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Item: Carnival Freedom
Rating: 4.6
Author: pippinjacquie

Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

pippinjacquie

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 39

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 02, 2017

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6209, 6207, 6221

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Was awesome and will be a life long cruiser now. From the time we parked our car till the time we got back to Galveston we were treated with such love and kindness. Our favorite crew was Liveno, Edson and Hla in the dining room and at the buffet. Eilija was always around to give a smile, hug kind words and a helping hand. Malcom the cruise director was so outstanding, funny, and helpful. The rooster crow we will miss. All crew was outstanding.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Went pretty fast

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Our main dining room was the Chic. Our wait staff was absolutely the best. Lavino, Edson and "Hala" we wonderful. Very attentive to all of us. They each knew what we wanted and had things waiting at our table each night for us. We enjoyed the interaction they allowed us to have with them. We learned about each of their families as they did ours. They each made us feel at ease and we will return again due to them. Edson was very attentive and never allowed our drinks to become empty. He always went above and beyond to meet our needs. He needs a gold star for sure. Lavino your team was a true "A" team. Wish we could of brought yall home with us.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Loved all the shows. Nice pools, casino, loved the piano bar.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Great!!!

Children's Programs

No children with us

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Wait staff AWESOME thank you Lavino, Edson and HaLa..... Room steward was alright. Everyone was great and always willing to help. Eilija was so sweet always willing to give a helping hand to us.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

It was clean but the design was a little hard to figure out sometimes it was hard to find the Posh dinning area from the front of the ship

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

All above was very nice.

Ship tip

Go and enjoy meeting new friends and enjoy as many activities as you can.

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Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5

Montego Bay, Jamaica

2 out of 5

No excursion over priced taxi fees, to many drugs. Got off and got back on in 30 minutes. We will not get off here again. Would stay on ship.

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George Town, Grand Cayman Did not visit port

Had to be tendered in to hard fir a wheelchair

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Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Nice port only did some shopping. Would of loved to stayed several days here.

Thumbs Up 11

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Went very smooth and fast.

5 Comments

sfcvan 7 years ago

I would like to welcome you to the little known pleasure of cruising. I won my first cruise a 3 to 7 day cruise. I wanted to go on a 3 day since it was our first, my won we went on a 7 day and it was the best vacation I ever had. We booked the second one before we got off the ship.

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GIL155 7 years ago

Outstanding! Glad you enjoyed the cruise so much. I also like how you extended your cruise experience by including "from the time we parked our car". THAT is maximum cruise enjoyment!

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Summerholiday 7 years ago

My hubby and I first had a five day cruise thinking cruising was not for us 22 cruises later.. and 20 days until we leave Australia to return ... hope ur hooked as we are 🎣have been to great places and have amazing memories... countdown 😎🍹

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katiej512 7 years ago

Welcome to the club. I am just sorry that we didn't start cruising a little earlier in life.

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shingaling 7 years ago

Welcome to our wonderful addiction!

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