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Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 96

Overall rating:

2.4 out of 5
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Freedom of the Seas

4 Night Perfect Day & Bahamas (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 11, 2023

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1152

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

It was ok, but they need dry dock time to refresh the Paint and change all the carpets on this ship. Way to much dirt and none functioning parts.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Easy to go through the embarkation part as we had a Suite.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Main dining room forget about it. It takes too long and food is mostly mediocre. We ordered our food but from appetizers to the dinner plate part was no eatable. So we went to the buffet and our food was hot. You just need to take little serving at the time and I found that is was by far better then the catering part of the dining room.. The best part was the Royal Lunch we had, we met new people and had great food. Well worthy paying for it.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Pool was great, most of the jacuzzi weee broken, so were some bathrooms and other door openings throughout the ship. They seriously lack maintenance on this ship.

Entertainment

1 out of 5
Big no no for understanding on this ship. Did you ever seen Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Patrick Swayze or John Travolta dancing so feminine like all the guys were n this ship ?? It was horrible to even pay attention to the cruise director, we can’t stand flamboyant men acting this way. Sorry nothing against gay people but flamboyant is just unnecessary and disgusting.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Room attendant was the tallest and greatest 5start for him… as well as the bartender at Olive or Twist Bar on 14 floor. The rest looked so unhappy working for Royal.

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Nice ship but not well maintained

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
They didn’t tell us that it was an obstruction view but we enjoyed the larger room

Ship tip

Stay clear of the main dining room, really not worth waiting to eat there, never was..

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

2 out of 5
Miami is Ok

Nassau, Bahamas

1 out of 5
Wait too touristy for us, they lost their heritage…

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
No issue there
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7 Comments

Bertfish    1 year ago

It took you 7 cruises on Freedom to decide it needed work? Your profile shows you’ve done 6 previous cruises on her. Lol

joshovermyer    1 year ago

When every comment is a negative, the common denominator is the reviewer. 👎

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

Bertfish    1 year ago

It’s going into dry dock next year

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

cruising2004    1 year ago

Sorry you were disappointed with your cruise. Hopefully any future cruises will be more to your liking.

AuntPinkie    1 year ago

Sorry this cruise was so disappointing!

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