Carnival Breeze Review

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10+ Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Aug 2017
Cabin 8280
Secret River
Secret River
Secret River

If you're looking for an honest and reliable review...you're reading the right one. We booked this cruise 3 weeks out having found out that there were no good cabins available for Alaska, but we still wanted to cruise for our vacation (we've cruised 12 times previously). I spent about 6 hours reading and looking at all the possible options, and although we haven't sailed on Carnival in over 20 years (choosing to sail on Norwegian, Royal Caribbean and Silver Seas), we were a bit worried about what we've heard and read about Carnival. Boy were we wrong!

Carnival Breeze was every bit as wonderful as any cruise we've taken in the past. (Aside from Silver Seas, with is at the highest end of the cruising world...and you pay for that luxury!) Let me begin by telling you that we're from San Diego, so had to fly to Houston. So, now we have to get to Galveston. I looked into renting a car, keeping it in Galveston while we were on the cruise and then driving back to Houston. Bad idea...far too expensive. We choose to use Lyft, just $87.00 (and I gave our driver a great tip). This was far less expensive then opting for the Carnival Shuttle. Let me point out here that we never fly in the "day of," as that is far too risky, always the day or evening before. We arrived in Galveston around 4:00 pm and wanted to explore Galveston, so we jumped on their Summer Time "Free" Trolley and...drum roll please, we never got off. Honestly, in my opinion, there is nothing to see in Galveston. Moody Mansion (not really very impressive) which we saw when we got back. My suggestion is to get a hotel, if you're arriving the day before the cruise, most places are only a $5.00 - $8.00 Uber or Lyft ride to the port. We stayed (unfortunately) at the County Inn and Suites...I don't recommend it.

Now, let's get to the fun part of my review!

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