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Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
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Carnival Freedom

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 01, 2023

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7404

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Great time with a great director. Just a few small areas that hurt when you think about how much you spend.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fantastic sail off

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
The restaurants was great especially the chefs table. The buffet was terrible, and definitely needs to be revamped. There was a lot of cold food that was supposed to be hot. The choices was absolutely horrible.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
My wife and I did everything there was to offer. We went to every show we could, participated in a few. I suggested to gabe (our cruise director) that for elegant night, you should through a gala, a ball, or a prom for adults. Give us a reason to get dressed and enjoy the night.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Shows were as expected and a joy to watch.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Everyone was very polite and respectful.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
The ship was pretty and clean but did have an older smell to it. You could tell that it is an older ship. Some parts of the deck are bubbled up.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Our room was just fine. Small shower but everything was ok.

Ship tip

Enjoy and try to look past the small issues.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

4 out of 5
The port isn’t too bad. I didn’t really see the point of sitting with our bags waiting to be called up. I believe that part could be improved. Also upon returning, the birth certificate line, which is the most commonly used line only had 3 attendees. That could use more help to get people out easier, faster.

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

5 out of 5
Nice port, but they all seem to offer the exact same stuff.

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5
Not to pleased with going to Turks and Caicos only to find out that we’re on the island of Turks and Caicos that is completely run down and not popular and/or exciting. Also I paid $90 per person to go to an all inclusive beach which is supposed to be special and inviting. When what I received was a very small area where those of us who did spend unnecessarily money was sitting elbow to elbow with each other and a local with about 6 dogs walking in and out of our chairs. I am soooo pissed off about that excursion. Not pleased at all.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
It was ok,
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4 Comments

byhisgrace    1 year ago

Thanks for your review

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the review

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