Freedom of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Love...Love RCI and the overall experience for me and my family in addition my Travel Counselor Janet Olivares at CC was equally awesome...she took care of details that only made this Vacation FANTASTIC. FOS, RCI and CC with Janet are the secret ingredients that made this a wonderful memory maker with our family...there are not enough superlatives to share but the key starting and ending point is a Travel Counselor like Janet.

I was impressed by the hard work of the staff to keep that many passengers engaged and happy during so many ports of call and only one sea day. Our cabin was very comfortable. The food was fantastic. Well done Freedom of the Seas.

10 people was in our party celebration life and the rest for living. I will will always remember the staff and the staff special treatment. Everything was wonderful. Please work on upgrading the technology and the ability to communicate. Other cruise lines have you beat in that area. Get more creative with dining options in the formal dining area.

We had the best experienced! Our room was amazing and service was always on point. Ship was amazing with lots of activities and the crew was great. Our dinner experience was the best part... not only food was always good, our Waiter Sean and Assistant Waiter Vivienne were amazing!!! So complacent with us at all points, they really made the experience to be in another level... the highest ever!!

Very nice for a 1st time. We had a great time, good experience in cabin, the employees were very nice. As the food was great but too repetitive. In general terms, I will like to come back.

For me it was a unique experience. I had traveled with other lines and Royal Caribbean conquered me

Royal has dropped from its standards very unfortunate!!

Cruise line needs some disability/handicapped shore excursions.

Great trio. The ship could use some updating. Adding a waterslide would be a great addition.

Cruise was very nice,loved having a balcony in the room. Housekeeping was great. Food was very good. Lots to choose from. Wished it had more live music in the evening s with a dance floor.

This was a great cruise, probably one of the best I've been on in awhile. Ship is pretty updated with nice looking amenities. The service is absolutely wonderful. I liked all the destinations except st. Maarten it didnt really thrill me but you can relax. All the beaches are amazing on these islands with Antigua and Barbados being the best in my opinion because the water is the clearest. In st. Lucia I had hands down the best tour from a tour guide named arthur. If you're looking to purchase liquor in duty free st kitts is by far the cheapest. It gets way more expensive once you leave st kitts. You'll save more money per person planning your excursions at the ports as opposed to doing them on the cruise. Also, a bartender in the bull and bear pub named Arthur is by far the best bartender ever!!!!! I highly recommend this cruise for couples, groups of friends or families.

Overall grest cruise on a great ship with great ports. Would do it again.

Great first cruise experience. The servers at our dinner table nightly were one of the highlights of the trip. Friendly service!!!!

Versus Carnival, main waiter doesn't leave floor to get the meals, the should have 2 assistants one for the drinks and one to get the food from the kitchen. The main waiter stays with the guest.

We had a fantastic time on our first cruise aboard Freedom of the seas. We particularly enjoyed the large Latin population on board. The music and dancing really added to the fun for us. We are already planning our next cruise and leaning toward another adventure on Freedom of the Seas!

Crew was very nice,room was kept very clean and are waiter s very good table 334

Internet access too expensive. The shower a bit small. I think you can charge less to take money from ATM.

This was our annual extended family cruise and the first time for some of them visiting these islands. We arrived at the ship in San Juan around 2:00pm and boarding was quick and easy. We had four large balcony staterooms in a row (9366, 9368, 9370, 9372) and were able to have the balcony dividers opened by our stateroom attendant on the first day. We had My-Time Dining and I had made online reservations for us for the entire week for a table for eight. I like to have all dining and excursions planned before boarding, so that I can just relax and enjoy the cruise instead of standing in line to pick excursions and make reservations. The main dining room experience was excellent. The waiters were so friendly and made sure you enjoyed your dinner selection. The buffet was always packed, especially at the back where they had all of the hot food. This was a terrible layout. They have the entire buffet circle to spread the food around, but instead have hundreds of people crowded in one spot to get the hot food and desserts. The entertainment for the week included three variety/comedians that were great. I prefer this type of entertainment versus the singers and dancers. The ice show was very good too. They do this show four times during the week and so we waited until the last show and it was a lot less crowded and very easy to find seats. I tried to plan a variety of excursions as we had kids and grandparents with us. In St. Maarten we did the ship's Jeep 4xx4 excursion with some beach time. It is a great way to see the entire island and we had two hours at the beach at the end of our tour. For St. Kitts we booked Blue Water Safaris Nevis Beach Getaway and had a wonderful small group experience on their high-speed boat to Nevis. They take you to Pinney Beach for the day set you up with chairs and umbrellas and a beach restaurant/bar with delicious food. In Antigua we went on a private Island Experience Tour with beach time booked with Scenic Tours Antigua. Sean was our guide for the day and we had an air conditioned mini bus. We saw a lot of the island including several old forts with incredible views of the ocean and island. The stop at Shirley Heights looks down on Nelson’s Dockyard for a fantastic view. We also spent some time touring Nelson’s Dockyard. If you go there, there is a wonderful bakery behind the museum. We finished the day up with two hours at Jolly Beach on the southern coast. There was a restaurant/bar and changing facilities there. St. Lucia was next on the itinerary. We went to the rainforest for an Aerial Tram Ride. This was booked through Shore Excursion Group. This tour was a little disorganized at the meeting point and took way too long to get started. We had people in our van that were going zip lining at the same location. The rain forest tram ride was lovely and very relaxing. Our last stop was Barbados. We went on Calabaza’s lunch sailing trip for the day and it was the highlight of our week. They wait on you hand and foot and make sure your never without food or drink the entire time your with them. It was a fun-filled busy week. This itinerary is port intensive with only one sea day. I think if I were planning it again, I would probably pick one port day to stay on the ship and enjoy it.

Nice Cruise, but need little more cleanliness in stateroom.

Nice Cruise, but need little more cleanliness in stateroom.