Best Birthday Cruise Ever!!!
Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
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Second Mate
Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 71
7 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)
Sail date: February 02, 2020
Ship: Carnival Freedom
Cabin type: Inside
Cabin number: 1002
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 4 years ago
Review summary
We had the greatest cruise...we hid 600 ducks, on the cruise, 87+ with prizes and we gave out 1100 Wristbands, over 100 Mardi Gras Beads, and 100 glow bracelets for the 80's deck party. We made up 70+ bags for Veterans Appreciation Day with a poem included that we had printed up on a card and an American Flag Pin Attached with a Military Duck in each bag! The Cruise Director TJ was wonderful and the Fun Squad great, all the Staff was wonderful and made my 46th Birthday Cruise a Blast!! My favorite part of the trip was when Marjorie Derilo of Housekeeping gave me a picture of a duck drawling she made for me on our last night of the cruise. She said it was because we brought so much joy to the Crew & Passengers with our Ducks & Wristbands! So this was my most favorite cruise yet, and it will be in had to beat it!Embarkation
It was great...everyone was so kind and helpful. It took less than 25 minutes to get onboard!
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
The Posh Dining room was wonderful, our Wait Staff was great. Brunch was also very good in The Posh Dining Room. We loved the Steakhouse, we went there on my 46th Birthday for dinner...it was fantastic! Guy's burgers was good as always. The Lido Buffet was ok, but I just don't care for buffets. The Pirate Pizza was our nightly pleasure.
Onboard Activities
We went to Trivia, Bingo, Several themed dance parties, like the 80's dance party, we went to the Mega Deck Party, Mardi Gras was a blast. The Comedy Club was great. Hasbro's Clue & Sorry was too funny. We watched several dance performances by the Fun Squad. TJ's Love & Marriage Show was too funny. All the DJ's were great, we loved DJ GOA⅔e!
Entertainment
The Fun Squad put on several great productions! Heart Of Soul was very nice, Getaway Island, the Love & Marriage Show with TJ, Clue with the Fun Squad, 80's Pop to the Max, the 80's Rock & Glow Party, The Rock N' Roll Panio Show, Classic Rock Trivia Show, Lip Sync Battle. DJ GOA was always Rocking, Caribbean Sounds with Andre, Reggae with Andre, Bold Brass sounds with Happy Accidents, The Latin Fiesta with Tropical Dance, & Latin Fusion with Tropical Dance had people dancing their shoes off.
Service and Staff
Our Team of Waiters in The Posh Dining Room were some of the best we ever had...@ Dinner Team Headwaiter Bagus, Team Waitress Joycyla, & Waiter Richard well they took the best care of us Nightly. They knew our names by day one and were just all around Terrific! During Brunch we had Team Headwaitress Anita, Team Waiter Hari & Waitress Melisse they were great & knew us by name also...our other set of Brunch Wait Staff Team Headwaiter Adi & Team Waiter Agus Ana were great...Agus Ana was the sweetest guy all around and Adi seemed to be a lil rough on the guy. The Staff in the Buffet on Lido were wonderful and it was great seeing our Dinner waiter Richard everytime we went to the Lido Deck. The Steakhouse...On my 46th Birthday was wonderful...Waitress's Ikmak & Aga were the Best! They made my Birthday so special and The Chef made the best food and sent over a Champagne Toast for my Birthday to go along with our Fabulous Cheesecake! Our Room Steward was great you could not ask for a better guy! Nyoman made our beds every morning and picked up our room and at night he came back and turned down our beds and made us the best towel animals. Our nightly pizza run had Ajinkya making us the best pizza and he saved us Chocolate Chips Cookies cause he picked up that Brandon liked them. Susie our Bar Waitress was the best...she was so kind and went above and beyond to make sure we were happy and always had fresh water. Melrose & Marjorie were part of the housekeeping staff that we met in the Casino they were so Wonderful. Marjorie even gave me a gift that she drew herself. A Beautiful drawling of a Duck, she said it was because I & Brandon made so many people happy giving out Duck Bracelets & Hiding Ducks all over the ship. She told me she drew me the pic cause we brought a lil happiness to all the crew and passengers with all our ducks. Edin from Guest Services was wonderful and so were all the others that helped us there. The Cruise Director TJ was the best at his job. He had everyone laughing and dancing the whole cruise...The Fun Squad, our Favorites were Sam from Australia, Kim from England, Erick the Trivia King, there was also Brittany from North Carolina, Judy from Flordia, and last but not least Xtreme the Bingo King. Anang was a great guy also. Vince in the Fun Shop was so happy to find some ducks, the Girls at the Coffee Shope were all to happy with our ducks,
Ship Quality
The ships in great condition! The staff was always cleaning and it was obvious that they cared to keep it clean for everyone to enjoy.
Cabin / Stateroom
Our Cabin was very nice...it was handicap accessible room and the size was great and it was so comfortable and always clean...we had a window to looked out over the front of the boat on deck 10. They called it an obstructed view but you could see out it very well. The bathroom was very big and the shower had a bench that you could sit on and a mirror that was able to move up and down to fix your hair, etc. We had 3 closets 2 bed side tables and another oval table and a bigger rectangle table under the window. Pleanty of space and a frig for water and drinks.
Ship tip
Be prepared to be lavished with kindness from the ships crew, they are Outstanding and very caring and loving!
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Ports of call
It was amazing the water so clear and clean. The people were very kind, sweet honest people. We had Jerk Chicken and Rice with pico del gallon @ FatTuesdayMontagoBay and a really good Strawberry Daiquiri full of Rum Drink. We went thru lots of shops and had a great day!
George Town, Grand Cayman Did not visit port
We were supposed to go to Belieze but it was canceled due to rough weather. So we went to Costa Maya Instead and it was beautiful some where we also got Roatan Honduras Tshirts...I give this port 5 Stars!
We have been her before and we went to Mr Sancho's of which is always fun but it was over booked but our wonderful waiter Herberto gave us a Cabana for free. He kept the drinks coming and the food was amazing! We did a lil shopping on the way back to port.
Disembarkation
It was the best yet...We got a porter after we got off the ship to help with our bags and went thru US Customs...the Agents were very kind and just went thru one bag that the dog hit on with out meds in it, our Backpack & my purse...they were funny and very entertaining!
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