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Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

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Overall rating:

4.7 out of 5
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Carnival Freedom

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 16, 2023

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7272

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Great cruise, we will do one again on Carnival is four days as we like the itineraries, food choices, activities and organization to get on and off the ship.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Great, easy into the parking garage, into the terminal for my appointed time and right onto the ship. We were suite priority passengers.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Food was good in all venues and there was plenty of varieties and choices of places to eat. Line at Mongolian Woke was always too long but the food was excellent and fresh. Recommend expanding that venue.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Pool areas were great, clean and lots of waiters for drinks and food nearby. Love Guy Burger and Seafood shack newrby. Casino is small but good, music in atrium was great, violinists and rock band.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
There was something always going on everyday and all the performers were excellent.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
All wait staff were outstanding. Room steward Agust (room 7272) was great. Laundry service was fast and good. Service to get extension cord and distilled water on day one was fast.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Ship layout was good except for up and down floors to get to the main dining room was bad. Ship design is dated but it is well maintained in main areas.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Maintenance for this room was bad, we had to call guest services twice to fix the toilet and fix the balcony door.

Ship tip

It was comfortable and overall I would cruise on it again.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
Ease of parking at the port and driving to and from it.

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Love the nice beach right off the ship dock, nice and convenient.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Have been here many times. Port area is nice for shopping and beach. Excursions are a must for first timers there.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
At first there were not communications left at our room on disembarkation so I contacted guest services, which one should not have to do, to get all the information. Disembarkation was fast as lightning, out of our room and into our car in 25 minutes.
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10 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

MsRoe    1 year ago

Thanks for the review, glad your cruise was nice.

WhippetMum    1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed your cruise

fletches128    1 year ago

Thank you! I'm happy to hear great reviews. Makes me less nervous being it's our first cruise. Surprising my son for his 17th birthday.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

lsbs    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise. Hope the next one is even better.

CurlyCruiserYAY    1 year ago

themichealjohn    1 year ago

Thank you for the review. We leave on January 30 and were concerned based on some of the reviews. As expected, the cruise is what you make of it. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Ramsey1986    1 year ago

I’m glad your cruise on the Carnival Freedom. We enjoyed cruising on the Freedom and the Magic last year. We also enjoyed Grand Turk and Amber Cove. Half Moon Cay is our favorite place and is a perfect beach day if you get the opportunity. I agree with you about parking at the Port Canaveral parking lot. Thank you for taking the time to share your review. πŸ˜ŽπŸš’β˜€οΈπŸ©΄πŸ πŸͺΈπŸ πŸŒΊπŸ™πŸ»

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