Best Time Ever!

Item: Freedom of the Seas
Rating: 4.6
Author: DesireeStrong

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

DesireeStrong

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

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7 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 05, 2016

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7688

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Excellent and extremely friendly service! Fantastic servers and bar tenders! Highly entertaining shows! Cruising with Royal Caribbean is the most economical and really fun way to spend time with family and friends! Next time, Quantum!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The food was amazing at the Chef's table! The dining room was average but service was excellent! The food at the Wind Jammer was very good. Music and DJ was annoying in the mornings at the Wind Jammer. Would love to just listen to Reggae or something more reminiscent of tropical places.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Excellent band! But would love more Reggae music played by the band please! Especially on days at sea when you're laying out by the pool! Less pop songs and old songs.

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

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Service and Staff

5 out of 5

We LOVED Christopher and Mauro! They are the best! Friendly, informative and entertaining! Give them a raise! Our room attendant Martha was also wonderful and extremely helpful!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

I would've been more comfortable (sanitary) with a true mattress cover over the foam that was put down on top of the mattress. There was only a sheet.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Needs a real mattress cover instead of just a sheet. Better pillows...not so flat. More blankets on the bed. A/C worked very well! Room is very quiet! TV remote did not work very well. Need taller chairs on balcony so you can see the horizon when you sit. View is obstructed by the railing. Would have loved a coffee maker!

Ship tip

The pizza on the promenade was not very good but it was great to have a starbucks! It was very cool to have a mall on the boat and an Ice Skating rink, rock wall, wave runner, volleyball court, Johnny Rockets...lot's of amenities! Overall, we had an excellent experience on Freedom!

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

1 out of 5

Really run down. Not enough attendants at the port upon disembarkation. Lines rediculously long and process extremely lengthy.

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George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5

Belize City, Belize

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

4 Comments

JohnsonL 8 years ago

DesireeStrong,

Thank you for the feedback and the observations. I hope we get some more observations from cruisers and some reaction from RCCL. This should be a great time to cruise, off peak and off holiday.

Our RCCL cruises out of Port Canaveral have had embarks and debarks that were almost as fast as we could walk. I hope this gets resolved very quickly and the oasis class cruises out of Ft Lauderdale can end on a good note for all.

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DesireeStrong 8 years ago

JohnsonL,

I really do not know what the delay was. We were not given a reason and the pager was not aware either when asked. The only reason I can think of is that this was their very first time docking at this port.

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AuntPinkie 8 years ago

Happy to hear you had a good cruise. I am always interested in other ships and cruise lines.

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JohnsonL 8 years ago

Sorry to hear about the Ft. Lauderdale debarkation delays, but that is a good warning for flight planning. Were you in a later group for debarkation, or is it possible that you were assigned lower priority to get passengers with flight arrangements off the ship first?

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