Mediocre cruise due to ship but great destinations.

Item: Freedom of the Seas
Rating: 3.2
Author: jeffifer

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

jeffifer

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 34

Overall rating:

3.2 out of 5

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: May 12, 2019

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Would never go on this ship again and will probably never go on Royal Caribbean again. Overall, the staff on Norwegian and Carnival much more pleasant. Lines for everything and no cold beer anywhere. Big letdown. Ports however were overall great except Antigua ( don't leave the ship if you go).

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Food was very good in main dining room with great service. Buffet was below average. Carnival and Norwegian much better. Plus RCI would have buffet closed most of time when people coming back from excursions. Very little draft beer and mostly warm. Virtually impossible to find a cold beer anywhere on ship unless you could find a iced beer cart every few days or so.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Rock climbing, flow rider and miniature golf fun for our adult kids. Pools were great especially adult one.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

Did not go to a stage show but other entertainment was poor and some embarrassing.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Room Stewards were great as was the main dining room staff. The vast majority of bar staff were poor and rude.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom