Very disappointed. About 70% of the passengers were families from Puerto Rico and many were rude when it came to elevators, etc.

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
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Freedom of the Seas

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 30, 2018

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

We enjoyed the ports we visited and the excellent service from the staff in the main dining room. Did not appreciate people trying to sell us something everywhere on the ship and definitely did not appreciate the rude Spanish-speaking passengers who had no regard for others. This cruise was expensive due to it being over New Year's and it was definitely not worth the money. On our other cruise, we enjoyed the steel drum band at the pool playing Caribbean music. On this cruise, we did not have that. It seemed it was not about the Caribbean experience, rather it was about the Latin experience instead. Not what we thought we signed up for.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Pool and hot tub very crowded. Tried Line Dancing but it was not line dancing; instead, it was salsa dancing.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Children's Programs

No children in our party.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Waiters and room stewards were very friendly and accommodating.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin size was not large but definitely enough to be comfortable. Very clean.

Ship tip

DO NOT SAIL FROM PUERTO RICO!!!!!!!!

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

1 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

4 out of 5

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Much better than I expected.
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2 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     2 months ago

Thanks for sharing

TXatsea    5 years ago

Boy, I haven’t seen steel drums around the pool for years! I really like embarking out of San Juan, it’s a completely different experience than Florida departures.

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