Great 1st Royal Caribbean Experience

Item: Freedom of the Seas
Rating: 4.9
Author: niahcruises

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

niahcruises

Contributor Level: Second Mate

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5

Eastern Caribbean

Sail date: November 01, 2015

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Overall, I LOVED Freedom of the Seas. It was a very pleasurable experience as a first-time RCCL cruiser. It made me book a cruise for the next year!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Everything went so smooth during embarkation. It was very pleasant.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

The main dining room food was great. The only specialty restaurant I tried was Sabor, and it was fantastic! Windjammer was pretty good, too.

Sabor Mexican Restaurant

5 out of 5

My favorite specialty restaurant was Sabor. The food there was probably the bext Mexican food I have ever had. The portions were plentiful, so I had enough leftovers to take back to my room for later.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

I think Royal Caribbean overall could get more onboard activities for the 20-35 age range. It fell kind of flat there for me.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

The game shows and onboard entertainment were great. We had a lot of fun in the dance club in the evenings. The DJs were good!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ship tip

Sail on Freedom. Definitely a great 1st experience on Royal Caribbean!

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Ports of call

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Cococay (Cruise Line's Private Island)

5 out of 5

Beautiful crystal-clear blue waters with natural wildlife swimming around you.

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Such a naturally beautiful island. Magen's Bay was just gorgeous. The only slightly concerning thing there was there were schools of tiny silver fish that kept jumping out of the water together lol! It kept scaring me, and then the pelicans kept diving in the water very close to us to get the fish. Haha

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

We took mini motor bike cars around the island which was really fun. Great way to see the entire island.

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