Don’t have high expectations

Item: Carnival Freedom
Rating: 2.8
Author: whitmanclan

Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

whitmanclan

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 18

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5

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5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 05, 2023

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6327

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Do not recommend Carnival. Terrible organization getting on and off. Changed itineraries while cruising due to passenger medical emergency which is expected. Will not be back.

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Terrible organization. Worse than a herd of cattle. Trying to get incoming on board while getting outgoing off. Very congested.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Guy’s burger joint was great. Highly recommend. Other food was good. Main dining is not high quality. Stick with buffets.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

1 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

4 out of 5

Grand Turk Island Did not visit port

Unfortunately there was a medical emergency and we stopped in the Bahamas and not grand turks. Very disappointed.

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Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Very disorganized and chaotic. Carnival continued to blame customs for the delays/backups when the real issue was trying to get us off quick while crew cleans rooms and boarding new passengers at same time.

8 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Itspeace4me 1 year ago

Thank you for your review.

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lsbs 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing.

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cortneyb 1 year ago

it is customs. they tell the line to hold off letting others off until things start clearing. this happened to me on royal. we weren't off the ship until 11am with royal Caribbean due to customs

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate your view

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cdavid46 1 year ago

Unfortunately, embarkation seems to be an issue across several cruise lines. I believe a lot of the frustration at embarkation/debarkation is the fault of the port staff and not really the ship staff. But, it is frustrating either way! Sorry about your experience.

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

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

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kdlady 1 year ago

How do you know Carnival was lying about customs delaying your debarkation? That happens all the time.

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