Review: The Carnival Breeze.

Well here it is, my first review of a cruise. As this in my first review, I have no idea what format I am going to use and just kind of going to make this up as I go along. In that respect this is like when you first step onto a new-to-you cruise ship. You wander around a bit at first and ultimately you’ll find your way around. Speaking of, boarding the Breeze was a breeze and so let’s start there, First with Impressions and general layout. After that we’ll move onto Food and Drink options. After that I think I would like to discuss the entertainment and recreational options. And finally a review of the crew and anything after thoughts I may have. Ok, so you ready to board? Have your ticket in hand? Let’s go check out the Carnival Breeze.

First Impression and general ship layout. Carnival’s Miami Terminal is well designed and efficient. Exterior appearance of the Breeze has your typical look for almost every Carnival Ship since the Destiny debuted. While the Spirit Class ships are a notable exception, the Carnival Breeze fits the more typical Destiny look almost perfectly. Slightly top heavy, a bit higher towards the forward section of the ship, almost all white and of course the signature Carnival smoke stack. She looks slightly bigger then a Conquest class when shes parked right next to one, but that said, not sure she would look bigger just by herself. At roughly 130,000 tons, the Breeze is not by any means the largest ship I have been on. She is part of Carnival’s largest class of ships, the Dream Class, and for once upon boarding this vessel, it did indeed feel spacious and grand to me in the interior. Bigger then I had expected, everything was wide. Wide hallways, through ways, public venues and open decks. One thing that jumped out to me immediately is that the pool deck is NOT terraced as was the case in some many previous classes of Carnival Cruise ships. IMO, terrace is bad! More on that later when I discuss recreation. The Carnival Breeze is also very easy to navigate. The decks are for the most part, a straight shot even keel from bow to stern and there are three banks of elevators evenly spread out; Forward, Mid, and Aft. The Forward elevators are the largest bank, with six regular elevators and 4 panoramic glass elevators. Though the forward bank has 10 all together, they are the hardest to catch. I often found myself taking the mid elevators, even if it was a slight detour, because it was just far less competitive to catch one of those. Read more