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Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 6
Helpful Votes: 97

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Freedom of the Seas

8 Night Western Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 11, 2017

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin number: 1814

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Royal has never failed us yet this cruise was amazing and felt like our first Thankyou for the wonder and new discovery I will always try to book the panoramic view rooms breathtaking views

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Ft lauderdale can be a little trying parking was in the mid port garage ship was on 29 there was a guide downstairs who directed my party to a shuttle very helpful we had one wheelchair bound no problem

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
Main dining room was great alifton and Vivian were the best servers we had my time dining never a wait the food was terrific and plenty of it

Windjammer Marketplace

2 out of 5

Breakfast was very good but incredibly hectic constant cutting in the lines people acted like they were starving barehanded food grabbing food piled so high on plates it was falling all over the counter and floor no organization

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
My kids loved the ice skating

Casino Royale

5 out of 5

The casino was so much fun and we all came out a little ahead the dealers could use a little personality training but all in all we had a great time

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We enjoyed the ice show very much it is incredible what the performers can do on such a small rink

Children's Programs

No children in party

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our waiter and assistant waiter were fantastic made sure we had everything we wanted alifton and Vivian made our dining experience wonderful our room attendant was a dream we had one of the new panoramic view rooms with windows floor to ceiling the length of the room absolutely breathtaking

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
We love the freedom class size is perfect not to big for my family it has everything we want or need the crew remembered all of our names from the first day on and our needs were anticipated something we did not find on the oasis class

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
I just realized I didn’t take any pictures of the inside of our cabin the view commanded all of our attention these panoramic view rooms absolutely were the most fantastic part of the room the room itself was very comfortable super clean and modern I spent hours sitting in the chair taking in the magnificent views

Ship tip

Try to book a panoramic view room

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

4 out of 5
Don’t usually go to this port to unorganized but we love the Freedom
Thumbs Up

George Town, Grand Cayman Did not visit port

This is a tendered port and wheelchair bound guests can not transfer to the to the tender boat very disappointed but I get it
Thumbs Up

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5
Always great shopping shops always willing to bargain the price
Thumbs Up

Ocho Rios, Jamaica

2 out of 5
Nice looking but shop after shop of the same junk
Thumbs Up

Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island) Did not visit port

Been there done that 😂food is better on the ship
Thumbs Up

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Fast and very smooth
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