Go with the right people and this could be a blast

Freedom of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 22

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
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Freedom of the Seas

4 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 09, 2023

Ship: Freedom of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7386

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

The cruise was fine - similar to most (minus the food being not so great). Go with the right people and this can be a blast. The layout was easy to navigate, the boarding and deboarding process was a breeze. Nice staff.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Fairly easy getting on and off

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

2 out of 5
Honestly - the food was subpar at best. I'm no foodie, I prefer cheap easy food and they weren't even able to master fried chicken. My sister who does enjoy a nice meal was cutting her food on the plate in the dining room to make it look like she ate it because she didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. That bad. However, I purchased 2 alcoholic beverages and both were the best midouri sours I've had. There should be atleast one more option of a restaurant to eat at that DOESNT cost extra.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Magic show was fun, as was Name that Tune and the slot tournament. But there was not a lot of variety things to do. I did have fun doing what was available though.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Magician was entertaining

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Dining room staff - top notch!!! Room steward only cleaned once on second night. We didn't need much but it was odd that we would leave the room for 4-5 hours as they were on our floor to clean but still didn't make it to our room. Thankfully we only needed towels.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5
Ship design was easy to navigate. My 4 stars instead of 5 is because there was a cigarette on our balcony upon arrival. The couch in the room was DISGUSTING - stained all the way thru.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Size was perfect for two people. Couch was disgusting and should be replaced.

Ports of call

Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5
Pig excursion was fun and easy

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5
We did the shark swimming excursion which was awesome but wish we weren't stuck on the blue lagoon for hours prior to the excursion.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Easy
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4 Comments

Ruby13    1 year ago

Sorry about the food, but glad you enjoyed it

javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for the review

cruising2004    1 year ago

Your sailing & review date are the same.

Bertfish    1 year ago

Unfortunately the food has gone down hill post Covid across the fleet. It’s ok, but not what it used to be. Room stewards now only clean once per day instead of twice. I guess so they can hire less of them and they can handle more rooms. We still enjoy cruising but it’s definitely not the same and trending in a bad direction in my opinion

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