My husband and I went on our first last week. We sailed on The Breeze with some good friends, and seasoned cruisers. We loved the ship. Although we had nothing to compare it to, it was a beautiful ship. We ate in the main dining room every night except the nights we ate at Farenheit 555 Steak house. It was very good, staff of course was excellent. The first night on board we ate at the italian restuarant. That was our favorite by far. We realized half way through the cruise that you can eat at the italian restuarant for lunch for free. They serve lasagna for lunch, that they don't have at dinner that was AMAZING!!!! Shredded beef, spinach, very tasty. Lunch is your choice of three different pasta's, then sauce, veggies, meat. it comes with a yummy bread. The main dining room served good food. Our waiter was German. The wait staff was great. We had the same wait staff every night which was nice as we got to know them. I was a little concerned regarding the dress code i had heard and read about in the main dining room. We dressed in business casual and were fine. The Blue Iguana was very good. We had breakfast burritos a few mornings and burritos for lunch a few times. Guys burgers were delicious as well as the fries. There were more than enough dining choices on the Lido deck. Plenty of healthy choices as well as naughty ones :) They yogurt machine was by far my favorite!!!! Be sure you try the taste bar in the Ocean Plaza. It is closed on port days. Opens at 530 on sea days. They played corn hole in the Ocean Plaza daily around the time the taste bar was open. That was fun to watch. We were fortunate enough to be on a bloggers cruise. John Heald sailed with us. Great guy, love his accent. Matt was our cruise director and certainly didn't miss his calling in life. Very fun.

Kudos to Carnival for supporting Riley's Childrens hospital. They raised $15,000 on the bloggers cruise through raffels, etc. What a great way to support such a great cause. I talked to Matt regarding how carnival decideds who to sponsor. Matt told me that they had supported the Koman foundation for several years, and have now committed to Riley's for the next five years.

We enjoyed the entertainment. We saw The Brits as well as Motown. Both done very professionally. Voices were great, costumes exceptional. Very impressed. We saw the family comedy twice, both comedians were great. I don't remember there names. One was from Georgia, the other from Canada. I liked the lenght of all the shows. They were 30-40 mins. Perfect. Read more