Review of our 2013 Spring Break Carnival Breeze Cruise

PaulMedik · May 4, 2013

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Spencer getting a shot of my coming into the toilet bowl;

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My bald spot and Karen coming into the toilet bowl;

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Forward view from Serenity Area;

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If I could just get one of the Serenity chairs to my balcony....;

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PaulMedik · May 4, 2013

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gobucks_43228 · May 5, 2013

lifeisgoodPat,

Thank you.

The burgers are just too tasty to resist aren't they?

gobucks_43228,

Thank you.

Palm Beach is a public beach with hotels and multiple vendors. DePalm Island is a private resort style island with man made lagoons and water park. Friends of ours went to DePalm Island and while they enjoyed it they said they'd have preferred Palm Beach after seeing our pictures.

I didn't spend enough time on the public decks to notice whether they policed the chair hogs or not. The only time I noticed chair hogs was the one time during the rain storm when I noticed all the saved chairs and saw active chair hogging as it occurred. :rolleyes:

Thank you. I think we will also chose Palm Beach :)

SenatorsFan · May 5, 2013

Great review and photos, Paul. I really enjoyed your water slide videos, too. I look forward to trying the slides out in July!:) Not sure how many Guy's burgers we'll be able to eat, but we'll give it a try!:D Our 15-year-old son will want 1 or 2 I expect.:eek:

Heather

IndyKat · May 5, 2013

Great review Paul as always. Amazing pictures.

I can't believe how big your kids have grown since your last one, Wow!

Kath

Njbosoxgirl · May 5, 2013

TT (Thrill Theater) is everything it's billed to be. Britt took in every show at least once and most of them twice. Hit ticket was a 'season pass' unlimited ticket for $14.99.

One more question ...was that" season pass for the week or just one sea day?

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PaulMedik · May 5, 2013

Great review and photos, Paul. I really enjoyed your water slide videos, too. I look forward to trying the slides out in July!:) Not sure how many Guy's burgers we'll be able to eat, but we'll give it a try!:D Our 15-year-old son will want 1 or 2 I expect.:eek:
Heather

Heather,

Thank you.

Can you imagine having to buy that many Guy's Burgers? It's expensive feeding teen boys and I'm sure Carnival knows this too. :D

Great review Paul as always. Amazing pictures.

I can't believe how big your kids have grown since your last one, Wow!

Kath

Kath,

Thank you.

One year seems like a day, but looking at last year's pics vs this years.....wow!

PaulMedik · May 5, 2013

TT (Thrill Theater) is everything it's billed to be. Britt took in every show at least once and most of them twice. Hit ticket was a 'season pass' unlimited ticket for $14.99.

One more question ...was that" season pass for the week or just one sea day?

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Njbosoxgirl,

The TT season pass is for the entire cruise.

pacarolinagirl · May 5, 2013

Fantastic pics & review as always Paul! We leave on the Breeze this coming Saturday. This has made me even more excited & oh my goodness, I'm wishing I had a Guy's Burger right NOW! They look so good. :)

morganboys · May 5, 2013

what type of rooms did you have at the hilton & how many people did they sleep?

poptart · May 5, 2013

As always awesome review. I enjoyed it so much.

One question, it's all of serenity deck enclosed with the glass around it, versus the open railing?

I always prefer to have a lounger facing the sea, instead of the pool. I don't like the glassed in decks.

The sports deck seating looked like it was more open to the sea.

PaulMedik · May 5, 2013

what type of rooms did you have at the hilton & how many people did they sleep?

Morganboys,

Karen, Britt, and I had a two bedroom Bay View suite that slept four (King bed and sleeper sofa). Bryson, Spencer, and Jaden had a corner suite that slept six (two queens and sleeper sofa). Our two bedroom was much larger than the boys room, but slept two less. :rolleyes: There was enough room in Britt's room to sleep two dozen and still have room to walk around.

As always awesome review. I enjoyed it so much.

One question, it's all of serenity deck enclosed with the glass around it, versus the open railing?

I always prefer to have a lounger facing the sea, instead of the pool. I don't like the glassed in decks.

The sports deck seating looked like it was more open to the sea.

Poptart,

The Serenity Area is glassed in due to being forward with nothing between the deck and the rushing wind. The only part of the Serenity area that wouldn't be glassed in would be facing the water slides and 'serene' would be questionable in that area. ;)

The aft pool deck has the type of railing you are looking for; very much like the railing on Fantasy Class ships and the loungers in that area do face the sea vs the pool. The next deck up above the aft pool also has multiple loungers facing the sea with Fantasy class style railing.

PaulMedik · May 5, 2013

The boys and I went golfing at a local course yesterday and every time we were on a green I thought back to our golf outings on Breeze........

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The Ropes Course was closed due to high winds for most of the cruise, but really we didn't have enough time to do everything. Perhaps next time?

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Billiards at sea;

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Britt lining up his shot;

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Sunset over Cuba while we golf and shoot pool on board Carnival Breeze;

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The basketball court had to close for dinner each evening from 5:30 - 10:30 due to being above the Cucino del Capitano;

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Cruise Today_Work Never · May 5, 2013

Did Jaden enjoy his first cruise? :D

PaulMedik · May 5, 2013

Lido dinner after a Fun Day @ Sea;

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Karen's dinner;

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Sweets for desert;

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Filling out our Customs Declaration form (The five of us were all on one and Jaden had to fill one out just for him.)

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Checked out our location on the map channel;

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Back in the USA and tied off at Port of Miami as Carnival Glory pulls in behind us;

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PaulMedik · May 5, 2013

Did Jaden enjoy his first cruise?

Cruise Today_Work Never,

Yes he did and he's planning to go with us on our next cruise.

Love your nickname BTW!

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The ship that passed us the day before was tied up on the other side of Dodge Island;

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Glory getting closer;

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Check out the forward facing cabin with floor to ceiling windows above the bridge on Glory. Those folks obviously had a great view for their cruise..........and perhaps aren't aware that their windows are see thru?

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The lights are pleasantly dimmer on the final morning breakfast;

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Perhaps my lightest breakfast of the cruise;

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PaulMedik · May 5, 2013

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Just before sunrise over South Beach;

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We walked down to the gangway and straight off at 7:23AM;

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Everyone is about as somber as can be on debarkation day;

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At 7:38 we had collected our checked bags, met with the US Customs, and lined up for a cab;

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For all of our previous cruises I used Larry's Limo for our transportation and I have no clue why I neglected to do so this time.....but I won't make the mistake of not using them again! Larry's Limo is the way to go. Lining up for cabs is no fun;

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PaulMedik · May 5, 2013

We were given the option of waiting in a line for a large taxi or taking the next two cabs in line so we opted to take two cabs instead of waiting;

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Much of downtown Miami was cordoned off for a Triathlon as well as the entry ramp to the causeway to South Beach so we spent forever driving the backstreets looking for a route to South Beach;

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After half an hour of driving to the next entry ramp to I-95 and then South to the Causeway we were back where we started, but on the right side of the closed ramp;

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The Triathletes would ride bikes thru Miami, cross the causeway then run to the other end of Lumus Park then swim back down the length of Lumus park, then dash to the finish line;

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PaulMedik · May 5, 2013

Thanks to the Triathlon delays is was 8:43 before we were unloaded a block from the Savoy and walking out to our destination for the day;

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Just to the North of The Savoy was where all of the Triathlon festivities were going on;

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Karen's sister's family was staying at The Avalon Hotel following their cruise on Carnival Victory. They met up with us on the beach at The Savoy;

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The Savoy really is the next best thing to being on a cruise (With the exception of an all inclusive of course);

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Pizza crust picked up and flown away by a passing scavenger;

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PaulMedik · May 5, 2013

Britt has a baseball game today so that's all I have time for now. There's just a little bit over one day left so hopefully I'll finish up this evening or tomorrow.

poptart · May 5, 2013

The aft pool deck has the type of railing you are looking for; very much like the railing on Fantasy Class ships and the loungers in that area do face the sea vs the pool. The next deck up above the aft pool also has multiple loungers facing the sea with Fantasy class style railing.

That is exactly what I wanted to know! Thanks! Got to love the openness of the fantasy class. That was before people started "falling" over board so often.

Cruisegirl1919 · May 5, 2013

Thanks for the great review!

Did your boys take part in club o2, or did they just hang out by themselves since they had a friend? If they did use the club, I'd love to hear about their experiences!

Also, how did you set up the onboard senior photo session? I'm cruising the breeze in June and would be interested in getting my senior photos done on the ship.

Your boys also looked great in their tuxes on the formal nights. I wish more teen boys dressed as classily as they do, us teen girls definitely find it attractive! :D

ourfamilylovescruising · May 5, 2013

Thank you Paul for always do such a great job and you reviews:) you just made my day by finding your review:D

PaulMedik · May 6, 2013

Thank you Paul for always do such a great job and you reviews you just made my day by finding your review

ourfamilylovescruising,

Thank you.

Thanks for the great review!

Did your boys take part in club o2, or did they just hang out by themselves since they had a friend? If they did use the club, I'd love to hear about their experiences!

Also, how did you set up the onboard senior photo session? I'm cruising the breeze in June and would be interested in getting my senior photos done on the ship.

Your boys also looked great in their tuxes on the formal nights. I wish more teen boys dressed as classily as they do, us teen girls definitely find it attractive!

Cruisegirl1919,

Thank you.

Earlier in the week they visited the club and made friends, but later in the week they just became zombies....kinda like everyone else on the ship.

We arranged the photo session by asking at the photo gallery on deck 4 and they setup a time and place to meet.

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Marina and Taylor by The Savoy pool;

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The boys occupied The Savoy lobby waiting for checkin time;

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Britt and Lucca catching up with their friends via the internet while a SeaWorld billboard on a bus passes by outside;

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Entry to The Savoy pool area;

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Walking down to Government Cut to watch sailaway;

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PaulMedik · May 6, 2013

Karen and Kimberly;

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The ships lined up;

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Long range shot of Breeze starting to pull away;

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Review of our 2013 Spring Break Carnival Breeze Cruise

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