Carnival Breeze Review

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Fantastic Halloween Sailing on the Breeze

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Breeze
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JinxyB
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Oct 2014
Cabin: Balcony
Traveled with children

This was my second time sailing on the Breeze and my 15th Carnival cruise overall. I do enjoy other cruise lines, but I think Carnival is great when sailing with children. We went on the 8-day Southern Caribbean sailing over Halloween and had a fantastic time. There is no way you will be bored on this ship! We flew into MIA the day before and stayed at the Hampton Inn Brickell in Downtown Miami. There is a lot of construction going on in this area which made for a longer and more expensive cab ride from the airport. The hotel is great for a pre-cruise stay and was convenient to shopping and the free monorail which we took down to Bayside.

Embarkation unfortunately gets a big FAIL from me. I have embarked plenty of times from this same port and have never experienced such disorganization and chaos. The Platinum lounge was packed full of people waiting and they had one lady come out and call your name-no microphone or loudspeaker, so you could not hear a thing. This caused people to congregate near the check in desk so they could hear their names being called, making it very crowded and chaotic. If they anticipate a large number of people in the platinum lounge they should get more workers checking people in and also a PA system so you can hear! We missed the initial priority boarding, but were on the ship by 12:30. Muster drill was painless in the main theater. Bags were delivered within 2 hours of boarding the ship.

I booked a forward balcony room on deck 9 after the smoking ban was implemented. Unfortunately, people were smoking everywhere on their balconies and no one did a thing, even after I reported this to Guest Services. Sorry, but if I spend the money on a balcony, I expect it to be smoke-free after the ban. Neighbors also left balcony lights on all night which was annoying, too. The room itself was fine, except for the bed, which was one of the most uncomfortable I have ever experienced. I would wake up with my upper extremities numb, which has never happened to me (anywhere). The bed was set up as a queen, but the area in the middle where they push the two beds together was a gaping hole and very uncomfortable if you ended up there. You could even feel the springs in the bed. Unacceptable for a ship that is only 2 years old. Carnival needs to go back to their old mattress supplier! The rest of the room was fine-shower had good water pressure with plenty of hot water, interactive TV was nice, plenty of storage, etc. Location was great-one floor up to the Lido deck. Room steward was great, too!

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