Internet gouge and NO SPORTS BAR!!!!

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 13

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Freedom of the Seas

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 15, 2019

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 77449

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Sailing from Barbados to San Juan on Saturday - the last day of cruise. Went to 'The Station' bar, which seemed to be the ONLY place to see any sort of sports. Bar NOT open at 12:00 PM!!! TV's playing, but SOCCER ON ALL!!! Not 1 person to be found. Called General Services and they sent rude "Tech" guy, who gave a list of very limited games to be played. Also said others could be seen in cabin (which was NOT true). Then said NCAFF games would start at 3:30 PM, which was also not true. Place was packed with fellow fans waiting for some kind of definitive answer, which never came. Great way to anger your customers. So here's the thing: Royal Carribean charges roughly $30 per day for internet & streaming service. You would think they would: #1 Have a sports bar that starts games and GAME DAY (at least on ONE TV) for customers to view on long cruise days, #2 Provide a few streaming channels for games that are NOT on their 2 sports channels (of which are "South American" ESPN)! Freedom sails from San Juan - majority are Americans!! CRAZY horrible.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Sorrentos Pizza

1 out of 5

Horrible pizza.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Perfect, for just sleeping.

Ship tip

Sailing from Barbados to San Juan on Saturday - the last day of cruise. Went to 'The Station' bar, which seemed to be the ONLY place to see any sort of sports. Bar NOT open at 12:00 PM!!! TV's playing, but SOCCER ON ALL!!! Not 1 person to be found. Called General Services and they sent rude "Tech" guy, who said gave a list of very limited games to be played. Also said others could be seen in cabin (which was NOT true). Then said NCAFF games would start at 3:30 PM, which was also not true. Place was packed with fellow fans waiting for some kind of definitive answer, which never came. Great way to anger your customers. So here's the thing: Royal Carribean charges roughly $30 per day for internet & streaming service. You would think they would: #1 Have a sports bar that starts games and GAME DAY (at least on ONE TV) for customers to view on long cruise days, #2 Provide a few streaming channels for games that are NOT on their 2 sports channels (of which are "South American" ESPN)! Freedom sails from San Juan - majority are Americans!!

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

2 out of 5
Port is far away from everything. If you don't have internet on your phone, you'll be at the mercy of taxi rip-offs.

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

3 out of 5
Some shops, then at the mercy of taxi drivers. However, supermarket is nearby to stock up on supplies for the day.

Basseterre, St. Kitts

3 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

3 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

3 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5
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3 Comments

mschleich    5 years ago

Sorry you had trouble watching football, we had better luck on Royal ships with that than we did on Carnival Magic. Harmony last year had several games we could watch in the different bars.

DebandMarkC    5 years ago

I love watching football games, but I don't watch anything on TV while on vacation

CruzeFan    5 years ago

Seems like cruising may not be for you. Most love it, but it’s not for everyone. Who watches sports on a cruise when there are so many things to do? And soccer is the most popular sport in the world, so it makes sense they would have it on in the sports bar since there are passengers from around the world on the ship.

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