First RC Cruise

Item: Freedom of the Seas
Rating: 4.3
Author: MonSchnu

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review

MonSchnu

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 23

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 17, 2019

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8244

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

I usually cruise carnival this was my first RC Cruise. I like that they offer a drink package. It was not offered on the carnival ships I went on. I did leave out of Puerto Rico on Carnival previously. On Royal much of the programming is geared towards the Puerto Rican crowd more so than my carnival experience. I felt I missed out on a lot because I don’t speak Spanish. Regardless I still had a fantastic time. The Puerto Rican enthusiasm is contagious.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

It was easy to drop our bags off and glue quickly through the line to make it on board. My only co plaint is I’ve been on 4 cruises on another Cruise Line, this was my first with RC, my bags were NOT delivered to MY ROOM they were left at a random room at the other end of the ship and I o my found them because I got off of the elevator near them otherwise I would have been searching for them.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

The showers are laughably small and horrible plumbing issues.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

Toilet would not flush had to keep calling maintenance

Ports of call

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

4 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

San Juan, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5

Traveler Photos

3 Comments

LeslieAF 4 years ago

Not sure when you last sailed Carnival, but they most definitely have a drink package now. Royal Caribbean’s is better though. I was on this same cruise and our luggage was in our room when we got back from muster drill, so maybe they weren’t done delivering?

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Bertfish 4 years ago

Glad you had a great time. Sorry about the luggage issue. We’ve only ever had one luggage issue and it was because the wife brought a hair curler that on x-ray appeared to be a clothes steamer, not allowed. I had to go to security to retrieve her bag down in deck 2 on Allure. Otherwise always been smooth for us. I guess when you’re dealing with thousands of pieces of luggage things can happen. We left out of San Juan last year and didn’t find the language issue but you’re not the first I’ve seen write about that.

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robyn1013 4 years ago

If luggage loses its tags, or is unclear to read, luggage can get misplaced. That happened to us on a CARNIVAL cruise. It happens on all cruise lines..

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