Cruise 2017

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

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

nanafanatana

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 18, 2017

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin number: 7219

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Only two things that were alittle annoying, thought the wind jammer buffet was very confusing how it was set up, food in main dinning room was often cold, and last did not like that tip being adding to split among all employees, was told that they work for us No they work for Royal Caribbean. All and all had a great time.

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

Did a great job keep room nice, thank you Jimmy

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

3 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

3 out of 5

4 Comments

angel43528 7 years ago

You can go to guest services if you feel your service wasn't worth it and request that the gratuity be removed from your account and that you will be paying individuals in cash. We always tip extra along with the pre paid gratuities when booking our cruise. I always have a couple of 5$ bills somewhere on me or in my bag specifically for just that exemplary service and extra for my room steward and pool bar servers the last night of the cruise. I know of some that tip that extra the first night of their cruise.

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bcarman375 7 years ago

If you think your Waiter and assistance Waiter along with the cabin Stewart are worth the extra, give them a little extra cash. I do when I believe that they did a outstanding job.

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kknorr0320 7 years ago

The staff get it, as well as any cash tips. It all gets pooled and divided. They also know who hasn't paid their gratuities.

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twangster 7 years ago

Cruise lines, all of them, take automatic "gratuity" into the overall pool of revenue from a ship. Don't buy into the notion it goes directly, 100% to employees. They get paid, sure, all from the company, but the automatic gratuity is just another stream of revenue to the company. More likely much of it goes to executive bonuses.

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