Carnival Breeze Review

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The Breezin' Season

Review for the Southern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Breeze

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Sail Date: Nov 2012
Cabin: Balcony

Background Information Not exactly youngsters, but we certainly do enjoy cruising...I am 69, my wife is 61. This Back-2-Back cruise was my 19th & 20th cruise overall and my wife's 5th & 6th. I have cruised 14 times previously on Carnival, 3 on Royal Caribbean, and 1 cruise on NCL. This was our first cruise on Carnival's newest ship, so we decided to book the 2-night cruise to Nassau and make it a back-2-back cruise, staying on board for the 8-night cruise to the Southern Caribbean.

Travel To Port of Embarkation

We live in southwestern Florida so typically it is an easy drive for us over to Miami, about 3 hours or so. This time we drove over to West Palm Beach a day early to meet some family members for an early Thanksgiving dinner, then drove the rest of the way down to Miami in preparation for our cruise the next day. We stayed just west of the Miami airport at the Holiday Inn on NW 87th Ave. It is a quiet area away from the more congested areas, an Ale House Restaurant right there in the parking lot, and we enjoyed a quiet restful night.

Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin 8G

Cabin 11273 was a reasonably convenient location, as only a few steps out of our cabin and we emerged on a platform with a stairwell which led down to the Lido Deck, and from there to Guy Fieri's Burger Bar, the Blue Cantina buffet, the main pool and the Lido deck open area. A few more steps and you're into the Lido Marketplace where the buffet areas are located. One not so great thing was that being near the bow of the ship, it was always a very long walk to the stern area, to the Tides Bar, or the Tandoor Grill and the aft Lido pool area.

The cabin is adequately equipped although decorated in Carnival's new "plain vanilla" design. Plenty of room for storage, nice balcony area, a couch to sit on, and all bathroom amenities quite adequate.

Aside from the fairly convenient location, however I wouldn't stay in this cabin again because of the noise from the Lido Deck. We were the second cabin away from Lido open deck area and this of course is where all the late-night partying goes on. Although the room is fairly well sound-proofed, I was awakened a couple times at night from the noise. And trying to enjoy some quiet time on the balcony was often nigh impossible, even during the afternoons, because of the distracting noise from the Lido deck activities.

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