Our family loves Carnival. My mother has cruised for years and introduced us to cruising a couple years ago. This year, after much deliberation, we decided to go with the 8 day Eastern Caribbean cruise on the Breeze out of Miami. We had ports of call in Grand Turk, Puerto Rico, St. Thomas and St. Maarten. We mainly choose this itinerary because my boyfriend and I wanted to go to Puerto Rico. We had been to St. Thomas and St. Maarten on a previous cruise and loved both of them.

We cruised as a group of 10 (4 cabins) and booked cove balcony rooms. We love the cove balcony rooms - I initially chose one because of a fear of heights so I love being down lower. Also you do have a little more privacy than the upper decks and less movement when in rough seas. We had a wonderful cabin steward - Gabriel from Romania. Gabriel always met us with a smile and was so very friendly. He made the best towel animals too lol. Anything we needed - Gabriel was right there. My only word of caution - choose carefully. Some rooms are under the Galley and can be quite noisy in the early morning hours.

Our first impression of the Breeze was wow.. . .and that impression never changed throughout the cruise. The service everywhere was top notch. Everyone was friendly and helpful. The decor was beautiful. The bed was comfortable. The views were amazing. Read more