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Item: Carnival Freedom
Rating: 4.1
Author: bduersch

Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

bduersch

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 13, 2023

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1246

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall the trip was amazing. We hope to cruise on Carnival again soon.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Smooth, no problems at all.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The quality of the food in the main dining room was great. The buffet was poor quality, watery eggs for breakfast.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Pools and hot tubs were relaxing.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Comedy club made up for what the other shows were lacking.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Our cabin steward was outstanding! Bar tenders were great. Dining room wait staff were mediocre.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

The ship was very clean and tidy. Decor is outdated.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Very clean, not very big, but big enough not to be claustrophobic.

Ship tip

There is no fan in the bathroom so bring air freshener.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Very efficient. Due to limited time frame we were not able to explore the port.

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Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

3 out of 5

The port was nice. We booked the dune buggy and waterfall excursion. The waterfalls were great. The dune buggies were not well maintained. We were waiting for it to fall apart on the extremely bumpy trail. We were expecting to see a lot more of the scenery.

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Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

We booked the home-sweet-home excursion. We were extremely impressed with the beach, the food the staff, all were excellent. Easy 10 stars.

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

It was confusing and annoying to us how Gabe the cruise director gave completely different instructions on express disembarkation than the other staff. The process did however go smoothly.