

Great review. Keep it coming.

 

You should enter that sunset over the Breeze picture into Currents photo contests.

 

What is 'Currents photo contest'?

[MrsDestinationVickers]

Great review so far! Can't wait for the rest! :)

[lmtrn2001]

What is 'Currents photo contest'?

 

"Currents" is a magazine Carnival used to send out 3-4 times a years to its current customers. I know they don't send out a hard copy anymore but they may still have a digital version.

[Aja]

Great review.. can't wait to read more. We leave on the Breeze in November and these pictures are great, since we have never been on this ship before.

[rhcpchika1]

You guys are adorable!! Loving the review!!!!! I am shocked out how well your pics look from your phone-- The two of the ship esp the sunset one is gorgeous!

[jkjmt]

What is 'Currents photo contest'?

 

 

Currents is a magazine that Carnival used to mail out. (I loved it) Now we get it on-line to my e-mail. There are categories to the photo contests to win cash and prizes. Once a year, the top picture won a cruise. Categories were like nature, people, ports....etc.

[SPKEMO]

Once back on the ship we rested up for a little bit. It was past our dinner time and we really had no interest to eat in the dining room anyway so, we headed over to give ‘Bonsai Sushi’ a try. My wife was not really thrilled about ‘cruise’ sushi but, she was willing to give it a shot.

 

 

Again, great décor for the restaurant. Even though they were plastic, I loved the little bonsai trees on every table.

 

 

 

When I first sat down I proceeded to open up the chopsticks and give them a nice shave. As I ripped the package open I found some sort of weird chopstick/fork thing called a ‘chork’. Clearly they are trying to please everyone with this. I asked for normal chopsticks and they brought them over. I am glad they have both.

 

Sushi boats in the corner and again, a platter of avocados for the fresh produce look.

 

 

next--

[SPKEMO]

First up, I ordered some miso soup. The presentation was perfect. They brought out a soup bowl that had a tofu square in the bottom (the tofu square is diced and put back together) with a layer of daikon, scallions, and some seaweed.

 

 

They then poured the dashi over it to make it come alive.

 

 

The soup was good. It needed a little more salt to really make it pop.

 

Next up was a tuna and mango tartar.

 

 

This dish had some nice flavors. The tuna really pared well with the sweetness of the mango and the roe on top gave it a nice balance.

 

We did order some salmon sushi but were informed that chefs couldn’t catch any. Haha. I did wonder why there was no salmon. Oh well, unexplained mystery.

 

Next up was a standard tempura roll.

 

 

Nothing special about it. Also, there was nothing bad about it. It’s very hard to mess up a tempura roll.

 

Next up was some of their yellow fin tuna sushi. This is where I got a little worried. The color of the tuna was RED, suspiciously red. I know tuna is red but, I really thought they dyed it that color because it was so red.

 

 

As for the taste, fresh! It had no fishy smell or taste. It really did seem the quality of the fish was very good.

 

The last action of the night was a spicy tuna roll.

 

Again, this was very good. Taste was no different than I would find here in Southern California.

 

Side notes:

I loved the fact that they served Kirin beer. It’s really not the same unless you have a Japanese beer and some sake. And I, had both!!

 

After our experience there, I would highly recommend ‘Bonsai Sushi’ to anyone on the Breeze. Very well done and, it would seem, the quality of the food was well worth the very minimal cost.

 

TBC...

[SPKEMO]

After dinner we decided to head over to 'Piano Bar 88' for some fun!

 

 

Ron Pass was the performer on our cruise and he was great as usual.

 

 

We did a cruise on the Splendor when Ron was on it and, he was just as good this time.

 

At around 12:30, Ron was finished with his set and we were tired. Off to bed!

 

Our towel animal was this fun little guy.

 

 

We were happy to hear that even though Ron will be ending his time with Carnival, he will now be preforming in Palm Springs, CA. Palm Springs is only about 45-60 minutes from where my wife and I live so, we make it up there a few times a year. It's fun to know that we can know go see some Ron Pass while we are there.

 

Upcoming!!!

The Punchliner Comedy Brunch

The Chef's Table

[itravelalot]

Great Review.... Thanks for sharing and all the super photos!!:)

[SPKEMO]

Currents is a magazine that Carnival used to mail out. (I loved it) Now we get it on-line to my e-mail. There are categories to the photo contests to win cash and prizes. Once a year, the top picture won a cruise. Categories were like nature, people, ports....etc.

 

I just did some research and found out that Currents has been discontinued all together. Do you still receive it online?

 

This is the link where I got my information.

 

http://www.carnival.com/Funville/forums/p/258294/1333946.aspx

[MrFunInTheSun]

Great review and pictures, thanks for sharing your cruise adventure with us!