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Carnival Freedom Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 51

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5
Carnival Freedom

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 08, 2023

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1432

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Overall the cruise ship wasn’t my favorite, more negative to me than positive compared to other I have been, but the most important was I had my family and we all had fun anyways.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
They didn’t follow the boarding time and was a little to crowed on out time , with was 11:00 am. But overall was fast. They separate our group to check in. I had my 17th year old son, who they put him on a side and didn’t inform why , staff in the port was a little rude . All they needed was an adult to be responsible of his cabin. Why they made a big deal . No idea when I was right there .

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Drinks was amazing , service was very good, no complaints about the staff. Food very disappointed, buffet was pretty much the same every single day . Pizza was actually great. The main dinning the service was very nice , but food could be better . I wasn’t impressed.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Small ship , not much going on beside game tables and 1 slide . Pool are was great , hot tubs was nice and wasn’t crowded

Entertainment

2 out of 5
The comedian suck, the 80’s show was entertaining but I have seen better ones in other cruise ships .

Children's Programs

5 out of 5
I give 5 starts because all the kids on this cruise was in control , I didn’t have any to put in any program but I guess it is great .

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Al always staff in any ship I have been it is not disappointed, they work so hard and away and beyond to make you happy and comfortable.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
The ship is old , decor is outdated but was clean .

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Richard was our housekeeper, amazing person and he taking care so well of our room and my family’s. He was the best . Room was comfortable and spacious, shower are little small but still fine.

Ship tip

Small ship and outdated, I was expecting more , but overall we had fun and the ports we stopped was beautiful just wish we could stayed longer in the islands.

Ports of call

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Absolutely love it , beautiful place, comfortable and gorgeous water. We did a catamaran snorkel and was beautiful we saw a lot fish .

Bimini, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Beautiful island but small, people super friendly, we ate at the locals favorite, conch is delicious. But they canceled our tour because of choppy waters .

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5
Cocoa Beach is beautiful we had a great time there , was only a day but enough to enjoy

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very easy and fast !!!

Traveler Photos

Beach in Bimini 1 pool slide Catamaran Our time dine Embarkation
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7 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

Frogboo95    1 year ago

Sounds like a great Cruise.

byhisgrace    1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your family and the ports of call. Sorry you didn’t enjoy the ship.

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the review

cruising2004    1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us

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