We have traveled on Royal Caribbean 3 times, twice on Voyager class ships and now on the Freedom. Our first impression was that she was enormous after seeing her sitting at the port. Embarkation was really very simple and surprisingly fast. We arrived at the pier around 12:30 and were actually on by 1:30 and our rooms were ready. We had three staterooms 2 connecting and one further down the hall. The porters at the pier were a bit rough and pushy but you just need to hold your breadth and move on. I do have a comment on RC though, we were travelling with 3 children over the age of 18 but under 21 and it seems that RC did not have anything to really cater to them.

Front desk was very helpful and I found them to be very professional. This was the first time I ran a cash account and nothing was published ahead of time stating that once the account reached $500 the cards would be deactivated, not a problem just a surprise.

The first day at sea was relaxing but the lack of pool space and the multitude of children that did not take advantage of the kids pool made relaxing in the pool almost impossible. Read more