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Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 58

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
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Carnival Freedom

7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 17, 2018

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1303

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Had a great time. Minus Jamaica and Disembarkation

Embarkation

5 out of 5
We had a lot of fun great times. Wide range of ages went with us and we all had a blast.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
All the food was wonderful!! Lots of new foods to try it was a lot of fun!

BlueIguana Tequila Bar

5 out of 5

Favorite bar on the boat!

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Pool was overly crowded at most times hard to find a seat. Wish there was more room for swimming

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We had a great time at all the shows ! The punchliner comedy show was a blast!! The newlywed show was hilarious!

Children's Programs

4 out of 5
My kids had a great time a lot of conflicting information from them about activities everyone would tell you different times and dates to do certain things.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
Staff was nice! Room Steward Jeffry was amazing!! Only issues was on disembarkation and it was security and getting off and on the boat from ports security would yell at people and children and be very rude and had a horrible tone when speaking to people on the cruise

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Ship was always clean. However we were on the first floor and I will say when they were letting everyone off the boat when we got back to home port they do it by top to bottom and it was so crowded and people not following rules that if you go on the elevator to go to floor 5 or 9 as carnival requested they refused to let you off the elevator and tell you to return to your floor you stayed on. They were painting the boat while people were still on it. Everyone on floor 1 eyes were burning and 2 out of 3 of my kids have asthma and 1 was being affected by the fumes. I had to sneak back into our room and call customer service and explain what was going on and the issue and they apologized and said they will ask them to stop painting. Meanwhile we were made to stay on the 1st floor for another 45 minutes and my son used his inhaler twice while waiting to be released off of the boat.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Small but expected for the price.

Ship tip

Don't book floor 1 its a nightmare on departure.

Ports of call

Galveston, Texas

3 out of 5
No excursions. Just drove there to get on boat

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Had a blast at Mr Sanchos

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5
Every nice and the native people are so friendly

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

1 out of 5
Went to blue bamboo beach. Would not get off the boat if I were to return to jamacia. People fighting in the streets our taxi drive got into a fist fight. Native people screaming at tourist cursing at people when they do not purchase something out of their shop.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
However we were on the first floor and I will say when they were letting everyone off the boat when we got back to home port they do it by top to bottom and it was so crowded and people not following rules that if you go on the elevator to go to floor 5 or 9 as carnival requested they refused to let you off the elevator and tell you to return to your floor you stayed on. They were painting the boat while people were still on it. Everyone on floor 1 eyes were burning and 2 out of 3 of my kids have asthma and 1 was being affected by the fumes. I had to sneak back into our room and call customer service and explain what was going on and the issue and they apologized and said they will ask them to stop painting. Meanwhile we were made to stay on the 1st floor for another 45 minutes and my son used his inhaler twice while waiting to be released off of the boat.
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1 Comment

Darrelljones    6 years ago

We've always had a great time in Jamaica. You have to understand the people to have fun. My best friend is Jamaican. I spent more time at his house growing up than I did at my own.

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