First off- I'm a pretty positive person. I am in the customer service industry and know how the guest should be treated, so I hope this review is helpful and not seen as overly critical.
On November 22nd our party of 15 set sail on the Carnival Breeze. There were two sets of grandparents. My brother, his wife and three children (18, 16, and 11) and my family (wife + four children 16, 15, 11, 9) This was during the week of Thanksgiving and my wife and I had sailed previously on the Carnival Miracle, Valor, Glory, Splendor, and the Magic, so we had certain expectations of Carnival. We have also sailed on Norwegian, Disney, Celebrity, Costa, and Royal Caribbean. We chose the Breeze because we wanted some of the newer amenities. The ship is not even 2 years old.
The ship is colossal. I'll list the things we did like.