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Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 124

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Freedom of the Seas

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 07, 2017

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8536

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

The ports of call were wonderful.  We sailed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, St. Marengo and St. Kitts.  It was extremely easy getting on and off the ship at each port.  The shows each evening were pretty darned god from the acappella group to the male singer to the ice skating shows.  Special note....make sure to see the ice skating show.  It was amazing.

 

  Dinners in the main dining rom ranged from good to very good.  We ate in two specialty dining rooms, Chops and Giovanni's.  Chops was so good we ate there three of the eight nights.  Giovanni's was not good.  We ate there at 6:00p.m. One night and three of our four dinners were cold to lukewarm.  There was no excuse for this as the restaurant only had about eight people eating that early.  Also, the food was tasteless.  C'mon Royal Caribbean, you can do better than this.

 

 

 

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Our cabin was kept immaculate by the able hands of Basel Duncan our cabin steward. He excels at his job and Royal Caribbean is to be commended for having such a great cabin steward on board.

Ship tip

The Viking Lounge on Deck 14 has floor to ceiling views and comfortable chairs.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

2 out of 5

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

1 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
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JohnsonL    7 years ago

Thank you for the complete review. I hope you registered your comments about the food in Giovanni's on the Royal Caribbean post-cruise survey. We also like spending time in the Viking Crown Lounge right after the sail away on embarkation day. The view is immersive and the comfort and service there is a great way to go from onshore to the escape of the beautiful ocean.

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