Sept2014 cruise

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 72

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Freedom of the Seas

Eastern Caribbean

Sail date: September 21, 2014

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7666

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 10 years ago

Review summary

Service was great.  Everything was clean and beautiful.  Food on buffet was great and we had a memorable meal at Chops - excellent in every way.  Main dining room service was excellent and food was very good.  Most of the production shows and comedians were good.  We could have done with a LOT less of the "reality-tv" type shows.  We also had a medical emergency aboard ship.  Instead of a air lifting the person off, the ship was diverted to port to drop the person off.  This schedule change made it impossible for us to keep itinerary and we lost one of our 3 day stops to a few evening hours in San Juan.  We certainly wanted best for ill person, but this whole situation was not well communicated to the passengers and made for lots of confusion.  I still wonder why if it was emergency, they did not air lift the person.  It was a very nice cruise but we have seen better entertainment on other lines.  We went to two activities listed on the daily schedule and they had been cancelled.  Good vacation and we would probably go Royal Caribbean in the future but we will consider other lines for our next cruise.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Chops specialty restaurant was A+ and not just for a ship - it was excellent. All food was good-service wonderful.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Good but we went to 2 things that were cancelled-ie a liquor tasting at the store.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Nothing memorable - too much audience participation "reality-tv" type show.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Main dining staff was excellent. Service everywhere was good.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Clean everywhere - beautiful!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Try Chops - well worth the money and have the fillet!

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Cococay (Cruise Line's Private Island)

3 out of 5
nothing special here - water very shallow for quite a ways out. Nice but better stops elsewhere

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

1 out of 5
cancelled - see other comments

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
snorkeling was super as was the kayaking
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