Routine Western Caribbean Cruise
Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western
6 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)
Sail date: April 09, 2017
Ship: Freedom of the Seas
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 9232
Traveled as: Family (young children)
Reviewed: 7 years ago
Review summary
This cruise did not live up to expectations resulting from our prior cruises with Royal Caribbean. Very crowded due to lots of children with adults, which would not be a problem except staff could not handle volume. Dinner in dining room took a as much as 3 hours. Drink package did not have enough variety and quality of wines (especially when compared with 2 NCL cruises we took in Jan & Feb). That said, we still thought specialty restaurants were great, wait staff on pool decks was very attentive and fast. Our room was well cared for by our steward. Very organized embarkation, disembarkation, tendering, and docking at ports.
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Ship tip
Very good specialty dining packages for sale first day - you can buy a package of 4 and use all at the same meal if you are in a group of 4.
Ports of call
Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida