The Dream-class vessels were the largest passenger ships ever built by Fincantieri[5] at the time of their construction.

The ship's godmother is Tracy Wilson Mourning, a motivational speaker and founder of the Honey Shine girls' empowerment charity.

Carnival Breeze is currently homeported in Galveston, Texas after moving from Florida due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[8] A feature article in Bloomberg news in late December 2020 elaborated on the circumstances of his life and death, along with those of many other suspected suicides by cruise ship crewmembers during indefinite COVID quarantines during 2020.

[9] At the time, Carnival Breeze was crossing the Atlantic Ocean heading toward Southampton, England, to repatriate its European crew members.