Carnival Freedom

Carnival Freedom Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 46

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Carnival Freedom

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 14, 2019

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Already planning this same cruise again. Freeport was removed and would like to go there.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Used terminal 2. Took about 15 minutes from check in to ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was as expected. My only complaint would be BBQ was terrible. If you can't find something you like the problem isn't Carnival.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Two pools always full hot tubs were usually available but too hot for me. Aft pool and hot tub was closed a couple of times due to suit from exhaust blowing in them. Gym, golf, basketball, water slides usually open and water temp was great.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Plenty of bars available with entertainment. Only went to 1 show (80's musical) and it was fantastic.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Staff was always friendly and hard working. Never saw anyone standing around.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Ship is older but we knew this going in. Cigarette smell from casino was in hallways and elevators. Also some areas had sewage smell. Our shower drain was plugged but we called Guest Services and maintenance had it fixed within the hour.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was like most. We had port window and 3 people with plenty of room. TV could have better programming but we don't spend a lot of time watching it so for us we survived.

Ship tip

Don't rate Carnival on this ship. It's old and had some issues. Try newer ships along with this one. You make your cruise good or bad. Don't knit pick everything.

Ports of call

Key West, Florida

4 out of 5
We did the hop on hop off tour. It's not for anyone handicap or has a hard time walking. You'll have to walk a 1/4 mile just to get to the trolly. Yes you can stay on but have to get off when it returns to the beginning and get on another trolly if you want to go to a spot you saw.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

4 out of 5
Beach was fantastic food not so much. Yes it's included but what I got wasn't cooked good.

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

4 out of 5

Galveston, Texas

4 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5
Loved it. Plan on going back.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Disembarking was quicker than usual although you always have those people who think they should get off first and slow things down. Carnival did a great job handling this.
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3 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review

pughman    5 years ago

It happens

bobduck1993    5 years ago

You hooked already.Congrats!

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