GrandTurk2018 Cruise Review on Carnival Breeze on Apr 13, 2019

Carnival Breeze Cruise Review

GrandTurk2018

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Overall rating:

4 out of 5

7 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 13, 2019

Ship: Carnival Breeze

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Had a great time again on a Carnival ship. First time on the Breeze and it was great! Cruise Director - Chris “Donkey” Salazar. I can’t tell you the name or anything about our cruise directors before this cruise. Donkey is a young Colombian guy from Australia and really brings a lot to the cruise. Very personable and genuine. Great sense of humor and works extremely hard to make everyone feel welcome. This was his last cruise on the Breeze as he is Carnival is assigning him to a new ship. Embarkation: Smooth and easy. Arrived on time, boarded on time. Food and Dining: Overall food quality was good. Dined 4 evenings in the main dining room and 3 evening at the buffet, pizza pirate, etc... Wait staff was excellent as always. Service and Staff: Friendly and Helpful as always! Dining room and room stewards are exceptional. Cabin: See cabin review Bars and Nightlife: Comedy shows were Carnival typical hit or miss. Guess it depends on your taste. PG shows really struggle - many comedians can’t offer much if you take away the lewd and profane. Bartenders are working hard but there are just not enough of them. Long waits are the norm for drinks all over the ship. Shows - Main Theater shows are fun if you just roll with it. Talented performers often asked to perform outside of their area. Country show performers looked like they are wearing costumes from party city. Movies by Moonlight: Fun and relaxing. Quick question for Carnival - why do family movies overlap with early dinner, when families are eating? Start them 30 minutes later maybe? Excursions: Amber Cove- Waterfalls - Great excursion but physically demanding. 45 minute uphill walk. 2 older ladies got sick from the walk and had to turn back. Jumps and slides were awesome. One of the best excursions we have been on but also one of the most physically demanding St Thomas - Catamaran to St Johns Honeymoon Beach and snorkeling. Lots of fun, catamaran thru the islands was amazing. Saw a few turtles while snorkeling, crew was great. Typical rock gut rum punch for return trip. San Juan - rainforest and fort tour. Over an hour on the bus each wayto two short rainforest stops. Stop at low quality gift shop. All pretty boring. Fort was coo but can do on your own cheap and easy. Grand Turk - Started at Jacks Shack. One of the best beaches in the Caribbean. Famous for their jerk chicken. Walk down past Margaritaville and the crowd to get there. After a few hours there went back to Margaritaville for the pool, party, and free WiFi to check in. Grand Turk is one of my favorite of all the Carnival stops. Debarcation - A typical Carnival debacle. Why does everyone have to be out of their rooms at 8:30 to sit 90 minutes in the hallway while they call every other floor. Let people stay in their rooms another hour? Keep serving breakfast until 9:30? Push the departure of the next cruise back an hour? This is Carnival’s biggest needs improvement area. Overall - Great cruise, saw very few problems or unhappy people.

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Great week on Carnival Breeze.

A special shout out to Reuben, Jordan and Rahma. Thanks for taking great care of us and putting a smile on our face each day:) Kyle, thank you for all your help in the planning stages as well! Enjoy the great food in the dining room every night!

Nice, but not as nice as I was expecting.