Freedom of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Every Thing Was Perfect This Was My 6Th Cruise I Have Learned About Sailing So I Know That Royal Caribbean Is The Best,My 1 And Only Cruise Line I Put My Vacation & My Wedding Anniversary On It Every Year,,,,,,,,,,,,,Thanx.Edwin

The cruise was very relaxing. The people delightful. 

The hot food could be a lot hotter.

I traveled by myself & although only ate & used facilities on the ship as "1" person, I was caused to pay the price for "2" people!

There should & could be an allowance for traveling single!

The food in the main dining room was cold on most nights. The ship was way over booked with more than 5300 passengers. The crew was overwhelmed by the number of passengers. We also learned that Royal Caribbean is giving third parties personal financial information of the purchases you make on the ship. I take my privacy very seriously and will probably never sail on another Royal Caribbean Cruise due to this breach of trust and flagrant violation of US Privacy Laws. The pier staff at Port Everglades were very overwhelmed. We were flagged by US Customs because of fraudulent reporting by Royal Caribbean to US Customs. The Royal Caribbean Employee made it her mission to almost yell that we are being detained by US Customs on 4 different occasions while escorting us to Customs. The Royal Caribbean Employee was also trying to separate our family do to the mistake they made in reporting to customs. They offered no apology for the whole ordeal and no one in their corporate office will even speak with us about the incident. It simply appears that Royal Caribbean has grown to big and no longer cares about individual passengers just their bottom line. I would suggest looking at other cruise lines and avoiding Royal Caribbean at all cost.

This was our first cruise. It was awesome. Freedom of the Seas was a great ship. Lots to do. Friendly staff. Nothing negative except even for a 7 day cruise it was too short. LOL had so much fun we didn't want to get off. 

I was disappointed in a number of the policy's that Royal Caribbean has instituted most importantly the internet usage policy. In the past you could pay for usage as used or requested now you only have one internet option package.

I felt the lounge entertainment was sorely lacking from past RC cruises.

RC used to provide a daily News paper update. When I inquired they said only available on TV which I found totally inadequate. 

This was our 5th Cruise.  We enjoyed all of the ports and our excursions we planned.   We have cruised on the Independence of the Seas-which is the sister ship to Freedom.  Our room was facing the front of the ship on the 12th floor.  Very nice room - lots of storage space, great view, etc.  The only bad thing I have to say about the room was it seemed to have more swaying with the ship being in the front.  You felt more movement.  We were a little disappointed in the shows and lack of parades.  We did not go to any of the big shows - not our interest.  We did go to a few other shows like Love and Marriage.  For us, we choose My Time dining and we did have some problems getting in to eat before a show.  We missed some shows because of that. I would probably do it different next time with My Time dining.  Otherwise, we all really liked the ports and excursions.  One last thing to comment on is we think there should be a change in the excursions.  Some of the people on the excursions would be sort of rude and not listen to the hosts.  They took as long as they wanted and made everyone wait.  The change I think should happen is they stick to the time frame and it people are not ready or etc - leave without them.  One excursion was suppose to be 3 hours but ended up being over 4 hours and some of the people on the excursion had other excursions planned and they missed it.  Otherwise the excursion were a lot of fun.  Take the cruise and have fun!!

The ports of call were all nice. The cruise staff members were wonderful...food outstanding especially the three specialty dinners....Total relaxation and fun.

We really enjoyed arriving at the destinations and going on the excursions, We snorkeled, sailed, kayaked and toured. In Labadee we had a nice private beach area at the far end of the property. The only problem with that is that there are no showers or faucets to clean yourself or feet of the sand and salt. My feet were all scratched from walking back to the ship. The beach was awesome though!

Using the hot tubs and pools. Enjoyed the snorkel tours. As always enjoyed eating especially in the dinning room, the Wind Jammer was good also. Loved going to the casino even though I did not win money.

 is a nightmare to book a cruise on, spend months arguing about payments and things that were supposed to be on our account but werent listed, it was easier with every other cruise to book directly through the cruise site. Everyhting was a 30 minute phone call, and if you dont get someone directly from the cruise section expect them to not know anything and tell you your reservation does not exist.

 Our fist experience was a bust,

then when it comes to royal Caribbean, your food options after 11 are tiny sandwiches and not so good pizza.

Also we spent 4 days arguing about our  credit we got for booking and other credits that were supposed be there but weren't. Missed shows, missed dinners because we were either at the front desk or waiting in out room for someone to call us back at a designated time.

As for dining......we could only get reservestions for 730 ish every night and it takes about 2 hours to dine so this means we missed the 7pm show to eat dinner, we missed the 9pm because we were already at dinner and wouldnt make it on time OR we missed dinner to see a show. Those were pretty much our only options. we tried to make it to a show a little after 9 when we got out, but we could only stand in the back.

Didnt end up buying anything onboard, gift shop didnt have much of anything other than keychains and 8 different cups.

We love the Freedom of the Seas, we have sailed on it five times, we especially like cabin 7408  with its specious balcony.    Our Stateroom attendant was very helpful and accommodating.  The service at my time dining was so professional, we stayed with the same table each night.  As always the food was great.

For me the greatest part of the cruise was the fabulous weather combined with calm seas.  This combination provided for a very relaxing and enjoyable cruise experience.  

Overall the trip was good but we had several issues on this cruise. I know things happen that are out of their control so overall it was a good cruise. 

Good: Staff- loved the staff, food selection was good, port stops were great.

The bad:

* One the night the alarm in our room went off and we had a beeping noise from 3am-8am. My husband said something to them but they weren't able to do anything about it. 

* Our friends ate a sandwich and it turned out that the sandwich had raw bacon. The staff wasn't very helpful when it came to this issue. 

* Our bathroom fixtures were old and broken

* They gave us our bill on the last day and then charged us $100+ more. Still hasn't been fixed. 

We had a pretty good time. We found the food lacking in choices.  Entertainment was fair although my grand kids seem to like it. The ship was nicely designed. Elevators were slow.  People had no problem hogging the chairs all day.

The Activities offered on the cruise were awesome.  The dining room was very slow... they seemed short staffed.  I also enjoyed  the time with my family members.

This cruise was a birthday gift. The ship personal was never aware of the celebration. Our room was run down. The balcony was always wet from dripping from the ceiling, the mattresses and pillows were horrible, left us with a back pain. The food in the formal dining room was horrible and very distasteful. We ate most of our meal at the buffet, which was a little better because there was more selection. We never got any discounts or onboard spending money on booking the cruise, and from ice cream to coffee you have to buy. It was an expensive cruise, and definitely not worth it. 

El barco es maravilloso hay bastantes actividades pero sobre todo el personal que trabaja en todo el barco es muy atento gentil y servicial empezando desde los que areglan los camarotes, los encargados des restaurante todos de verdad todos muy buenos 

traveling somewhat handicapped it just was a great cruise could not have found better people service, Buffett was just great, trivia games always something to do. the ship was clean as a whistle . if you are going two cruise freedom of the seas is so beautiful , have a wonderful time!!!! I did.

The cruise was wonderful, weather was excellent, dining room service was outstanding (Rosario & Estavam), the 2.5 hours to disembark almost ruined the whole experience.

UGH!  Once again, the casino is a smoking area... disgusting.  When will they learn to ban that on ALL areas of ships?  

Food was, in general, good.  Food (hot dogs, hamburgers) should be available AT poolside; it was not.  You had to go all the way to the aft section.  Waiters and staff were friendly and helpful.  Entertainment was excellent.  Need more activities.  FORMAL NITE SHOULD BE FORMAL!  Do NOT allow anyone in without formal attire!  Exiting the boat took 3 hours!  TSA had only FOUR agents for 4,000 people... what the hell????