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Item: Carnival Breeze
Rating: 3
Author: adlausch

Carnival Breeze Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

adlausch

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 47

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 12, 2017

Ship: Carnival Breeze

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8374

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The Breeze is the largest carnival ship we have cruised. We have also cruised the Ecstacy and the Triumph in the past. While we enjoyed our cruise, the crew seemed to be very moody, tired, and/or understaffed. We attributed it to their late arrival into port and a very quick turn-around, no breathing time. Our room was cleaned late into the evening and in the past we were used to once in the morning and once in the afternoon. The waiters on deck 11 were down to one and our waiter Mr. Gede was busting his tail, and a lot of fun - but seemingly responsible for the entire deck. The Maitre D in our Dining Room - Blush - was very stand-offish and rude when we walked in each night, but put on a show the last night on the ship. However, our wait staff was amazing. The food on this trip was sub par - and Guys Burgers were the best part of the ship. The famous chocolate melting cake was served cool every night. Honestly, the staff just seemed overwhelmed and exhausted. This may have been near the end of their tour for some of them. We had a good time, because we made it such - but were more impressed with the welcoming attitudes of the staff on previous experiences with other ships.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Tons of things to do to keep everyone busy.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Fun entertainment on board the ship.

Children's Programs

No kids on this trip - no comment

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Very tired. But Mr. Gede was MOST excellent!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

There was a sewage smell on 5 aft and 10 aft during the entire cruise. Walking past those areas was almost nauseating. We understand it to have been an a/c problem?

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

The cabin was quiet and the view was excellent.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Do an excursion here if you want to see the island. We never got out of the port, and I am wishing we would have done something here.

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Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5

The ruins are FANTASTIC!!!! And the tour guides are EXCELLENT. Definitely a MUST DO.

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Great for relaxing - and partying at Senior Frogs. We have been to Cozumel several times, now it's more of a "rest stop" for us.

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8 Comments

sharonmart 7 years ago

we went on the breeze Sept 2016 best time ever. but you can' t please everyone. had the best service everything we did. room was perfect. food was great. can't wait to see what the freedom has to offer. no I will love it.

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DJeffers 7 years ago

We've been on the Breeze 3 times and our waitstaff was amazing. We did notice they are understaffed but they worked so hard to take care of all their tables. Our last cruise on Breeze was in August. We leave Sunday on the Breeze. I hope we experience much better service than you have.

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melm 7 years ago

We did our 3rd cruise in November of '16 and I'll say we felt the same way in the MDR. We ended up only going 3 of the 7 nights because it takes so long and we would end up getting sleepy sitting in there for 2 1/2-3 hours. I don't wanna feel rushed but I don't wanna spend that long at dinner either. Our 2 previous cruises were on the Triumph and we never seemed to spend more than an hour at dinnertime.

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seks2009 7 years ago

Not thousand... !!!!

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seks2009 7 years ago

We have been on the Breeze several thousand times and never a problem with staff or food. Going again in a couple of months. Love the ships spa too

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mrsyounger816 7 years ago

How long ago was your cruise? My hubby and I are hooked in July, and I do not want to end up with negative experience.

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mason2x 7 years ago

We quit eating in the MDR about 3 cruises ago. It's not the same as it was years ago. But I do LOVE sea day brunch. I will say we do like seeing everyone get all fancied up for elegant night in the MDR. We don't partake but just observe.

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LMG1988 7 years ago

I do not know what the heck is up with the dining rooms. They cut back so much on the Breeze, is was just sad! Yes, they do work their tails off, but Carnival needs to take care of that situation. We only ate twice in the dining room because we had to wait so long for everything! Thanks for the reminder.... I wanted to write a review about that situation, or let them know. Don't cut back on dining staff. Really sad.

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