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Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 58

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Carnival Freedom

Western Caribbean

Sail date: August 15, 2015

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7376

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was not unpleasant except for the following, First the debarkation at the ports of call is a horrendous experience at the dock side and tendering,  It took 2 hours in line to get off the ship in Jamaica with a huge argument breaking out among passengers on deck 3 stairs whiting to exit, when tendering at George Town we were so late getting back from our excursion the ship was already leaving port, only one line was available with one machine in use to document leaving the ship.  All or our excursions were through Carnival. When we had early excursions the buffet still opened late not allowing time to eat a morning meal ( as a diabetic I cannot miss meals). the room smelled of smoke even though it is a non smoking ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
breakfast never changed

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
the room was clean and comfortable, but I am highly allergic to smoke. The room smelled of smoke, when I spoke to the cabin attendant he said it probably was coming from the casino through the air vents, Maybe but I know the man was smoking on the balcony next to our room which made it impossible to use our balcony.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas Did not visit port

easy port to navigate

Montego Bay, Jamaica

5 out of 5
friendly but everybody has their hand out for an extra tip and the guide on our bus announce that several time saying it was customary

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
very clean

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
always like the people of mexico, much better food than on ship
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2 Comments

2bemrswilliams    9 years ago

you can not smoke off the balcony. There are designated smoking areas only

kathzaya    9 years ago

Carnival freedom IS a smoking ship. You can even smoke in the cabin balcony. I believe the right side of the ship's public areas are smoking areas. I'm not a smoker, neither any party in my group, and I found out after I paid for the cruise. So we just have to be away from that.

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