The food was awful, and it was crowded

Item: Carnival Freedom
Rating: 3
Author: hannahkeith5989

Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

hannahkeith5989

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 27

Overall rating:

3 out of 5

Verified Review

4 Night Bahamas (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 01, 2023

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1202

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

I’ve been on multiple cruises and typically enjoyed each one. I know that no vacation is perfect and cruises have their limitations. That being said, we really had to search for the silver linings. The food was truly atrocious and gave us food poisoning! Our travel day home was miserable! The staff is always a pleasure and worked hard to be friendly. But even they told us the cruise is overbooked and they were short staffed. I would not recommend booking this cruise on this ship. and even though I’ve had good carnival cruise experiences prior, this one was so bad that I will definitely not be booking through carnival again.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

The cruise was so overbooked we were unable to eat at the buffet but one time. The food we did get was really bad, like something wrong with it. We had chicken tenders that tasted like they were friend in old oil, and an apple pie with black spots all in it. The last day of the cruise we got food poisoning!

Onboard Activities

1 out of 5

So over crowded they were difficult to access

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Was recently on fire and you could tell. Just not well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ship tip

Book a different ship

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

3 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Bimini, Bahamas

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

9 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Itspeace4me 1 year ago

Thank you for the review.

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lsbs 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate the feedback

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Sorry this cruise didn’t come close to meeting your expectations.

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cdavid46 1 year ago

Uh oh! Sorry that your trip had to end with food poisoning!

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Oops sorry 😞 thanks

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise.

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Lawnboy1956 1 year ago

You should avoid the three and four day to the Bahamas cruises. They are always the worst stick to 7 to 10 days and pick up more upscale line and you’ll be happier.

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