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Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5
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Carnival Freedom

5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 26, 2024

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1221

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 months ago

Review summary

Weather didn’t cooperated, only 1 sun day out of 5. Not cruise line fault, obviously. Need port other than Amber Cove with beach close to pier. Steakhouse was a waste of my money. So disappointed as I scheduled it to celebrate my friends’ birthdays.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Easy and quick

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Main dining was good. Steakhouse specialty was bad, bad service, cold food, slow service.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pool was cold. Unfortunately weather didn’t cooperate.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Lame, boring, too loud.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
Main dining staff was excellent! Room steward was fantastic!! Specialty dining staff was bad, slow, had to ask for coffee 3 times.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Nice layout and clean and well maintained.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Nice to have 3 people without a bunk and nice to have porthole

Ship tip

Guy’s Burger Joint best place for lunch!!!

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

2 out of 5
No beach close by
Thumbs Up

Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5
Beach great and located right as you get off ship.
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
Confusing. Not sure when to get off. Told to get off when muster station called then app said to schedule my disembarkation time. Wasn’t sure which one to follow.
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