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Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

4.5 out of 5
Freedom of the Seas

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 30, 2019

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

This cruise was excellent. I had higher expectations for some of the islands. I would like to go back and visit Aruba and Bonaire.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Embarking in PR was easy. I felt like security wasn't as attentive. A man walked on carrying a 24 case of water. I had water and a bottle of wine in my baggage and it wasn't checked. I feel like I could have walked on with more water and wine than was allowed.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The buffet was always crowded and food sometimes was lacking flavor. We dined at the Chops, Giovanni's, and Sabor just to have some sort of intimacy. Main dining was good.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
We visited the fitness center. I was large and plenty of people seemed to be using it.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Comedians were hilarious. We did not visit the musical shows as we are not in to that.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward, Davis, was great. He would almost get sad when we would put our 'do not disturb' sign out when we were gone. He always wanted to come clean and straighten.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Shower was small. Almost impossible to bend over if you drop anything. Nice big window in the room.

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
We booked the horse back excursion which was great. Then we took a cab to Eagle beach which was amazing!

Willemstad, Curacao

3 out of 5
Caves and City Center tour wasn't great. Nothing special about the caves. Our tour bus had no AC. I couldn't understand the tour guide. She wanted to talk more about the liquor made in Curacao than anything. We left the walking tour.

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5
I booked an excursion through Tripadvisor, Bonaire Vista Tours. It was great!!! The island was beautiful! I want to go back!

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5
I booked an excursion through Tripadvisor. Seagrape tours hiking and snorkeling tour. It was great!!! We saw almost all of the island. There is still a lot of hurricane damage on this island. I had higher expectations for this island.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy. We self assisted to catch a taxi early.
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3 Comments

missnotanlines    5 years ago

You must remember some islands are still in recovery mode

ablessedlife    5 years ago

Such a tragedy in Puerto Rico... the child falling off the ship in port. 😓

capttrips    5 years ago

Bonaire is my favorite!✌🏻

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