Carnival Freedom

We had canceled this cruise due to death in family but later rebooked. The ship provided us quiet time for recovery and rest, but also provided entertainment when we felt up for some fun. We enjoyed the Carnival dancers and the cruise director was a live wire and he drew us out of our sorrow to have fun in the lobby and up on Lido deck. We had the choice of sitting on our balcony or attending the shows and the Cruise director Brad would put such an emphasis on the action that he drew us out of our cabin.

Embarkation was an excessively long process with long lines at each point. Kids' clubs (ages 12-14 and 15-18) sucked. Dive in theater was fine, but all other entertainment sucked. Ports of call were fine. Comedians were not funny, our party found them disgusting and left several shows early. The "family friendly" shows were not much better. We bought the "bottomless bubbles" package. The roaming bar staff refused to serve us. We had to wait at the bar each time we wanted drinks. Our room was the best part of the cruise. Our room steward was great! For Debarkation you are kicked out of your rooms before 8:30 only to sit around until they call your floor to let you off with your luggage. They didn't let us get in the long line to get off the ship until after 11 am. We didn't actually get to the outside of the port until after noon. Other cruise companies handle this much more smoothly.

I was and have been charged twice for everything i did both my credit card and my bank account was charged for everything! my bank account has been overdrawn 222.00 and i have gotten a 35.00 overdraft fee i need this corrected today as i have been back since saturday! the first of the month has came and bills are due and i keep getting told its already taken care of when it hasnt!

This cruise was great!. Just have fun and do as much as possible. Please do at least 1 excursion. Tgey are alwsys cheaper once you get off the boat

I.had an awesome experience and can't wait for my next carnival cruise. My room steward Panca was the best. I hope I get a room in his area again.