Freedom of the Seas Cruise Reviews - Reviews

Great crew on-board. Food in Winjammer was not the best this time. Was not sure if housekeeper was cleaning our bathroom. Very ruff sailing this time,

I had a fabulous time on board Freedom of the Seas!  The staff was wonderful.  The food was excellent!  Our waiter in the dinning area was "Slammer"!  He was the BEST!  Very experienced and always offered us suggestions on what to eat and what excursions to take.... The entertainment was really great too!  The Freedom offered a very live environment of fun! The cabin was clean.  Although, I really wish I had gotten a Junior Suite.  For some reaso, I was under the impression that I had requested that  but my coordinator was looking more at the positioning of my cabin verses size.  Slight oversite on his part but we were pleased with the cabin we ended up with.  And I was glad my coordinator (Hank) reccommended Freedom for us.  I would definitely cruise the Freedom of the Seas again!  Lastly, my experience with going through Cheap Tickets has always been good!  I will continue to book my vacations thru them. 

Royal Caribbean's FREEDOM class ships are basically VOYAGER class ships with an extra 80 feet of length added in the center.  Prior to the introduction of the FREEDOM of the SEAS the VOYAGER class was my favorite category of ship on any cruise line.  Obviously, the ship itself is one of my favorite parts of Caribbean cruising, but the addition of new ports of call has really enhanced the experience.  On the 8 night Eastern Caribbean cruise St. Kitts stands out as one of the more recent ports of call that has been added to several itineraries.  Royal Caribbean still has the best entertainment and shows in the industry, but recently some other cruise lines have started to give them a run for their money.

our favorite part of the cruise was the deck plans and the décor, good food, extremely pleasant staff personnel.

our disapointments : Very small our cabin, could not get of the bed properly, could not get to the phone from the desk, very small bathroom and specially very small shower stall.

my wife and I have cruised about 18 times. Mostly Caribbean, Europe and China.

we would cruise with RCL more if the cruise was available from New Orleans.

the cruise on freedom of the seas was very enjoyable. this was our first cruise on a ship of this size. every thing went smoothly. Entertainment and the food was very good. Had a great time .

The ship was well attended to, and we enjoyed having a balcony room this trip, it added to our overall room space and supplemented not having to go on deck to sit in the sun.  We had breakfast on the deck and as one of us is an early riser and the other loves to sleep in it afforded us the opportunity to each do our own thing. 

The staff and the meals were good. The smoke from the casino was unbearable. You could smell it to rooms away in on the next floor. My wife and I had to walk thousands of extra steps just to try to avoid the casino smoke, As is the common design of ships you have to pass through the casino to get to restaurants and shows.

Royal Caribbean has seen fit to reduce staff in several areas. One is the wait staff in the Promenade Cafe. One person behind bar to make Starbucks coffee and to serve the food and pastries and keep coffee made in the urns. 

The wait staff in the dining room was reduced and the waiters had more tables to take care of. Service was good but slow. The lines for Starbucks was 10 to 15 in the morning to order and the same amount waiting for their orders. While the line for pastries was also long. 

Favorite...  the food, the entertainment, the hot tub, the room.  All was great

Problem..  Handicapped leaving the ship.  Once we were taken to the landing in a wheelchair, to be picked up by the ground service, everything went wrong.  The ground attendants did not know how to transport us to the baggage and most of them said it was their first day.  people were crying.  Passengers and the workers in frustration.

Once there were 20 handicapped and their families back up, my husband and I got out of the wheelchair and painfully got in line with the regular passengers going to the baggage pickup.  Bad ending to a great vacation.

Visiting the different islands was great.  We toured  on our own so got to see places where the excursions do not typically go.  We really enjoyed the ship and listening to the band on the pool deck.    Disembarking was quick and very organized.

Nice clean ship, loved the big hot tubs, food was great, service was great. 70's dance party was a lot of fun. the singer in the Scooner bar was outstanding. The bartenders were very good and made very good lava flows.

the beds were so hard that we came home with bruised ribs the stench of nicotine coming from the casino was revolting we did not pick up our  cruise picture cause the display was by the casino on the 4th floor and it was disgusting we liked the shows very well done the food was ok the stateroom smelled of mold and affected my wife sinus she is now on penicillin the ship is beautiful but the independence of the seas interior is better . ciao.

Our family met up in FL to take a Western Caribbean cruise.  We loved all of the things we could do together, and still have time alone if we wanted.  We also loved the different excursions we were able to experience.

Cruise was great

. Went knowing that we would not be getting off the ship and enjoyed the trivia and shows on board.  Spent a lot of time in our cabin which was comfortable and incredibly quiet. Food was very good as was the service. Loved the Starbucks available with our sofa package

My favorite part of the cruise was being asked to model jewelry for the ship because it was my birthday, however they didn't offer me anything for doing that!! Bummer!! The ship was beautiful, but unfortunately I lost my cell phone on board the ship, but it was never recovered! The ship also lost our expensive bottles of tequila purchased in Cozumel & we had to argue about being reimbursed!! I love Royal Caribbean! This was my 3rd cruise with them, but after this trip I'm not sure if we'll be back!!  I still believe they're a great line so I would recommend them to my friends & family!!

Very good food selection however, a smoked salmon was available by request only or not at all on  deck 11 (dining room -Windjammer).

Great entertainment. The Cruise Director -the perfect person in this position.

This was a great cruise as it was 8 days and not the usual 7. We had 3 seas days which helped prepare us for the upcoming busy Christmas season. The u[scale  restaurants on ship are well worth the little extra money. Sabor, the Mexican restaurant, has guacamole made to your liking tableside.

From.boarding to departure trip was phenomenal. The ports were all amazing and the Freedom staff is hands down best ever! We were so sad it ended!!!  I can't wait to go back and actually booked the Anthem of The seas for next year!!!

Excellent and extremely friendly service!  Fantastic servers and bar tenders! Highly entertaining shows! Cruising with Royal Caribbean is the most economical and really fun way to spend time with family and friends!  Next time, Quantum!

The  best part of the cruise was the Cruising with the King Elvis entertainment (Art Kistler and the EP Boulevard Show Band)!

Our group coordinator was very helpful - especially when disembarking the ship.

Digianne Hebron in "My Time Dining" was amazing!  She was friendly, helpful, and very efficient and professional in arranging dining for our group of 19!!

Improvements needed:

- Making the casino smoke-free!

- The picture taking when boarding the ship (NOT the pictures taken at check-in for our sea pass cards) was terrible and misrepresented.  Most of us when boarding the ship have had a stressful day, and just want to get on the ship - we're not in a "picture taking" mode (and would not buy pictures of ourselves looking like that anyway!).  As we boarded the ship, photographers literally GRABBED our sea pass cards out of our hands and said that we had to have our picture taken in order to "authorize [our] cards."  This was an outright LIE!!!  They were rude and would not give our cards back until we stood for a picture.  As Diamond-Diamond Plus members of Royal Caribbean, we did not appreciate being treated this way - OR for the first-time cruisers that were traveling with us to be treated like this before even boarding the ship!!! 

Thank you!!