It was OK

Item: Carnival Breeze
Rating: 3.8
Author: dusfrank

Carnival Breeze Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

dusfrank

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5

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7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 05, 2019

Ship: Carnival Breeze

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8266

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We thought the cruise was just ok. We go on a cruise every year. Generally we book cruises with my parents (the stayed in 7300 this trip). Unfortunately, this will most likely be our last Carnival cruise. We have had more favorable service and experiences on a competing cruise line. My parents were dissatisfied with this experience and believe their money would also be better spent on the competition.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Quickly went through and set up well to handle large volume of passengers

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was generally quite good at dinner, minus the first and last night. The buffets were satisfactory.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Comedy and theatrical shows were great. Donkey, the cruise director was hilarious and provocative.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

The service staff was mostly great, but a few were not very hospitable. One waitress from India forgot our orders both times she waited on our tables. The sales person in the jewelry store showed my fiance an engagement ring with a larger diamond when I said she already has a diamond and we are interested in wedding bands. It was a slightly offensive gesture that resulted in us immediately leaving the store.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5

Dolphin excursion was top notch.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

2 out of 5

I really wish we would have stayed on the beach and not booked an excursion. Having done a Chukka excursion in Fallmouth last year, I had expected the same experience. The staff was rude, cut our tour short and herded us like cattle. This is the only excursion that I've ever complained about.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

14 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

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wgammon1 3 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the great review.

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Utahcruiser16 5 years ago

We cruised on the Breeze January 5-12 and it was fantastic! Saying your never going to cruise carnival again just because you had a bad experience with a certain individual seems kinda petty yo me. Remember they live on that ship and cannot be expected to be perfect everyday. If you’re that picky you better just stay home cause I’m sure people piss you off every day going and coming from work.

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cruisellama 5 years ago

Thanks

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81derbygrad 5 years ago

7300 was our room on our last cruise - loved it. Sorry you had a bad experience

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mlbdestinations 5 years ago

Every experience is different, I never not do something because of a review that is negative because I have heard bashing on cruise lines and then I went and it was great for us example the NCL Epic, the reviews weren’t good but we had a great time! People should not be bashed because they give there opinions and they might be negative, maybe it was a negative experience for them but not for you, like I said go anyway and judge yourself however take what they say under your belt. 😊 sorry you experienced this I go on in a wk and will see how it is for me! 😊

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cruzn4life 5 years ago

Sorry to hear

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yukonner 5 years ago

With the negativity and it's still 4 star cruise????

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cbyron3 5 years ago

Should have bought her the bigger rock dude. Step up. On the competitor lines it would have been even bigger because they know those folks got stupid money.

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jimverunac 5 years ago

Dude get a cruise under your belt then bitch if it’s justified.

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Mickeycrazed 5 years ago

At least it wasnt just bashing

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DerekMire 5 years ago

No cruises

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miracle29 5 years ago

🤔

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