Great ports and wonderful week!

Item: Freedom of the Seas
Rating: 4.8
Author: rachaelrb

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

rachaelrb

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 36

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5

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7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 21, 2019

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9244

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Overall a great trip with amazing ports! Much preferred this to the newer ships that only visit CocoCay and Haiti. Had lots to do for my 11 year old son and plenty of chairs at the pool even on our one day at sea.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Loved Chops and the Italian restaurant. Mexican is very slow service and food was nothing special.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

The flow rider was lots of fun and never waited more than 20 minutes. Great massage in the spa too.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

My son enjoyed the pajama movie night and several of the other theme nights in the kids club.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Both our cabin steward Pepe and our amazing servers in the specialty restaurants were great!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We loved our cabin!! Had concerns about being near the elevator and noise but there were no issues. Cabin has a huge walk in closet which is so convenient. Oversized bathroom with a full tub. Larger balcony with two sun loungers, a table, and two chairs. Only complaint is there are only two outlets in the whole room next to the desk area and no extension cords are allowed on the boat.

Ship tip

We loved having a quality port to visit everday and really enjoyed the Monkey preservation tour on Barbados.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Had a day pass to the Marriott which was an easy cab ride and perfect way to relax.

Thumbs Up 1

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Did a catamaran afternoon sailing trip that was fun.

Thumbs Up 0

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

Our high speed boat tour booked through RC was cancelled last minute. Rescheduled on a catamaran afternoon tour and snorkel that was fun.

Thumbs Up 0

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5

Toured the monkey preserve and had a 4x4 ride around the island. Great tour!

Thumbs Up 0

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5

Roads were closed that day due to a local festival so weren't able to do our excursion. Wound up just taking the water taxi into town and hanging on the beach which was a ice day.

Thumbs Up 2

Disembarkation

1 out of 5

Very disorganized with long lines. Leave lots of time and plan on an afternoon flight!

1 Comment

wgammon1 4 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the great review.

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