Sharing first cruise experience

Item: Carnival Breeze
Rating: 4.1
Author: rnambron

Carnival Breeze Cruise Review

rnambron

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 21, 2022

Ship: Carnival Breeze

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8282

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

For a first time it was a good experience and will do it again after some tweaking. Favorite things were the water park on the ship, rope course, food, shows.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

For a first timer and with little kids found embarkation to be confusing and chaotic

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Because of little kids we mainly dined at lido market place. We also tried the sapphire and blush dining rooms, service and staff were nice. Food choices were great, mainly was at good eats section. Tried the pizza and taco place as well. The only thing I noticed was staff asked those people who had the cheers package what drinks or mimosas they would like. We had got the bottomless bubbles package mainly for our kids and mostly no one asked what our kids would like. I went to the bars to get the bubbles or juices for my kids but as soon as they heard non alcoholic drinks they were not happy to serve us. Next time won’t be buying the bottomless bubbles package. It was nice that we bought the water in the cabin before the cruise. While embarking I saw many people carrying their water and sodas and with kids for me it was going to be difficult

Cucina Del Capitano

5 out of 5

Food pics are from this restaurant. Great food, great service. I had booked for my 4 and 12 yr old as a kid but my 12 yr old ended up ordering from the main menu and was still charged kid price. That was nice of them. Thank you

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

The Fun Shops

4 out of 5

Bought a few finger rings for the Black Friday sale

Winner's Luck Casino

4 out of 5

Tried this one for the first time and lost some money lol.

SportSquare

5 out of 5

Did the golf and foos ball. Kids loved it

Ropes Course

5 out of 5

Enjoyed this one

Carnival Water Works

5 out of 5

Kids enjoyed the water park.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Seaside Theater

5 out of 5

Great venue to relax and catch a movie. Initially weather was not the best. Got better when we approached Cozumel and progreso Enjoyed the white party here.

Ovation Theatre

5 out of 5

Lawrence the cruise director was great— lots of energy and enthusiasm. Chrisy was lovely too! Flick was an awesome show. Saw twice. All other shows and entertainment were great too!

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

The Warehouse Video Arcade

5 out of 5

Both my kids visited this most days and enjoyed

Camp Ocean

5 out of 5

My son enjoyed the playtime here

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

As mentioned above everyone was nice. The only qualm is about the bottomless drinks and staff reluctance to acknowledge that Room steward Bayu was wonderful!

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Ship was clean. There was alcohol sanitizers most places.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5

For four of us it was crammed. Next time will book a better space. The rest of the ship had lots of activities so we didn’t need to spend much time in the room.

Ship tip

Next time will not be getting the drinks package. It is not worth it for people who don’t drink much sodas or alcohol. Internet is spotty. Thankfully only bought the premium Wi-Fi for one device but it was not working well. Next time will not be buying that as well. Definitely booking shore excursions early and confirming with them before the event helps.

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Ports of call

Progreso (Merida), Mexico

4 out of 5

Port looked run down. Went to chichen itza and cenote il kil. Followed the instructions on the shore excursion ticket, took the free shuttle to get to the contact person. Bus ride to the excursion was 2.5 hrs back and forth. So at both places felt rushed.

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Port is lovely! Went to paradise beach club. Took a taxi- 15 dollars four of us each way. Pool, food and drinks. Very relaxing. Had pre ordered cabana which was awesome!

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Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Weather was not great at the time of departure. Used the port of Galveston parking , was smooth. We live an hour and half from the port.

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

It would have been easy if people followed the instructions and got in line according to the muster stations. By 8.30 everyone had to be out so there was no way but to gather in public areas so that made the disembarkation tedious.

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7 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Cruisersnoozer 1 year ago

Thanks for the review!

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Kirstiesmom2001 1 year ago

So glad you enjoyed

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Welcome to the wonderful world of cruising. Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your first cruise.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed your first cruise

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rnambron 1 year ago

Also we did the couples massage which was wonderful and they did try to sell us the expensive Elemis products. With the 5 dollar chat plan on the carnival hub app we can chat among the family but not anyone else in the ship. It would have been helpful if that feature was available to help us chat with others especially anyone going on the same excursions.

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