Carnival Breeze Review

Carnival Breeze 4/21-4/28

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Breeze
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Sap205
6-10 Cruises • Age 30s

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Sail Date: Apr 2013

Quick background, this was my 7th cruise with Carnival and we did a trip consisting of 4 guys in their mid to late 20s. Overall, I would rate this vacation in my top 3 cruises, however, there are noticeable cutbacks on the Breeze.

Cheers Program - $43 a day for 6 nights + 15% gratuity added in came to $296 per person. Purchasing this package was worth it for us, as we hit or came close to the 15 drink limit every day. Even though we were still standing and coherent, the bartenders cut us off when we hit our 15 in fear of getting in trouble. There were a few days we were able to sneak past the 15 limit without them noticing but it all depends on how close they are paying attention. Even when you hit the 15 limit, they will not allow you to purchase additional drinks. At the end of the night if you are under your 15, they can give you capped or closed beers to take back to your room essentially allowing you to have more than 15 drinks the next day. If you are worried about going over the 15 drink limit, go to the red frog pub and buy a beer tower. You will get 100+ounces of beer (roughly 8 beers), and they only count this as 1 of your 15 drinks. Downside is you have to pay for the tower ($23 after the cheers program 25% off discount). Martinis, Long Islands, and Manhattans are a few suggestions from bartenders in order to get the most out of your 15 drinks. In total we each probably bought $700+ worth of drinks for the $300 set price. The cheers program also includes unlimited sodas.

Entertainment -- Didn't attend any of the theater shows as we heard carnival has cut back greatly on productions on the Breeze. Adult Comedy shows were hilarious and are worth going to all of them. Lines do start early, but seemed that everyone was able to find some seating. They had a Mentalist on our ship that we managed to watch 10 minutes of before getting up and walking out. Do not waste your time. Singer/Guitar players who played on the Lido deck and in the Red Frog Pub were pretty good and worth seeing. Ron Pass in the Piano Bar was highly entertaining and the highlight of the ship, however, he only has a few more sailings on the Breeze.

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Great location close to the stairs. 1 flight down and you are at the piano bar, comedy club, casino, and can access the outside promenade. 2 flights down and you are at the dining room. However, next time I would prefer to be in the rear of midship, vs front of aft. Other than that personal preference no complaints with the stateroom.

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