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That was a challenge, for sure. What else did you
discover?
Having cruised on Disney I was used to having cer-
tain amenities that Carnival doesn’t have … or at
least the Breeze doesn’t have. I missed having a
splash area for the kids. There was no water area
for little ones who were in swim diapers, for exam-
ple. Disney has that.
I didn’t feel comfortable not having a nursery. At the orientation
session for the youth programs I asked the staff, “Do you have a
separate area for the infants?” They said, “No, everybody’s together.” I
didnt want a bunch of 8-year-olds running around my baby.
I also asked if any of the staff were infant-certified and didn’t get a
straight answer. I wanted to know that these people are used to work-
ing with infants, not just kids in general. So Adam and I never did use
the kids’ club for Dani.
Were there any significant surprises during the cruise, good or bad …
things that you really weren’t expecting?
We had never taken Danielle to the shows before and we ended up go-
ing to two of them. She loved it. I was kind of surprised. I didn’t know
how she was going to react to being in a room that was that loud. I
didn’t know if it would scare her or if she would get upset … but she
was really good at that.
The other part that was kind of nice is that we were able to take her to
Trivia. We would alternate walking around with her. For the most part
having her with us during the daytime didn’t stop us from doing any-
thing. That was surprisingly positive.
I wouldn’t say surprisingly negative, but the biggest headac
he