Very Disappointing! Not enough to do on the ship if you did not drink or gamble!

Item: Carnival Freedom
Rating: 4.1
Author: adriannedenmark

Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

adriannedenmark

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

Verified Review

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 08, 2023

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6331

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

At this point I will not travel on Carnival again. Like I was said, if you did not gamble or drink, you were very bored on the ship. Pickleball was advertised and no one showed up and there was not a pickleball court (it was a volleyball court with volleyball net). The service of the staff and the food was wonderful, no complaints there.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Too long! Too many people are allowed to go when it is not their turn!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Very good, but for a 5 days cruise, only two nights of shows was disappointing. A pickleball tournament was advertised...but no one showed up to organize it and the courts were volleyball courts. Should never have been advertised.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

The service was wonderful and we loved our cabin crew and also our waiter at dinner.

Ship tip

To research the ship and make sure there are other things to do aboard that don't include drinking and gambling.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

We did not do an excursion or even leave the ship because the island view from the boat wasn't very applealing.

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Bimini, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Wonderful!! Walked on the beach and swam in the ocean and also took the trolley around the town.

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

too many people left when it was not their turn which backed up everything and put us getting off much later than we thought we would.

12 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Frogboo95 1 year ago

Sorry you missed your pickleball. It obviously means alot to you. Perhaps you will find a Pickleball Cruise later. I have never seen it on any of our Cruises.

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byhisgrace 1 year ago

Yikes 😳 sorry

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carolj68 1 year ago

I love being on a cruise ship. Soooooo much to do. Sorry u had nothing to do. Try a larger ship with longer itineraries.

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lsbs 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.

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cruisent 1 year ago

How on earth can you be bored being on a ship in the middle of the ocean?! That alone is why I love to cruise! 😊

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your feedback. Sorry this cruise didn’t meet your expectations.

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dkantouth 1 year ago

Curious to what you wanted to do on the ship but could not. Clearly pickleball, which is played on tennis courts all over. Most just expand it to the interior dimensions.

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javawoody 1 year ago

If you can’t entertain yourself cruising may not be for you

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AlwaysBeaCruisn 1 year ago

Sorry you weren't happy with your cruise. Give them 1 more shot.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed with parts of your cruise.

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