This was our first Freestyle Cruise and we thought it was great. The whole family loved wearing shorts at dinner. It was great not having to pack extra clothes and shoes to dress up for dinner. The freedom to eat wherever, whenever was great! It allowed my teenager to just go off with her new friends and have dinner. We eat early so we never had to wait. We even booked some specialty restaurants hours prior. La Cucina is exceptional, especially for such a small cover ($10 if I rammer correctly). The food and service was very good in the main dining rooms as well. My 9 year old son loved the Ice Cream -- I think he had two or three ice cream cones a day.
The staff was great and by mid week everyone knew the washy washy song and the teens loved it. We had to tip our room steward additional $$$ because he so good to us.
We had a great time bowling on the ship, rock climbing, playing basketball, ping pong and bingo. We were always able to find something to do on the Pearl.