Carnival Freedom Cruise Reviews - Reviews

First cruise so I don’t have another cruise line to compare to. Overall we had fun. Staff very friendly. The buffet and bar lines were ridiculously long.

This was a good cruise. With good food and comparable drink prices. Not our best cruise but we enjoyed it.

Another great cruise experience with Carnival. Again we really enjoyed our cruise on the Freedom and we are looking forward to our first Carnival repeat cruise on the Magic in April/May of 2023. Cruising is great! 😎🚢☀️🩴🏝🪸🐠🌺🙏🏻

We had. Good family trip. The CD, James Love, was awesome..very entertaining!

The Carnival cruise line is very bad and unorganized cruise company. Please stay away from this ship. Better go on Norwegian or Disney cruise

We had an enjoyable time and would recommend Carnival Freedom.

Overall the cruise was enjoyable, very relaxing and we met some great couples and had a lot of fun.

This was the 4th carnival cruise since the restart and sadly the most disappointing experience of all 4.  I booked this as a last minute 5 day get away knowing the ship was dated and the cruise ports might change because of the growing storm that hit grand turks. Cons/Pros Multiple maintenance issues in cabin: burned out overhead light, door lock inoperable, sewage smell outside door, missing weather stripping around door  that shone a bright light around the entire doorway at night, missing night light bulb, loose electrical sockets that wouldn't hold plugs, empty mini bar etc. And BROWN HOT WATER which cabin steward said was normal "dont worry - just run it for a while".  I had the first two corrected as it was safety issue.  I used only cold water in the sink. Service; Alchemy bar was disappointing.  All the drink were mixed with extra juices, sodas, or tonic water.  Not my experience on other carnival ships Alchemy bar.  After first 2 days we stopped ordering drinks here.  Red Frog Pub had a rude bartender as well and this space was always empty and boring. Other staff was adequate but nobody delivered over the top service including the dining rooms.   Dining: Had My Time dining and the app worked great. Wish all ships had this app. No wait.  Food service was efficient but almost to much so.  If you ordered multiple apps everything was brought to the table at once and crammed onto the surface . One time we were still eating our app when the entrée was sat on the edge of the table. Same with dessert.  Didn't experience this on other dining rooms on previous carnival. The food was tasty but not adventurous.   Princess Cays This is a tender port and the set up to tender is ridiculous.  Guest have to get up at 630 am and go to a specific location to retrieve timed tender tickets for princess cays, then - wait for there tender time to be called in the morning.  This is absurd and was like a leg from The Amazing Race.  With port time limited from 8 am to 3 pm If you had anything after 11 - open tender you hardly had 2 good hours on the princess cays.  It wasn't worth all the work involved. CHEERS PACKAGE With each sailing more brands are disappearing from the bars and I'm talking just mid level brands: crown royal, some bourbons and rums.  Also now (according to bartenders) if you order a specific cocktail with a specific brand your alcohol content will be cut in HALF and substituted with juice or soda etc.  Example if you order a Dirty Mojito you can only have it with 2 shots of barcardi or cheaper rum but if you order it with Kraken or other higher brand you will get one shot of rum and more juice.  It was like this for other drinks I suppose. However I was still satisfied with the package as we used it for all our hydration needs and purchased over 150 drinks over 5 days. Entertainment Fair - 1 comedian for 5 days was not enough variety. Only 2 production shows that were best musical melodies okay to pass the time but if seen once or twice elsewhere that is enough. Ship trios were entertaining.   Casino: I hit the jackpot and a won a couple thousand so Ill put that in the PRO column.   Takeaway: This would be a cruise for someone who is fine with hours to fill laying by the pool and drinking cocktails, gambling, eating and having fun.  I had no advance expectations of luxury, over the top service, food or experience which carnival delivered on.  Its the equivalent of doing a staycation at a low tier resort by the airport.  Some sketchy neighbors but the price was good and you got to where you wanted to go.  

If your looking for a nice little get a way, this is it. Nice ports to stop at, very friendly staff, good food, good shows, very pretty ship. We had just a little over 3,000 people which I like. The bigger ship can have 6,000 plus people, and that is just too much for me.

The cruise was great! Not much changed since going on this ship two previous times.

Attentive service. Clean and comfortable room. Dining rooms were better than the buffet. Overall enjoyable cruise.

My wife and I use carnival cruise line for all our cruises and we normally enjoy and have a great time on all our trips. But the last trip was not pleasant. We kept smelling smoke and septic. And the food buffets kept closing periodically throughout the day. The staff were pleasant and great as usual.

Just went downhill I can’t believe we don’t mean anything to you anymore!

We are so done with Carnival after this. Between the horrible sewage smell and the loud metal banging, it was enough for us to decide to stick with another line in the future since we’ve only had these issues on Carnival. They really need to fix their issues and stop pretending like they don’t exist when guests complain about them.

The best anniversary experience ever...Our statement Christopher was always there to greet us he is so kind and helpful very pleasant. I love everything about my experience. I thought I was going to be sea sick but to my surprise the boat was not rocking like I thought it would. I look forward to sailing again

I’ve said it all above…again, great cruise! Great room! Great staff! Great activities and other things to do! Great ports! And great excursions!

We went on this cruise for my birthday and there was entertainment, shopping, and activities for all ages (family of 4 ages 13-60). We didn’t love Nausseau (extremely crowded with pushy peddlers) but we did the dolphin excursion this day that I HIGHLY recommend)! The private island was nice - lunch on the beach was average but every meal on ship was delicious. You really don’t need cash except to tip your room stewards because you can purchase everything with your room card that’s connected to your credit or debit card. It was an overall incredible experience!

Need to do away with having to ck in for dinner at My Time Dining. And shld not charge for corkage Fee, which cost more than my Wine & takes 1 minute to Open.

Overall it was A nice relaxing little getaway for me and my husband. Our rumor attendant GUSTI was AWESOME and so friendly. Best part of our trip. Also the PLAYLIST show was awesome. The cast was phenomenal, I'm sure I will see them on the big screen in the near future. I forgot all of their names but one of the girls has such a powerful voice. If you go to the show you will immediately know who I am referring too. The buffet... MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT: The omlette line and the Mongolian Wok line is AWFUL. 2 cooks, sometimes 1 cook for over 1500 people is assisnine. It was the most frustrating situation I've ever experienced. The Sushi is good but there is a fee, the seafood was good but there is a fee, and the steakhouse was very nice but there is a fee. Smh... Larry at the bar on the 3rd floor is THE MAN!!!!! Ask for him. All of the staff was very very very nice and accommodating but overall the experience was just not what we are use too. And to buy a liquor package but only allowed 15 drinks a day is annoying.

Clean rooms, delicious good quality food, great shows.