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Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
Carnival Freedom

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 01, 2017

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 2391

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

I really, really enjoyed the cruise and am ready to go again!! My biggest complaint was the way the lifeboat training was done. I understand it needs to be done but they herded us in lines with people standing shoulder to shoulder and about 6 people deep and had us stand there for about 45 minutes in the Texas heat. Not a good situation.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Actually went better than what I was expecting. Little lines.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Guy's Burgers where great. Buffet was okay.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Enjoyed the serenity deck, and the water slide (yeah I am a kid at 💖).

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Malcolm was hilarious. Enjoyed the Lip Sync Battle and the comedy club

Children's Programs

Had no children with us.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Waiters in Chic dining room where all great. Remembered all names and what everyone preferred to drink. Rammeter our room steward was very good. I asked for ice the first day and he always made sure I had fresh bucket of ice every evening. Room was kept clean.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Easy to get around once figured out had to go to 9th other 5th floor to go from after to stern. Was kept very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Size was good. My main complaint was the bed. I woke up several times in the area between the 2 matresses!!

Ship tip

Just relax and enjoy

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5
Just got on and off ship here. Drove to port so didn't do anything there.

Montego Bay, Jamaica

4 out of 5
Loved swimming with the dolphins!!!! Beach was just so-so. It was crowded and the water was cold. Our tour guide, Christina was great. She stayed right by my side the whole 2 hours it took to braid my hair.

George Town, Grand Cayman

4 out of 5
7 mile beach was gorgeous with the soft, white sand. Our business driver, tour guide Roy was good. He was very knowledgeable.

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5
Just walked around and shopped.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Quite a bit of waiting since we were in zone 25. Atleast, had comfortable place to wait. After that went fairly fast.
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