Just to take a short cruise over Thanksgiving, my wife and I booked the Carnival Breeze first voyage out of Miami. Aso because we often are asked for our advice on ship, cabin and many other elements of a cruise ship we elected to try the least expensive cabins on the ship just to see what it was really like at the bottom so to speak. We took an inside cabin on the lowest deck. It was plain, small and outfitted with a king size bed and one stool which was of course at the vanity. No pretenses here. It looked like a large closet but nevertheless, the bed was very comfortable and quite sufficient for two nights. We spent as little time as possible there!

The ship is new and obviously has a new designer. Nothing like the Joe Farkus glitz so evident on other Carnival ships and to my mind a dramatic improvement.

The ship always seemed overcrowded and having recently sailed on the Oasis which is far bigger in passenger numbers. the disimilarity was painfully obvious. Read more