Fabulous Cruise - great service
Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern
8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)
Sail date: March 17, 2018
Ship: Freedom of the Seas
Cabin type: Suite
Cabin number: 9648
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 6 years ago
Review summary
First time cruising on smaller ship for many years but loved the ship, the service and whole atmosphere. Would highly recommend the Freedom and would definately cruise on it again however not while it is going from Puerto Rico.Embarkation
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Chop's Grille
Service was not good - servers gave the impression they didn't care - should have been in the Windjammer where they don't interact with guests as much. Food was average, mushroom soup delicious but entree was substandard quality for a steak restaurant and deserts were limited.
Vintages
Lovely and Alb are awesome. Lovely is so educated on wines and awesome place to hang .
Main Dining Rooms (Galileo, Isaac & Leonardo)
Manager Dennis and server Neville went out of their way to make you welcome and happy. Food was delicious.
Onboard Activities
Day Spa and Fitness Center
Always get good and enjoyable treatments in the Spa on every cruise however on this cruise the enjoyment was spoilt due to the assistant being very persistent on me buying products and signing up for more treatments. I was given a price by one assistant only to find afyerwards I had been overcharges and had not received membership discount. When brought this to the manager's attention she was not apologetic at all and initially tried to argue I was wrong. The idea of a Spa is to experience relaxing and enjoyable treatments not to be made to feel guilty because not purchasing products.
Entertainment
Arcadia Theater
Excellent performers.
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
Ship tip
Do not go to Speciality Restaurants.
Ports of call
Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida
Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)