Carnival is terrible

Item: Carnival Freedom
Rating: 3.4
Author: tanqueray

Carnival Freedom Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

tanqueray

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 24

Overall rating:

3.4 out of 5

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5 Night Eastern Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 11, 2024

Ship: Carnival Freedom

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7270

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 months ago

Review summary

Never again with Carnival. The two ports we stopped on weren't very impressive. The service people were great, but not enough to make up for the poor food and guest experience and lack of any medical team. All they said was they couldn't do any diagnostics because of no tools, and offered to sell me over the counter remedies that I already had. Due to the internet for my daughter not working properly we were billed over $120 by AT&T for messaging even though it said we were on the Carnival WiFi.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Getting on was quick & easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Food poisoning day 1. I was stuck in cabin day 2 onward. Medical staff useless to non-existent. Wound up in hospital the day we returned. I thought I was going to have to be air lifted it was so bad.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

It had activities, my family did like beer pong, trivia, casino. I couldn't do any of it.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

I tried one day one. Not impressed.

Children's Programs

Kids were 17+, so no kids programs for her and son is 27.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

They tried.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Actually, was dirty most of the time, but they did try to clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

cabin was nice, but I was stuck there the whole time. So they didn't really take care of it or clean it as much because I was in it.

Ship tip

Try another cruise line.

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida Did not visit port

Live here

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Grand Turk Island

3 out of 5

Amber Cove (Puerto Plata), Dominican Republic

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Rough start, but they whisked us off quickly. They wheeled me in a wheelchair to the car in parking lot.

13 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing

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Patsy7780 7 months ago

Sorry you had a rough time hand washing is very important. I was on Freedom not that long ago had a fantastic time, food great, staff awesome.

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Frogboo95 7 months ago

Sounds great. Thanks

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jimbo502 7 months ago

I bet you’re fun to be around.NOT.

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Gwbigdog 7 months ago

Oops 😬 sorry thanks

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carolj68 8 months ago

OK thanks

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byhisgrace 8 months ago

Yikes

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lsbs 8 months ago

Thanks for the review.

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cruising2004 8 months ago

Did you forget to put your phone in airplane mode?

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BrittH1981 8 months ago

Sour grapes. Carnival is not responsible for your phone provider. They or no cruise line are able to run diagnostics. They’re not a hospital, they’re a clinic. Take your own Pepto or Tums. What did you expect them to do for you? I left this ship today. The food was fantastic, the ship was clean, the staff were friendly, and our experience was awesome. It is what you make of it. You knew the ports of call when you booked the cruise. I didn’t care for Bimini, but I’m not gonna blast Carnival for that. Maybe cruising is not for you?

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gwright1129 8 months ago

Lol... quite an impressive review for someone that was stuck in their cabin from day 1🤷‍♀️

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javawoody 8 months ago

Interesting?????

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HeavySeas 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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