My family and I usually take a summer cruise to the Caribbean on an annual basis. After having sailed on the newest and biggest ships from several other cruise lines, and traveled on various Carnival ships as well, we decided to see what Carnival had in store for us with their newest and grandest ship in the fleet, the Carnival Breeze. Our group consisted of over 25 people, ranging from ages 2 to 60s.Embarkation: Getting onboard at Port Miami was quick and painless, we got to the terminal at around 1 pm and was onboard in about 15-20 minutes.Staterooms: We had a balcony on deck 9 midship starboard, which was very spacious. We very much enjoyed the new design and color pallet of the rooms. It is often said that the staterooms are really not vital to the cruise experience as you are only their to sleep, but we found ourselves in our room more than we expected and have ever been because of the lack of activities occurring throughout the ship. The negatives are a plenty in the stateroom beginning with the paper-thin walls and ceilings from the room, at night you could hear the dragging of furniture on the lido deck and conversations being held one deck above. The staterooms and public areas (I say that in plural because everyone we talked to on the ship and everyone in our group had the same problem) experienced issues with temperature, regardless of how cold you would set the temperature, the room never seemed be maintain a comfortable temperature. Nothing was ever done to resolve this issue. The rooms also never really seemed clean, the sheets, pillows and towels were stained and did not have a pleasant or fresh scent. The bathroom too did not have a pleasant smell even after cleaning.Dining: The food in the Main Dining Room was extremely disappointing and at times outright inedible, all the food at the Main Dining Room was frozen, and sometimes reached our table that way. My mother's lobster was warm but still frozen inside, the frog legs had ice, and the fish served several nights were watery. The Lido Buffet food was typical as expected although sometimes, quality wise, better than the MDR. The Omelets Station is worth making a long line, it moves rather quick and the eggs are made to order!Desserts were all flavorless.

Guys Burgers, Blue Iguana Cantina, Mongolian Wok, Pirate's Pizza, Tandoor Indian food and the Deli were all great freshly made to order food with great flavor! The Pasta Bar on deck 11 AFT for lunch is a must try! Fat Jimmy's BBQ on sea days is also a must try, the lines were very long, but well worth it!Design: The design of the ship is nice and fresh but it leaves something to be desired, there are too many empty spaces and dull areas of the ship that could use some unique identity. The design of the lido buffet was very refreshing but there were always longs line for everything, even to get a cup of water, but we always found a table. The ship is easy to navigate and has a lot of lounging deck around the promenade, and upper decks.Ship: The ship is very navigable, and one could easily find their way to their destination. I very much enjoyed the new promenade deck layout with seating on the outside deck and whirlpools, I however wished there were whirlpools on the Lido Deck by the pool! The two pools were very small for the capacity of the ship. Never has a problem finding sun loungers on the upper decks, there were plenty of them!

The elevators tend to get extremely crowded when boarding the ship from a Port of Call, and there always seemed to be at least one broken elevator daily. Read more