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Carnival Freedom Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 3
Helpful Votes: 44

Overall rating:

2.9 out of 5
Carnival Freedom

8 Night Southern Caribbean (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 12, 2022

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1277

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Worst cruise out of 13. Been on this ship before and had none of these problems.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Very smooth and quick.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Not good. Admittedly, I have a food allergy to onions and food choices are a little harder to come by. With that being said, I have never been so limited before. Each night the only thing available was a plain piece of grilled chicken (not even seasoned) 1 piece of broccoli (yes 1 piece no exaggeration), and plain potatoes. I received onions in my broccoli on 2 different occasions. The 2nd time the waiter argued that red onion is not an onion.

Guy's Burger Joint

5 out of 5

Best burgers!!!! Lines always but worth it.

The Posh Restaurant

1 out of 5

Worst experience ever, and yes each night was bad. Wait staff seemed lost, confused and uncaring.

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5
We explored the entire ship. We did not use the pools because they were well overcrowded. Even though there is a policy that chairs cannot be save or reserved they were always reserved with towels, clips and personal belongings way early in the morning. We did some activities. Trivia was fun.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Shows were mostly centered around the 1980s. My 30 year old daughter and 39 year old sister said they got old after the first 3 shows.

Carnival Seaside Theater

3 out of 5

Don't pay for popcorn, no butter or salt and was stale. Movie experience was good.

Service and Staff

1 out of 5
Room attendant Widodo was great and I would.give him and our room cleanliness a 5. The wait staff horrible and give a 1.

Ship Quality

1 out of 5
Horrible. First full day and a half the hallways on our floor and our cabin reaked of pot. It was so strong we could not stay in our room. Later in the cruise our room, our hallway and several other deck hallways smelled like very strong sewage.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
1277 more spacious then other cruise lines for an inside cabin. Had 3 people in cabin and did not feel crowded. One bed was horrible and they did nothing about it.

Ship tip

Don't unless they fixed the sewage problem.

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5
Traffic bad, but always bad in Miami.

Bonaire, Netherlands Special Municipality

5 out of 5
Beautiful island.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Love this island.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Ok island. Loved the glassbottom boat tour.

Half Moon Cay, Bahamas (Private Island)

5 out of 5
Great stop.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy. Easiest ever.
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7 Comments

jimbo502    2 years ago

I get a whiff of sewage on every ship I’ve been on. Can’t be helped with 5000 people taking 10 dumps.

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review

babsteaches    2 years ago

CWbigdog....I agree. But still enjoyed my time off work. Lol

babsteaches    2 years ago

AuntieP....thanks for the reply. Our cruise only ended up being at 84% capacity. Over 400 or 500 missed the ship. I let the host, head waiter and even head chef know. Ordered food night before and even reminded them. I know accidents happen and I am accustomed to looking before I eat. The biggest issue I had was when the waiter argued that a red onion is not an onion. There was alot I liked and had fun doing. If they had fixed the sewage problem faster than 3 days or so, I would not have mentioned that.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Oops 😬, something definitely wrong.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. You boarded the day we got off. Spring Break had your occupancy almost 100%. We were told that 3100 would be on your sailing (only 2100 on ours). Did you let the dining room staff know about your allergy? Sometimes the chef can work with you. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

babsteaches    2 years ago

Thanks for the comment. Has nothing to do with cruising and definitelynothing to due with covid. Have been on another since this one and was amazed at the difference. Maybe the others did not experience the pot on my floor or sewage on decks 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5. Or they just did not write about it. I have sailed on this particular ship before with none of these same experiences.

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