Disappointed in Specialty Dining, cruise smooth & relaxing

Item: Carnival Freedom
Rating: 3.2
Author: KSams

Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

KSams

Contributor Level: Purser

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

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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: 8 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!!!

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Ports of call

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

2 out of 5

No beach close by

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Grand Turk Island

5 out of 5

Beach great and located right as you get off ship.

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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.

7 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 5 months ago

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TiffyTaffy 8 months ago

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javawoody 8 months ago

Appreciate your comments

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Gwbigdog 8 months ago

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HeavySeas 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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byhisgrace 8 months ago

Thanks for your review.

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cruising2004 8 months ago

Sorry this wasn’t the best cruise. Thank you for your review.

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