Freedom of the Seas June 2016

Item: Freedom of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: rwynn

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

rwynn

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 14

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Port Canaveral Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 05, 2016

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9268

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Overall the cruise was very good and I would cruise on Royal Caribbean again. The suite room and balcony were larger then expected. Very helpful and friendly staff. Clean ship and fun excursions. Very confusing "My Time Dining". Makes it sound like you can show up and eat whenever you want but that was not the case. We had to make reservations and with only one night exception we were not able to be seated until within about 5 minutes of that time. Also not happy with the beverage package. Paid daily fee per adult to have soft drinks and every day either the machines were out of ice, out of drinks or out of order completely. For the size of the ship they should have had more machines or had someone servicing them more often. We definitely did not get our money worth for the cost.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Very confusing "My Time Dining". Makes it sound like you can show up and eat whenever you want but that was not the case. We had to make reservations and with only one night exception we were not able to be seated until within about 5 minutes of that time. Also not happy with the beverage package. Paid daily fee per adult to have soft drinks and every day either the machines were out of ice, out of drinks or out of order completely. For the size of the ship they should have had more machines or had someone servicing them more often. We definitely did not get our money worth for the cost. Food was good though.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 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

Room and balcony larger than expected. Room Steward was very attentive, responsive, helpful and friendly. He had the "Wow" factor.

Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Coxen Hole, Roatan, Bay Islands, Honduras

5 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

2 Comments

frazer519 8 years ago

There are several machines on the ship. We found the promenade usually had an issue with one of their machines but seemed quick to fix it. We usually went to the 11th floor to get our refills as this was usually open and not busy at all.

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Patrick4 8 years ago

You can get from the bars too w the soda package...it is relatively a cheap package. You are lucky you had the machines, all ships don't have them.

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