Wow I hate to say it but the Karen’s were right.

Carnival Freedom Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 120

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
Carnival Freedom

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 18, 2022

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 6299

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall the staff that we ran into were excellent !!! But I would have to say this was one of the worst cruises that we’ve been on with Carnival….. I hate to agree with some of the past negative reviews. But they told the truth on this one! Nothing worse than going on a five day cruise, and having to struggle to find things to eat every day. No one wants to be hungry when their stomach can only hold 4 to 6 ounces at a time. I understand Carnival is short staff….. But that doesn’t give an excuse to give people bad food. And yes we tried different locations to find food that was edible. The only places we didn’t try was the Mongolian Wok and the Barbecue place, and the Steakhouse which I wish we had. But by then the frustration level was so high. We felt defeated!!!! I have two more cruises lined up for Carnival this year. I am really concerned if I should cancel the next two until they get back up to par.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Lido Marketplace

1 out of 5

Wow just wow waited in line like everyone else for a long period of time only to get noodles that weren’t cooked steak that was cold it was just nasty.

The Posh Restaurant

1 out of 5

Like I said the food in the MDR was horrible. The only thing that tastes good was the fruit bowl,bacon and one night the salmon. Other than that thank goodness for Caesar salad! The service was excellent people wise but the food was nasty and cold as hell!

Pizza Pirate

5 out of 5

My saving grace for the whole cruise trip. If it wasn’t for the pizza I would have starved. For real everything else sucked

Guy's Burger Joint

4 out of 5

Fairly decent only went once. I knew that they would be good but I just didn’t wanna wait in line.

Freedom Restaurant

1 out of 5

Has completely gone downhill. The only thing that I was able to really tolerate was the fruit platter and bacon. Salmon was good one night. Thank you for the Caesar salad. After weight loss surgery my intake is limited. Very disappointed that the food was cold or lukewarm at best. After I sent back my soup a couple of times I did get one hot bowl of soup that was delicious. Yes I did speak to someone thank you Roy for stepping up.

Seafood Shack

1 out of 5

Very disappointed paid for seafood platter clam chowder. You could tell that it was old frozen seafood that was heated up.

Deli

2 out of 5

Hit or miss the only thing that taste decent was the ham grill cheese sandwich.

Coffee Bar

4 out of 5

Bacon donut was delicious, alcoholic coffee was a miss.

Centuries Bar

4 out of 5

Great staff.

Blue Iguana Cantina

2 out of 5

Not as good as it used to be food was cold.

Alchemy Bar

5 out of 5

Zora made the hell out of some drinks! Everything she made was delicious.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Babylon Casino

4 out of 5

Well loved the casino just hate the smoke. But there wasn’t much to do so hey why not give carnivals some more money.😂

Serenity

2 out of 5

OK but the bar closed early in the serenity area.

Photo Gallery

4 out of 5

It was easy to find our pictures this time.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Entertainment was definitely lacking. The only thing good that really went on was a comedy show. As for regular shows which is something that we really enjoy and look forward to it was a hit or miss.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Just because the quality of the food was awful. In addition the fact that we came home with Covid…. And yes we knew that was a possibility I’m not upset about it just putting it out there. Does not reflect the staff they still were awesome and worked hard!!!!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Definitely needs an upgrade and there were quite a few times that we saw messes because of short staff they weren’t able to get stuff cleaned up.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Actually surprised the size was decent and we really didn’t hear any noise from the connecting door.

Ship tip

Be prepared to not have hot or warm cooked food.

Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

4 out of 5
Had a relaxing beach day down by Jack Shack. Some of the best jerk chicken we ever had.

Disembarkation

1 out of 5
Does not do any good to be call by muster station if no one‘s gonna follow the rules. It took an unnecessary long time to get off the ship. And that Cruise Director…. Boy we only saw his ass twice they need to hire a new one.

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