My first cruise

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
Freedom of the Seas

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 04, 2017

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 3605

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

plenty of fun things to do, great shows, wonderful waiters and staff.  Loved the food. Beautiful beaches and friendly people when stopping at ports. 

My only complaint is I thought it was very annoying to be constantly approached by restaurants on the ship while eating my meal and walking to dining room each day and night. I think it's poor taste and unnecessary!  

I also didn't like having to walk through the casino that smelled of cigarette smoke with many smokers. I can't believe that smoking is allowed on the ship. 

 

 

 

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Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Great job. Room was always cleaned.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

1 out of 5
Couldn't go there. Disappointed

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

3 out of 5
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8 Comments

Patrick4    7 years ago

great cruise, but the first morning at breakfast, we were approached twice during breakfast about a behind the scenes tour and hit up as we were leaving. We stopped outside of Leonardos and were asked again. I do agree the up selling pitches are getting ridiculous. Great ship and cruise though!

fortkk    7 years ago

I just got off of this ship today. I only saw the casino because I wanted to and we were approached two times about a dining package. While I am sure this could annoy some I did not bother us. What an absolutely beautiful ship and the staff was amazing!! Feels like they are family! The food was also wonderful and shows were fantastic! I would recommend this ship to all and hope to sail on freedom again soon!

HalfHand    7 years ago

mjbpurbeau, then what would people complain about? You obviously know nothing about cruising, the whole point of it is to spend a lot of money to get to complain for 7 days. The cool kids complain about smokers smoking in designated areas and then how they are never going on a cruise again.

mjbourbeau    7 years ago

Why did you "HAVE" to walk through the casino?? There are 13 other decks on that ship. As far as I know you don't HAVE to walk anywhere you don't want to??

madmick    7 years ago

we were on NCL Getaway this fall and being a former smoker with health problems from the smoking I probably won't cruse on that ship again.

ChalupaBatman    7 years ago

Sales try to convince you to purchase a dining package to one of their specialty restaurants.

seasickcyndi    7 years ago

following

willwork4cruz    7 years ago

What do you mean by "approached by restaurants"?

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