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Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 25, 2017

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2323

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Wonderful staff and great food. Reservation desk staff very helpful, kind and accommodating.

Hated all the cigarette smoke coming out of the casino into elevators and other parts of the ship. Especially horrible for children!!

Will ll not cruise Carnival again unless they become smoke free.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Fun activities, but way too much promoting alcohol. Really pushed it to a degree...

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Fine except for the cigarette smoke pouring out of the casino which you could smell on the elevators and other parts of the ship. Absolutely disgusting!!!! Until their ships are smoke free we will never cruise Carnival again

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Cabin was ok. But our neighbors were smoking and we were sick, so it was pretty miserable. The staff were great, tried to air out our cabin twice, but to no avail. Since the ship was full we couldn't be moved to A balcony which they would have done if they could have.

Ship tip

Definitely get a balcony!! Worth every penny!

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

1 out of 5

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

1 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

2 Comments

Katievp 7 years ago

I don't know if any of the cruise lines are totally smoke free. Disney doesn't have a casino though so there is probably less smoke there. I personally wish all public places were smoke free but unfortunately we have to deal with the nastiness.

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subfixer 7 years ago

I always pass the casino on the port side to avoid the stench.

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Other reviews of this sailing

Nice relaxing cruise.

Excellent evening wait staff and cabin staff member, Excellent evening dining experience

Relaxing trip