You Gotta Be Kidding!

Item: Carnival Freedom
Rating: 2.5
Author: jamesluckett47

Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

jamesluckett47

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

2.5 out of 5

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5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 24, 2022

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8271

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

If you buy a special deal cruise you get what you paid for. In those case would not recommend the ship, ports of call at all.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5

Stewart kept what he could clean. Sewage smell most of the cruise - last night out sewage filled up shower and bathroom for.

Ship tip

Don’t

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

2 out of 5

Knew it would be bad, but not this bad!

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Grand Turk Island

1 out of 5

Have stayed in T&C Prov. Before and fell in love with the island and it’s people. Grand Turk looks like it’s been carpet boned by a B52! Total destruction everywhere. Took the full island tour to the light house and Historical downtown. Most interesting thing about lighthouse was the wild donkey and two horses- no one got off truck! Historical Downtown turned out to be 2 stop sighs. It’s hard to even think about making something like this up!

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Disembarkation

2 out of 5

15 Comments

Ramsey1986 2 years ago

We thoroughly enjoyed our October cruise on the Carnival Freedom. Our itinerary for Grand Turk was changed to Bimini due to ongoing repairs and recovery from hurricane Ian. We have been to Grand Turk before their hurricane damage and it is one of our favorite ports. I hope they are able to recover and repair and we look forward to enjoying another visit there in the future. I hope your next cruise will be enjoyable for you. 😎

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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Fuchsia 2 years ago

Carnival has specials all the time, I guess you're done cruising.

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urhyness 2 years ago

Was just on here in September. You smelled sewage a little in the hallways but not in your cabin. The smell wasn't overwhelming or constant. I enjoyed my cruise on the Freedom.

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lsbs 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing.

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cortneyb 2 years ago

that sewage smell happens in every cruise line. it's thanks to people flushing items that shouldn't be flushed. we smelled it on ncl and rcl

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JayEs 2 years ago

I'm surprised the complaints I've seen about the sewage smell are on the upper decks, not on deck 1, which I assume is closer to the sewage plant.

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sarahpetty 2 years ago

You do know Grand Turk just survived a hurricane right?

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byhisgrace 2 years ago

Thanks for your review

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CruzeFan 2 years ago

Thanks for the review. Based on the number of reports of sewage smells from multiple Carnival ships recently, I am guessing they have changed the chemicals or process used to treat the sewage for cost savings and / or environmental reasons. The best options in Grand Turk are snorkeling / diving, Margaritaville, Jack’s Shack or just relaxing at the free beach.

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javawoody 2 years ago

Appreciate your comments

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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WhippetMum 2 years ago

Thanks for your review. Will be avoiding that one. There have been lots of sewage complaints

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bienfang10 2 years ago

You got to be kidding, on this review. Wow. We love the freedom even when the funneled caught fire. Been on her 3 times. All excellent cruises

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NCLARRY 2 years ago

5 night cruise ,,old ship, Cheap price. Recipe for a Disaster

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