A less then perfect experience

Item: Carnival Breeze
Rating: 2
Author: PaulD10

Carnival Breeze Cruise Review to Europe - Mediterranean

PaulD10

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

2 out of 5

Verified Review

12 Night Mediterranean (Barcelona Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 01, 2012

Ship: Carnival Breeze

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 12 years ago

Review summary

The ship itself was great. The day to day people on the ship were great and did their best to provide a great experience. The second line people seemed as though they were tired with their jobs. 90% of them almost seemed to have an attitude when dealing with them and it felt like they could not wait to get off the ship. Numerous members told myself and my wife that their contract was up and they could not wait to back to Barcelona to go home.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Couple nights our meals were poor. Seemed that the kitchen struggled when cooking steaks. Had steaks arrive cold or way over cooked. With that said there were a couple meals that were really really good!

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Their were a couple good shows at night\, but the bigger issue was the cruise director (John) and his assistant (Calvin). I understand John struggles with some weight issues and can respect that\, but at the same time making jokes about himself and his weight for 13 straight grew very old. I also felt offend listening to him and Calvin and their daily \"spats\". They had an under lying theme of gay man in a spat with his partner and it became rather hard to listen to day after day. It made me feel uncomfortable and I feel I am a very open minded person.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5

As I said staff was way below what I expected

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Pros: The ports and the itinerary

Cons: The second line staff and feeling that crew was tired