Review of our 2013 Spring Break Carnival Breeze Cruise

[riclop]

Paul thanks so much for the review and "great pictures"!!!

[JohninDC]

"Aye aye captain!"

Sigh! If I could only get my wife to say that. :o

[PaulMedik]

"Aye aye captain!"

 

Sigh! If I could only get my wife to say that. :o

 

 

JohninDC,

 

LOL. I assure you I have no advice on how to achieve that goal. :D

[nybumpkin]

Don't make fun of my white sunhat....it did it's job;

 

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Paul, Love the hat! DH has a similar one he picked up in Freeport last year. Uses it when moving the lawn and working in the yard. It does a great job protecting his rapidly retreating hairline.:D

[MrsDannyNew]

omg where did you go come backkkkkkkkkk!!!!!:(

[cuted126]

The pics are gorgeous!!! I adore that shot of the moon. I am dying for an excellent zoom lens :(:(

[PaulMedik]

Thank you all for your comments.

 

 

 

omg where did you go come backkkkkkkkkk!!!!!

 

 

MrsDannyNew,

 

Sorry for the delay.

 

 

cuted126,

 

Thank you. The moon shot was hand held, aim, zoom, and shoot. Suffices to say the results are all thanks to Canon.

 

 

 

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Our Hostess called our cab driver and we loaded up while he spoke with her;

 

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Backside of the hotel that I took shots of from the boat;

 

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Beautiful island on a beautiful day;

 

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Our driver said this waterpark opened right before the Natalie Holloway incident and lasted less than a year. He said that it's demise was due to the fallout over Holloway and that 'Palm Island' had larger corporate backing and had a waterpark as well that was larger and better. He also mentioned that tourism wasn't quite back to pre Holloway levels.

 

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Eagle Beach. Notice there's a whole lot less development here;

 

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The familiar funnel means we're almost back to our home on the sea;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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As we were walking back in there was a 'medical emergency' off to the side. A female appeared to be having a seizure. I've seen a lot of patients actively seizing and I have yet to see one yelling and cussing while they were seizing. I deemed her 'seizure' to be an emotional issue and we continued on;

 

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Britt wasn't so sure my conclusion was accurate, but she was standing at this point and the crowd around her appeared to be a bit apprehensive. I have no clue what ship she was on or even if she was from one of the ships, but apparently she got the attention she was craving;

 

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BTW, no I did NOT take any pictures of her. Status Dramaticus is not a pretty sight.

 

As we walked to the ship people were still turning to look back toward the commotion;

 

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Nice aft;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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Abundant duty free trinkets;

 

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The long hall once again;

 

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Breeze is the first ship that I've taken multiple pictures in the hall;

 

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[PaulMedik]

This is a very poor shot, but you'll have to agree the elevators have come a long way;

 

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Shallow area between our ship and the sea;

 

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The 'Gold, Platinum, Diamond' party began just as we got back on the ship so we showered quickly and headed down to the main lounge. Between the two of us we managed to consume 11 drinks;

 

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The drinks are better than in the past and the snacks are much tastier. Obviously after drinking my share of 11 drinks I didn't get any pictures of the food......

 

 

 

Sailaway from Aruba;

 

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[PaulMedik]

Aruba Sailaway continues;

 

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Past Guest partier asleep on our deck (The water is from where they cleaned our deck while docked in Aruba);

 

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I tucked her in under a towel. You'll notice the balcony divider was left locked after they cleaned the deck. I used the handle of my nail clippers to open the lock;

 

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[MrsDannyNew]

:D:D:D:D:D:D.. Thank goodness your back! wheeeeeew!

[PaulMedik]

Karen's Ham & Cheese along with a couple of cigars I enjoyed on the balcony during sailaway;

 

 

 

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My sailaway feast? You guessed it;

 

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Aft lovers will again note that our wake falls well short of the horizon;

 

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Ruben;

 

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[PaulMedik]

Fruit compliments of room service;

 

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We spent the evening in the casino again playing blackjack.

 

 

Our next day was a Fun Day @ Sea and no day can begin without a hearty breakfast;

 

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Karen's breakfast choices;

 

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Our wake went a little further;

 

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Lounging the day away;

 

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Suffices to say I enjoyed more than one or two cigars on this fine morning;

 

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[PaulMedik]

While sitting in my chair I noticed some ash drop into my ash tray. A quick check above me revealed the source of said ash;

 

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They had no clue their ash fell onto my balcony and much less that it actually fell into my ash tray. I would ask that anyone reading this to please not expect your ash will harmlessly fall into the ocean and without a doubt don't expect it will fall in an ash tray. I was too amused with the fact that the ash fell into my ash tray to say anything to them and even more amused that they smiled and posed for the photo I took after the one above.

 

 

Our steward delivered laundry that we had sent out the day before. Each of us can send 3 bags per cruise and we all sent our fair share;

 

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If I had been on a Disney cruise I'd have assumed the smoke stack emitted these clouds;

 

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Oil rig in the distance;

 

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The oil rig was being towed by this vessel;

 

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[PaulMedik]

Oil rig being towed;

 

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Zoomed waaaay in;

 

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sleeping beauty;

 

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Aft surveillance camera above our deck;

 

 

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Side surveillance on the aft corner;

 

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The BlackJack tournament started at 2:00PM and on the way there I found Lucca and startled him as he was eating Fat Jimmy's BarBQue on the Lanai;

 

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[PaulMedik]

Steve with his drink heading out to Lanai;

 

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The BlackJack tournament was fun, but brief. Entry now co$ts $50 for Platinum with the Buy one get one option. I lost the first try around after a high scorer of the round racked up $18500 on seven hands.....

 

Karen and I headed for Fat Jimmy's after the BlackJack trouncing;

 

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Passing by the food I was looking forward to eating;

 

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The Fat Jimmy's BarBQue closes at 2:30, but at 2:27PM this guy was already standing at the end of the line and he wouldn't budge when I pointed out that it wasn't 2:30 yet;

 

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With Fat Jimmy's closed I headed up to Lido Marketplace and piled my plate high;

 

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I washed down the food with a Red Frog Beer;

 

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[PaulMedik]

I don't even like beer, but RedFrog Beer tastes mighty good;

 

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Karen and I went for an afternoon stroll around the front of Lanai;

 

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Stairs from Lanai back up to our deck 6;

 

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Aft Lanai;

 

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Lanai looking up toward Bryson's balcony and our balcony off to the right side;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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Just a Swingin on Lanai;

 

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Karen and I played a couple of games of foosball in the RedFrog Pub and had a nice afternoon.

 

 

Britt's Thrill Theater ticket;

 

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Britt ready for dinner;

 

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[PaulMedik]

I had to get a shot of him on the beach / hallway too;

 

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Carnival Photog with two young ladies on a private photo session on Lanai;

 

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Our wake was getting longer finally;

 

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We weren't making waves yet, but it's coming;

 

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Sunset was a huge ball of fire on the horizon;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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Wench bearing pizza;

 

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[PaulMedik]

Karen loved the pizza on Breeze. She said it was much better than it used to be............personally I liked the old style better, but it was good nonetheless;

 

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We invited Steve to our sailway deck every time and he never made it, but he did finally stop by for the Fun Day @ Sea sunset;

 

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Karen and I had a late night snack up on the top aft deck;

 

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Tasty tasty tasty;

 

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We found Britt and Lucca playing late night basketball;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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These pics are from just before midnight. The passengers on Breeze can find something to do at all hours of the day and night;

 

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Our final Fun Day @ Sea dawned with our wake stretching all the way to the horizon finally;

 

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Breakfast on the balcony;

 

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Edited May 3, 2013 by PaulMedik

[PaulMedik]

Karen and I went for a stroll around the ship to get a few pics.

 

Our corner of the ship

 

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Deck 6 aft wraps on Dream class, Conquest class, and similar have an exterior door with port hole then the aft wrap and side balcony doors are inside;

 

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Deck 6 aft elevators;

 

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Deck 6 Forward elevators;

 

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View from deck 6 looking out over atrium;

 

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Deck 6 Forward 'Secret Door' and a decorated door to the side;

 

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[PaulMedik]

Karen holding the 'Secret Door' open;

 

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Deck 6 forward to Lanai;

 

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See the storm clouds off to the left in front of us? I didn't pay much attention to them;

 

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