Best cruise ever!

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

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review

rjbuhrer

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Reviews: 6

Helpful Votes: 62

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: July 21, 2019

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7238

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Make sure you plan excursions ahead of time! Even if you just want to find a cab in ports, have a plan! These islands are too rare of cruise ports and way too beautiful to not!

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Not the newest looking cabin but clean and centrally located!

Ship tip

Don’t iverplan! After being in port 6/7 days, you’re exhausted when you get back on the ship!

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Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5

Easily one of my favorite islands in the Caribbean. We’ve traveled and stayed there one (second time will be this summer) and gone on cruise ships. Walk around Old San Juan and good into the local shops, listen to the music and meet the people! SJ has some of the most beautiful people, art and culture we’ve ever come across! They are friendly and their love for their island exudes! If you are walking around Old San Juan, stop at Senor Palleta..... best popsicles I’ve ever had and great on a hot day!

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St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Stunning island, people and culture

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Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5

Spent the day diving at Barbados Blue! Highly recommend their dive center for snorkeling as well as diving with the sea turtles!

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Basseterre, St. Kitts

4 out of 5

Go to Romney Manor.... absolutely STUNNING

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Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

Just Wow😍😍😍

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Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Traveler Photos

Views of Magen's Bay from Mountain Top on St Thomas

The Piton's are as amazing as I imagined them to be

4 Comments

cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Sounds like a fun time.

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royalcruisers 4 years ago

Agree 100%, the more you cruise the more you learn.

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livlifenoregret 4 years ago

Great review thanks! We’re booked on this same cruise for Halloween 2020. Haven’t been to any of these islands before except St. Thomas so I’ll definitely look into your suggestions.

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CruzeFan 4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed it and agree it’s always good to have a plan. Those that have complaints seem to just get off the ship with no plan, get overwhelmed by the vendors and those offering tours, then head back to the ship and post a review that says “horrible port, nothing to do, stay on the ship.” With a little research, there is always something of interest to do.

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Cruising Is the Good Life

Absolutely perfect cruise!