First experience with Carnival

Item: Carnival Breeze
Rating: 4.8
Author: naopu

Carnival Breeze Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

naopu

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 31

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: August 13, 2017

Ship: Carnival Breeze

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1404

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

We were a bit worried about the first cruising with three little boys but it turned out to be very relaxing and excellent experience. The show programs seems to be designed for adults since they start at night. It would be nicer to have the shows for kids. The kids swimming pools and the golf/exercise places on the top desk were good for kids. We want to come back again to Carnival Cruise !

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

We could not use the indoor restaurants (Blush, Sapphire etc.) since we need the casual environment and more flexible timing for small kids. The buffets in Lido was quite good. It is better to have Lido buffets open for more duration of time.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Kids swimming pools, fitness and basket ball on the top deck.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

The shows are mainly made for the adults starting at night. I wish we can have more shows for kids like Dr Seuss one. The DJ/music of the main swimming pool was quite loud if we need to pass with kids (we passed the area of DJs several times during drop in/off for the camp).

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

The personnel in the camp were so friendly and organized. The Dr Seuss parade and the show were good. Not so much shows in daytime.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Very friendly. Sometimes the waiter (in Lido) came to pick up the stuffs from our table so soon while we were still having meal. Example 1 : We just arrived at the table with meals and some spare plates and spoons for kids ready on the table. The waiter quickly came and tried to take out the spare plates and spoons for kids. Example 2 : We were having dinner. During the dinner time, the waiters came to us too often (> 7 times).

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Generally cleaned and well designed. The floor of the Lido was slippery due to the oil using the normal shoes (Crocks rubber sandal was OK for the floor).

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Smooth, generally clean. But the corner and the edge of the bath room were not cleaned well (checked with my finger on the first day and I saw quite some dust on the finger).

Ship tip

Internet speed even in premium is not acceptable speed (cannot access most of the website quickly - need to wait for 10-20 mins). Purchase the photos while you are on the ship (we missed one photo since we thought we could purchase after we left the ship).

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