DISAppointment

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 57

Overall rating:

2 out of 5
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Freedom of the Seas

6 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 04, 2016

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9668

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

the personnel on rccl where outstanding but management sucks, they now charge 5% for me to use my own money in the casino, they used to play bingo with multiple games, I paid $142 to play 3 games, how cheap can you get, and all I got for my money was a stupid t-shirt with the word bingo, in large letters on the back, the couldn"t even use rccl logo on the back, my grandkids wouldn"t even wear them, I threw them in the garbage. also on one occasion we did not dress up and supper in the buffet. what a disappointment. I found hot dogs, french fries, and hamburgers. what kind of supper buffet is that. If rccl continues to get cheap then i might as well get cheap also and start looking for bargains on other cruise lines. I have been on 4 rccl cruises. what a big disappointment that they have gotten that cheap. I traveled with my son and his wife and paid for us all at chops, the lobster for $21 dollars was a 1 pd. lobster cut in half. not more than 6 or 7 ounces of tail. and my braised beef was unchewable. when I brought it to their attention they just took it away with no remorse or comment of any kind, what a wasted $161

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

the menu was lacking, on one occasion there was nothing on the menu that i liked and they would only serve what was on the menu

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

not used

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
left and additional tip to our stateroom attendent

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

3 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

3 out of 5
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StressPlanner    7 years ago

To be respectful of the Windjammer staff, there is much more found in the Windjammer for dinner.  Every dinner there is a new carved meat, multiple hot sides, other meat choices, a themed meal along the grill area (Mexican inspired, whole pig roast, hibachi, and a different one every night that followed), picnic food as described, soups, endless salad options, sushi/Asian food every night, as well as countless dessert options.  I don't know if you happened upon it as it was just opening or closing but I have never ventured into the Windjammer and there not been much more available than just as described.  We eat in the Windjammer every night because we have three young children and prefer to relax than sit in the main dining room for hours each night.  After 29+ dinners (100+meals when including breakfast and lunch) in the Windjammer on multiple ships we have never had a point where we had lack of choice.  I would suggest writing your concern of the Windjammer to Royal Caribbean directly because if that was the case there obviously was an issue that night.

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