Carnival Freedom Cruise Reviews - Reviews

We celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary aboard the Carnival Freedom during this cruise. The staff and crew aboard this ship made us realize that there is still a place on earth that you can get away from it all, celebrate how ever you want, and be treated with kindness and great service every where you went every day! This memory will be forever embedded in our hearts, and hope that all who reads this, encourages them to make a memory with Carnival! Happy Sailing To You!!!!

As a whole the cruise was wonderful. The only disappointment was one of the tours. Really a waste of time. Sort of like traveling to NYC to get a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty. Food and service was wonderful. Staff was wonderful.

I enjoyed the cruise and am looking forward to the next one. I ate so much I should have gained a ton. It is amazing how much food that is available on the cruise.

RATED: NCL a top quality time ... Carnival not sure. WAS DELIGHTED to find I was all wrong about the Carnival. Will definately be going again ... soon ... as they are great.

Love cruising with you company !!! great service, excellent activities , Great excursion , ship is clean . thank you for all you do !! please stop sending so many e mails.

Its was fun .we are so happy enjoyed.I gave credit all the person who make possible who work there excellent job.My kid ask me when we are comback i said verry soon thank you

Had an awesome time. Clean ship, great food and staff. Shows were fun. Would gladly do it again........................................................

Overall, we enjoyed our first cruise and had a really good family vacation! Below are a few feedback to Carnival Cruise that can improve ours and other guests experience even more. Hope the feedback can be provided to Carnival Cruiseline. Thanks! 1. Carnival should consider providing coupons to reach family for the activities so everyone / kids get a chance to experience them, i.e. basketball, volleyball courts are alway so full and our kids never had a chance to play. 2. Provide gourmet coffee to guests without additional charges as that seems to be provided at all inclusive resorts and it’s not costly for Carnival to provide. 3. For the Carnival photos, the cost per photo is too expensive, ie. one 5 x 7 @ $15 and one 8x7 @ $22. Carnival should consider putting up screen for guests to review pictures and then select and print only the ones they want to purchase with out wasting ink and papers and not helping the environments. Also with the digital age today, Carnival should consider provide an affordable digital copy purchase combo so guests can purchase entire photos and print on their own when return home. I bet the guests are more willing to purchase the digital options and at the same time, Carnival can help save the environments without wasting all the printed pictures and guests not purchasing them at such a high price. 4. For the snacks area, provide a little more variety for dessert thru out the day other than just ice cream. There are many folks who are lactose intolerance. 5. Provide more varieties to the buffet as they seems to the same everyday and lack of variety on fruits options too. Fruits are cheap. 6. Provide better mandatory safety muster station training with smaller groups. Waiting for everyone for role call is effective and can post medical issues to elderly and people with disabilities waiting so long and in the heat. 7. Provide long time at each port so guests can enjoy the country 8. Provide more clarity for excursion for each port as we were not aware for the 'Barrier Reef Snorkel' excursion would take us directory to the snorkel site and no visit onto Belize at all. We wouldn't have booked this if we would have the details from Carnival. 9. Would like to have better clarity upfront from when customer would receive the 'on board credit for use'. We were not clear on that until we spoke 'guest services' on the ship.

The overall experience was amazing. Before setting sail, I was a little anxious, but once I got onboard, I was surprised by the level of hospitality the staff had and how much there was to do! It was a great experience for my family and I We are already looking at cruising again!

The overall experience was a great on indeed, everything about it was well, the food, the drinks, the people, the ship, the entertainment, the crew, the excursions, all... It was so good we are planning to go on a cruise every year from now on!

We had a great experience. We were never hungry and the rooms were comfortable. The staff provided remarkable service. We would definitely go again. The weather and water were beautiful.

Long time cruiser, had to pick this time since there were many other family members going together, all adults.  There were many families with lots of children and during the at sea days & at nights; there were many groups of youth unsupervised.

Crew very focused on knowing us by name and was very friendly.  Noticed many things that Carnival has cut or now you have to pay for it. 

Good for first or second time cruisers!

Carnival is as advertised. It is a  ship designed to have "fun".  Lots of drinking. Malcom, the cruise director, was a lot of fun. Very engaging and seemed like he was having a good time. 

There were lots of activities. Guys Burger Bar was one of the best burgers I have ever had. The buffet was really good. 

Dining room didn't enforce dress code. Elegant night wasn't very elegant. Lots of cutoff sleeves and hats on most nights. 

He dining room had booths. That's the worst thing on a ship. It was hot and no air could circulate. Plus, people watching was out of the question. 

So much to do one the ship! It was an awesome experience as usual with Carnival. The Steak House is a must at least once. The cruise director Malcolm was great as well. The only thing I would change would be making the cabin a little cooler, we brought a fan and that helped a bunch.   

there is a playlist performer named timothy that is on the freedom boat.  he has very very good voice and dance moves.  he is very very personable and loves meeting new people. Alex  the entertainment director fixed a major issue i had with the carnival live performance.  he took time out of his very busy schedule and had a nice conversation with me and took care of issue.  he is an asset to carnival.   ELLEN HARDMAN.  the travel agent who i worked with at took care of every question, comment, concern that i had.  she goes so far out of her way to make her customers happy and satisfied with the cruises that we book me on.  this is my second cruise with carnival and she booked both of them for me and i will not go to another agent to help me with carnival cruises.  

This was our 13th family cruise but our 1st time with Carnival. We had heard so many negative stories about Carnival, most notably the Triumph incidents, and had been told that Carnival was just a party cruise. However we are closest to the Galveston, TX port and the other cruise lines seem to have abandoned using Texas as their port so we booked on Carnival this time. So much for our Gold status on Norwegian :( Anyway my entire family was overall impressed by this trip and will not hesitate to choose Carnival again in the future.

Main positives; 1) Very friendly and caring staff at every position. We have had other cruise line trips were it seemed the staff was not happy and you could tell. So this was a very pleasant surprise and helped make this trip very enjoyable. 2) Food quality was above average and in the top three experiences we have had on a cruise line. Lately on different trips we have had to upgrade to the specialty restaurants in order to get the quality and service you desire while on vacation. On the Carnival Freedom we received excellent service and top quality food in the main dining room using general seating.

So main negatives: 1) Unfortunately for half of my family we were on the floor above the dance club. So from 11 PM until 2 AM sleeping was almost impossible with the steady thump, thump, thump of the deep base from the music. They did a great job of stopping the mid to high frequencies but that deep base just pounded for three to four hours every night. ARRggghhh we would get up more and more tired every morning. 2) The only other complaint I heard from the group was how crowded most events were, meaning either they would not have enough seating for the events and/or the lines and waiting time were long at most events and areas. This being said the crew did a great job with getting everyone on and off the ship at ports in a timely manner. Happy sailing!

Good relaxing cruise. Stops were good, some were better than others but I also find it interesting seeing the different countries and cultures as they are. Some improvements could be made but that is the case with everything.  I would recommend.

Loved the food, Key West, and Nassau. All ship employee were outstanding and so very friendly and helpful. Our servers were the very best: Josito, Dexter, and John Michael. And Komang brought our drinks from the bar every  night. They were excedllent and so friendly.

The Freedom had many issues such as AC not working on several floors and hallways. Several of us had toilet issues. It seemed as if the ship was understaffed. In fact, many veteran cruisers we met told us this was the worst cruise they'd been on. As this was our first cruise, it put a very bad taste in my mouth. I don't believe I will EVER cruise again. 

Great family cruise! Steward service was subpar in our room but everything else was great. Liked the relaxed dining. Big ship with lots of people. If you do not like crowds, this is not the cruise for you.