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Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Freedom of the Seas

Eastern Caribbean

Sail date: January 24, 2016

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 8525

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

started out really impressed  but it went downhill over several smaller things.  If you get the soft drink package only there are machines on deck 5 and deck 11 ONLY.  No big deal but the ones on 5 were broke most of the time.  Watch out for any food (like the Tortuga rum cakes) in their ship store.  When we opened them up they had expired in May of 2013!  The main dinning food was okay but the buffet on deck 11 beat it almost every day.  They do really try to bleed you on (I suspect) all cruises.  120 bucks to park!  An ATM machine that would only give you 50 bucks at a time no matter what your balance was (6.50 per transaction so I don't think this was an accident)

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
when choosing a cabin look closely at the layout and pick one not too far from the stairs/elevators or you will double your walking on this ship

Ship tip

make sure you check out dining options since we found better food in the Windjammer dinning than the main one

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Cococay (Cruise Line's Private Island)

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
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6 Comments

Surfinmimi    8 years ago

Sometimes food packages have two dates stamped in different locations. One is when the food was packaged and the other is the expiration date.

Csonnal    8 years ago

Fountain.

lindackelley    8 years ago

Does the bars use can soda or fountain?

pattytracker    8 years ago

You can go to any bar to get soda. You don't have to use the machines at all if you don't want to.

Budguy    8 years ago

Soft drink Machines only on 5 and 11?

lindackelley    8 years ago

THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SELL EXPIRED FOOD. They can look their license.

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