Breeze E. Carib May 2014 Review with pictures

[alrichards4003]

I love sea days. Waking up when I want. One thing I like is the relaxed breakfast in MDR, now it is the sea brunch.

 

Off to brunch with a table full of drinks.

 

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Eggs Benedict are one of my favorite foods, so much I have to promise, I won't just have them, but will try other items on the menu. I ordered cheese grits, but got plain grits, I tried to add butter and salt, but they were what non-grit eaters think of grits. I had plenty to eat, especially with the breakfast pastries and breads.

 

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Then it was off to the spa, then bingo, then I went to cruise talk to hear about the breeze and the ports. Matt was the cruise director. I thought he was also on the Glory when we were in New England. For the most part I am fairly indifferent to the CDs, but I know some people are very partial to some of them.

 

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There was a little casino time. Then lunch. I went to the BBQ place, it is only open for a few hours on sea days, and the lines are long. The line moves and the view is great. Oh and the BBQ is good, I liked the meat and sauce but really liked the grilled veggies and cream corn. They had a drink vendor outside, because I needed to have a Coke to go with the BBQ.

 

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After a while it was time for Bingo poolside on the big screen. My husband is a smoker, while I am not, but he always wants to sit where he can smoke if he wants. So that is the level we were on.

 

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[Single_dreamer]

Great review! I can't wait to see the specialty restaurants and the other public areas. I am trying to decide if I want to buy a spa pass for the week of my cruise.

[alrichards4003]

Great review! I can't wait to see the specialty restaurants and the other public areas. I am trying to decide if I want to buy a spa pass for the week of my cruise.

 

Thanks. We had dinner at both the steakhouse and Italian restaurant, both were great.

 

We always get the spa pass, on a ship as large as the Breeze, it is nice to have a place to go where you know it won't be crowded.

[alrichards4003]

Lobster night was one of our nights to eat together, even though he does not eat lobster. When we discussed when we were going to go, my suggestion was go to the piano bar and leave from there. He said he did not want to go to piano bar, he went to one before for 5 minutes and decided he did not like it. But he finally relented.

 

BTW, I have a sign at my desk which reads "April, I should have listened to you, you were right." This was another one of those times.

 

My martinis on the piano bar:

 

 

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After 45 minutes and when the set was over, my husband complained and wanted to know what we were going to do waiting for him to start again. Um, dinner, like we planned.

 

Action shot of DH explaining something:

 

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Bread and (horror) an empty martini glass:

 

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Stuffed mushrooms, so good:

 

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DH's fruit cocktail:

 

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Forgot to take pictures of the rest of the food, but I had the Lobster and Shrimp, he had alligator fritters for entree. Apple pastry for dessert and DH had cherries jubilee.

 

Our towel animal:

 

 

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I had also ordered the cheese plate and pastries.

 

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Breakfast with DH at Sea Day Brunch.

 

I had chicken quesadilla with eggs and cheese grits. DH had eggs and sausage:

 

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Then its off to the spa. The Thallasotherapy pool is my absolute favorite:

 

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Trivia:

 

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Red Frog Pub

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I went to my first champagne art auction:

 

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I bought a package of 3 prints. Afterwards I wanted lunch and it was after 2, so there was the deli, guys, room service or pizza. Let me get pizza. There was an incredibly rude man who kept yelling at the pizza guy, because he did not understand what he wanted, at one point the guy jumped up and down, then he asked me why the guy did not understand. I didn't explain that he insisted on speaking Spanish to the man whose name tag said he was from the Philippines. Hey not everyone who works in food service speaks spanish. The pizza guy got very flustered and as i was next he insisted I take both pizzas when I only wanted one, well they were thin, so:

 

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If you are on a ship with the Italian restaurant, go. It is $12 and such a good meal.

 

The bruschetta with creamy ricotta, roasted garlic and tomatoes:

 

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Big bottles:

 

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DH appetizer, I forgot what it was and m peach bellini:

 

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Our server insisted we also try the risotto balls which we did. But fried calamari is still my favorite. My fried calamari:

 

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My eggplant parmesan:

 

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I couldn't eat it all, especially since I was trying to save room for dessert. My husband had the shrimp and pasta dish:

 

 

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My coffee drink:

 

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Cannolis which we both had:

 

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Martini at the piano bar:

 

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The gentlemen with the rose was with his wife celebrating 39 years of marriage. They were at the piano bar every night and danced. They were adorable and an inspiration.

 

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A song at the piano bar that we had to wear hats for:

 

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[megamoo]

Enjoying your review. We are thinking about doing this itinerary on the Breeze.

 

Just wondering if you have the Fun Times to post.

[alrichards4003]

Punchliner club, you had to wait in line to get a seat.

 

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My husband insisted he was the worst comic ever. I thought he was close, but the 2 comic on RCL were definitely the worst.

 

Our towel animal:

 

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Tomorrow is St. Maarten.

[alrichards4003]

Enjoying your review. We are thinking about doing this itinerary on the Breeze.

 

Just wondering if you have the Fun Times to post.

 

It is a great itinerary. I have Fun Times and will post when I can get them scanned in, but looking at them, I tore off the daily activities tab for the first day so that one would not be complete.

[alrichards4003]

We split the shore excursions up, my husband will pick half and I will pick half. My choices were St. Maarten and Grand Turk. We went to St. Maarten with RCL with Oasis, I know everyone loves that ship, but we were the exception. The excursion to St. Maarten was not enjoyable, we were supposed to go to Orient Beach, but the tour guide said no, there was no reason to go there and we spent most of the day riding around. The next time we took a cab to Orient Beach, went to Ethnic and had a perfect beach day. The plan was to do the same, but this time I thought we would try Orange Fever.

 

First breakfast at Blue Iguana. I had the breakfast burrito and arepa. This was such a good way to do breakfast, especially on a port day. it was quick and it was not the buffet.

 

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We had an uneventful cab ride, which we shared with several other people, so I think it was $14 for both of us. We arrived at Orange Fever and not many other people were there so we got the chairs and umbrellas on the second row. For the one price it included chair, umbrella and a rum punch (or beer or soft drink).

 

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I always try to try one new thing when on vacation.

 

We went up to the shaded area to have lunch. It took a while, but that is beach time. Also why we knew not to schedule too tightly in the caribbean.

 

Escargot in Blue Cheese sauce, heavenly:

 

 

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They had on special a seafood pizza, it ended up qualifying for something I had not had before, it had mussels, escargot, calamari and shrimp on it. I liked, my husband was going to order something but could not decide, but when we saw the pizza we split it, it was too big for one person and between the two of us we still had leftovers:

 

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My Orange Fever:

 

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We took a cab back, but because it was just the tow of us it was $20. My husband wanted me to go to the hot tub on deck 5 with him.

 

NCL Getaway, I think:

 

 

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The hot tub, it was way too hot, someone called guest services, but no one ever came, I had to get out earlier than I wanted because it gave me a headache:

 

 

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I got out and sat on the big round chairs and had a Mai Tai, I wanted to email this picture to work, but was having problems with my email:

 

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I went to the Battle of the Sexes and Bingo. I know it is the same thing at Battle of the sexes, but the participants make it their own. I laughed very hard.

 

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it was after 9 so I decided it was too late for the dining room, so I had sushi.

 

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The beef wagyu appetizer was so good.

 

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Then the tempura shrimp roll

 

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And the towel animal for the night.

 

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[alpal1993]

I adore a good Berlin Lol! As a matter of fact I had 2 Italian Flirts last night. It's a MSC Divina drink, but so delicious.a billing with a shot of peach schnapps and a splash of oj served over ice, so lucious. When we were on Sunshine we were in Italy, so not many people went to the Italian restaurant.You made it sound so good we probably will give it a try. Thanks again.

[alrichards4003]

I adore a good Berlin Lol! As a matter of fact I had 2 Italian Flirts last night. It's a MSC Divina drink, but so delicious.a billing with a shot of peach schnapps and a splash of oj served over ice, so lucious. When we were on Sunshine we were in Italy, so not many people went to the Italian restaurant.You made it sound so good we probably will give it a try. Thanks again.

 

It is good and I always have the peach bellinis, but they also have them at the seaday brunch and have different flavors.

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It was my husband's turn to pick a shore excursion. He chose the train and boat ride. I understand St. Kitts is not an overly developed port, but we were kind of underwhelmed by the choice in shore excursions.

 

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The boat ride was the first part of the excursion. Half of the group went on the train first and the rest of us on the boat.

 

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We enjoyed the boat portion more than the train. The crew on the boat were fun and the rum punches didn't hurt either.

 

It was then time for the train ride. It was an antique or antique painted train. We were served pina coladas or sodas, a group of women sang, they sounded like angels and at one point were given a brown sugar candy. It tasted like instant diabetes, brown sugar soaked in honey. I of course liked it, but a lot of people had sugar crashes.

 

The train ride was a little too long and there was a family with some girls 8-10 years old and they were fine for the first 45 minutes, but after that were restless. Just something to keep in mind if you have kids and are contemplating this trip.

 

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We saw lots of wildlife, but the man on the donkey contrasted with the basketball court and tractor was my favorite

 

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We got back to the pier and were inundated with people trying to get you to take pictures with the monkeys and buy them. We decided to have lunch at one of the restaurants for authentic caribbean food. The service was incredibly slow, even by caribbean standards, but it was very good and we were not in a hurry.

 

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Conch Fritters:

 

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BBQ chicken and DH fried fish:

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My husband wanted to go back to the ship and have dessert at the coffee bar. Carrot Cake and Cheesecake, the slices were huge:

 

 

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I listened to some Karoke in Ocean Plaza, some people were so good.

 

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Off to the piano bar pre-dinner

 

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Obviously an Elton John song:

 

 

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[Name Of The Game]

Great review and photos!

[alrichards4003]

Great review and photos!

 

Thanks.

[alrichards4003]

Crawfish Cocktail:

 

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Husband's shrimp cocktail. Shot drinks staff were selling in glass to keep (I think it was a buttery nipple).

 

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Lamb:

 

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Chocolate Melting Cake

 

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Towel Animal:

 

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Big hair songs

 

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Tiramisu martini- I think there are 5 kinds of alcohol, but tastes very smooth.

 

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Big hair and plastic guitars. Piano bar was the place to participate. When he played copacabana a bunch of had to dance with boas and then find someone in the audience to entice with our boas.

 

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