Review of our 2013 Spring Break Carnival Breeze Cruise

[PaulMedik]

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The new occupants of our cabin and Bryson's cabin were out on their decks for sailaway;

 

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Hopefully the next time we sail from Miami they'll have the pier construction finished;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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USCG plane with their cargo hold ramp lowered;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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I grew up watching blackbirds attack crows and crows attack owls, but watching this large bird attack a HUGE bird was a bit surreal;

 

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The smaller bird was wearing the huge bird out;

 

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The Savoy sun deck juts out from the left into the path;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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Kimberly and Steve taking one last look at the ships;

 

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[PaulMedik]

The Savoy lobby with sunset light streaming in;

 

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We all went to eat at TGIF which is just up the street and across the intersection from The Savoy;

 

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My Brother in Law Larry checking out the South Beach views;

 

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Karen reading the menu;

 

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It was a perfect evening for a meal on the sidewalk;

 

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[PaulMedik]

Flower salesman stopped by peddling his arrangements;

 

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Steve succumbed to the florists' sales speech and Kimberly displays her flower;

 

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Bailey, who hates getting her picture taken, posing with me;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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After dinner I enjoyed a few cigars on The Savoy porch;

 

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Our friends all flew out on early flights, but our flight wasn't until afternoon so we had one last morning on the beach.

 

Karen going to Walgreens to get the boys some snacks;

 

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We bought an extra carry on in case any of our bags were overweight;

 

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[PaulMedik]

The Savoy sundeck;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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Beach Photoshoot;

 

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Beach changing room;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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The Photoshoot used multiple natural backdrops;

 

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[PaulMedik]

Absolutely perfect weather and a perfect Monday.........why'd we have to leave?

 

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If this were a ship then the steward would have made our beds when we went out earlier;

 

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The Savoy arranged transportation to Fort Lauderdale for our flight. One last look up Ocean Drive in South Beach;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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Shopping just a few blocks from our hotel;

 

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Parking garage overgrown with greenery;

 

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[PaulMedik]

Tunnel walls stacked up which will be in place for our next cruise from Miami;

 

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Fort Lauderdale International;

 

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[PaulMedik]

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We took off just as a sailaway was going on at Port Everglades;

 

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We won the race to the open ocean;

 

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[PaulMedik]

Our connecting flight was Ronald Reagan International in DC and if we'd been just a few days later we'd see the cherry trees and dog woods in full bloom;

 

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Just to the left of the Washington Monument out of view is the residence of the 'DC Visitor' mentioned earlier in the review;

 

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[PaulMedik]

Our final flight was on a puddle jumper;

 

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Safely back in WV;

 

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Baggage claim;

 

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We've been home now for nearly one month and the relaxation bestowed upon me by Carnival Breeze still lingers. I can't wait to sail her again!

 

We also still don't have our next cruise booked yet. We're planning for the ship to be Carnival Breeze, but the time frame is up in the air; B2B on Breeze in Summer 2015 is being planned, but surely we'll find something before then!

 

 

Thank you all for the kind comments and I hope I didn't leave too much out....:p

 

For those of you who are tired of reading my rambling and suffering thru all the pictures, please be advised that this is

THE END

[mr&mrscruiselover]

Paul and Family,

 

Enjoyed another one of your fabulous reviews. Thank you so much for sharing.

[jimbo5544]

Wow, another great review and fantastic pictures. As I have mentioned before, I have crusied with you and still waited to see the next post! Your photography is outstanding. Nice Job!

 

I got the nogo from the wife for sailing school break week next year on the Brreze. Still working on other potentials.

[goracer6]

Wonderful review!

Could you discuss the advantage of Larry's Limo over the cab on departure day? Is the cab line long and unorganized compared to Larry's? What was the cost of your cab ride?

Again thanks for a great review! Our family can not wait to cruise on Breeze this summer.:)

[JXR]

Wonderful review and great pictures. I did the US Inaugural of the Breeze and she has become my favourite ship. Doing a B2B on the Breeze next week. :-)

Thanks for taking the time to post all of these wonderful pictures.

Joanne

[maddea20]

Ugh so glad it's finally over. People have lives to get back to you know.

 

I loved all the pictures. Especially the miniatures. Nice.

[Doug910]

...Again, thanks so much for allowing us to relive our past January Breeze cruise through your lens. We said it before... out of all our CCL cruises, the Breeze easily ranks in our top two favorite cruises. love the writing style. Thank you for taking the time to post your work.

[girlscruise2011]

We've been home now for nearly one month and the relaxation bestowed upon me by Carnival Breeze still lingers. I can't wait to sail her again!

 

We also still don't have our next cruise booked yet. We're planning for the ship to be Carnival Breeze, but the time frame is up in the air; B2B on Breeze in Summer 2015 is being planned, but surely we'll find something before then!

 

 

Thank you all for the kind comments and I hope I didn't leave too much out....:p

 

For those of you who are tired of reading my rambling and suffering thru all the pictures, please be advised that this is

THE END

 

I'm looking into a B2B in 2015 also to celebrate my 25th Anniversary and my DH 50th birthday so after reading this review, it has to be on the Breeze. Who knows, maybe we'll be on the same sailing :D

 

Great review and pics. I may have to go back and read it over again just to make sure I didn't miss anything.....

[cruisin blue]

as always! Thanks for all the beautiful pics of the Breeze and for sharing your family's adventures with us!

[PaulMedik]

Doug910, maddea20, JXR, mr&mrscruiselover,

 

Thank you for your kind comments. They are much appreciated.

 

 

jimbo5544,

 

Thank you.

 

Karen keeps nixing our SB cruise next year too, but I'll keep after her. Breeze B2B in June or July 2015 is in the planning stages and would be booked if Carnival would release the sailings....

 

 

Wonderful review!

Could you discuss the advantage of Larry's Limo over the cab on departure day? Is the cab line long and unorganized compared to Larry's? What was the cost of your cab ride?

Again thanks for a great review! Our family can not wait to cruise on Breeze this summer.:)

 

 

goracer6,

 

Thank you.

 

Larry's Limo is predictable, on time, and always contacts us in advance of each pick up and makes sure we don't have any changes in our plans. It's nice to get that call as we're going down the gangway or getting off a plane and getting the call that they'll be there waiting for us after we get our luggage.

 

Basically I had to arrange transportation after arrival in Miami and then each step of the way; hotel to hotel then hotel to port then after the cruise from the port to the hotel then from the hotel to the airport. Doing it all in advance via Larry's Limo is much more relaxing and not much more expensive. Larry's Limo would have been cheaper from The Savoy to FLL and would have been about the same from the port to The Savoy considering we had two cabs that racked up $48 each by driving around the closed streets. Normally cabs are $23 or $28 from Port of Miami to South Beach.

 

The time saved by arranging everything in advance with Larry's Limo would have more than made up for the slight increase in cost.

 

The cab line at Port of Miami was well organized, but there was a wait and we'd have waiting longer if we'd have waited for one large cab. If we'd have booked Larry's, we'd have walked outside and the driver would have loaded our luggage and we'd have been relaxing in the limo.