Not Bad but not the Best Either

Item: Freedom of the Seas
Rating: 3.6
Author: desertdtb

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

desertdtb

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 4

Overall rating:

3.6 out of 5

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 28, 2018

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7608

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

Clean ship. Good food, shows and excursions. Crew friendly and aimed to please but, ship was simply overcrowded. Out of 4,000 passengers, at least 3,000 were from Puerto Rico and only spoke Spanish? I believe they were offered a special deal perhaps? There were several children on board that should have been in school. Usually cruising at this time, minimal children (we are retirement age). Bed was very hard. Woke up sore and stiff. Would not cruise on it again because of the beds. RC is one of our preferred lines but this time didn't meet our expectations.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Ship tip

Beds are too hard! Take another ship if you want to rest.

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

3 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

2 out of 5

7 Comments

Nautigirl04 6 years ago

“Children...should have been in school.” Excuse me? You need to step out of your little box and realize that there are many different ways to learn and sitting in a classroom isn’t the only way.

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Rayzor 6 years ago

Problem is people forget that they were once children themselves! As they grow old they think the world owes them and everything should be done their way and if it isnt then its everyone else's fault.

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Cruisetips 6 years ago

No special deal we pay they same rate as any other passenger don’t talk shit.

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Gidge7 6 years ago

When in Puerto Rico do as the Puerto Ricans ♥️ part of traveling is learning about others

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graham123 6 years ago

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Ally57 6 years ago

Of course a lot of people spoke Spanish!! It leaves from Puerto Rico. And some of us pull our kids out of school for the week in order to cruise

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mlclaudio 6 years ago

Are you sure that 3,000 passengers spoke only spanish? I doubt it !!! Many PR passengers are bilingual. If you want to hear only English you should consider not cruising. The cruise ships usually have 30 or 40 different nationalities on the crew staff. The special deal perhaps is that we do not need to pay the airline ticket. I love cruising!!!

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