Carnival Freedom

Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 37

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Carnival Freedom

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 30, 2017

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8307

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This was my second cruise and my boyfriends second so we are pretty new at cruising. We had a good experience and look forward to our next cruise. Still have a lot of questions with how things work but that's the fun of it.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Had a 1-130 embarkation, had trouble finding port and then someone had to run to their car 3 times from the bus, got there about 140. It was fast and easy.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
We ate everywhere there was to eat, some were better than others but nothing to write home about. BBQ thought they were feeding infants cause servings were very small.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pool, casino, shows, contests, comedy shows etc. We enjoyed what we did. At times there was not much to do or not something two adults with no kids (left our kids home) would be very interested in.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We enjoyed the shows, music of all kinds and comedy shows.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All service and staff were amazing except the casino wait staff, waited on several occasions for about 20-30 minutes. I watched waiter with about 10 drinks on tray give drinks to last person he took order from leaving me waiting over 30 minutes being the first person who ordered. I tip on top of my grituities paid in advance, this makes me question my decision to do that.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Everything was kept very clean!!! Staff was exceptional at keeping all areas clean!!!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Perfect, perfect and perfect!!

Ship tip

Relax and have fun. No need to be uptight or in a hurry to get anywhere.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

5 out of 5
Miss the beach. Galveston is very crowded.

Mahogany Bay, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5
AMAZING!!! We got a personal tour guide (Hector) with Rory's Tours. Hector took us to places we were interested in, children's orphanage, chocolate factory, places to take pics with amazing views, beautiful beaches, villages and some not so nice areas as to see all areas of Roatan. We wouldn't trade this experience for anything in the world. Best part of our trip. Hector is an asset and we will request him every time.

Belize City, Belize

1 out of 5
We had a cave tubing excursion planned, once we got there we were informed it was cancelled due to flooding the night before. Life happens but we were disappointed since this is what we were looking forward to the most. Still trying to get deposit back after being told that day it would be automatic.

Cozumel, Mexico

2 out of 5
There were 8 or 9 ships same day due to hurricane and other ships being diverted. Can you say way to crowded. We were supposed to go to Papito's Beach, we were told taxi would be about $15 to get there, once there found out taxi would be $35-40 to get there. Being lied to sucks!! So we ended up going to Oceans Beach, we didn't do all inclusive thank goodness cause the first hour you could find wait staff but after that there was no wait staff in sight. Worst place ever!!! A couple that got all inclusive with 3 kids and beat red faces couldn't get their kids something to eat or drink and when they asked for money back were told to leave or the cops would be called, seriously?? To pay that kind of money and can't order anything? And god forbid you complain. We ordered waters and an hour later I went to bar to get them myself and handed hot water that was sitting in sun so asked for cups of ice and told that was for mixed drinks only so handed them the waters back and told them they could keep them. There is rock in water so you can't even go out in water without stubbing your toe if you don't know what your walking into.

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
Other than not being able to get an elevator down because they are all full it wasn't bad at all.
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GIL155    7 years ago

And hopefully you two can discover more answers as you keep cruising together.

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