Eastern Caribbean

Item: Freedom of the Seas
Rating: 3.3
Author: cruisedoggie

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Eastern

cruisedoggie

Contributor Level: Captain

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 32

Helpful Votes: 244

Overall rating:

3.3 out of 5

8 Night Eastern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 14, 2018

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 6275

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

This is a good cruise but the places that were hit by hurricanes still need a lot of time to rebuild.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

This was the second leg of back to back.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Food was ok, did not do specialty restaurants, cruise costs enough already.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

We normally just take it easy on a cruise and go with the flow.

Entertainment

I didn't go to any shows, don't really care for them after 30 cruises.

Children's Programs

No kids.

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Crew on ship seen happy and helpful.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Ship needs some work, starting to show its age.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Sofa and carpet need refurb, starting to ware.

Ship tip

Its a nice ship but needs reforming, some areas are really starting to show age.

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Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

Just flew in and out of FLL.

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Basseterre, St. Kitts

4 out of 5

Nice port but too many people hounding you for excursions.

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

2 out of 5

St. Maarten is still in bad shape, used to be my favorite port but will be awhile till I feel like that again. There is a lot of work going on.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

Been here many times, took old and new San Juan tour, not worth it.

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Labadee (Cruise Line Private Island)

3 out of 5

Good place to relax on or near the beach.

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Disembarkation

3 out of 5

We waited to get off, long line off the ship and into terminal but it was raining and not that hot.

4 Comments

MarineVet71 6 years ago

Thanks for the review

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cruzn4life 6 years ago

🙁

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spjke 6 years ago

Hey btw in San Juan at pier what’s with guy with whistle?

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spjke 6 years ago

Agreed. We’re on the conquest last week shadowing you guys. Lots of tarps can be seen on roofs.

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