FREEDOM OF THE SEAS  October 15, 2006 Cabin 8378  Category D1

Freedom of the Seas. I was a bit skeptical when I learned that Cruise Critic selected Freedom of the Seas (FOS) for our October 2006 host cruise. Not that I wasn't excited about once again getting together with our Cruise Critic hosts and members. I was. But I'm a small ship person. I much prefer ships under 80,000 tons so my initial reaction was Freedom was just WAY too big for me. In retrospect, it's a good thing FOS was selected for the host cruise because chances were I wouldn't have selected the ship on my own. And now that I'm back, I'm sure glad we went!

As with each cruise we take, the excitement began to build months before the cruise. In addition to this being a Cruise Critic host cruise, we were also booked with a Cruise Critic group wonderfully hosted by Jan (Whit53 on the boards). Additionally, it was a Crown and Anchor member cruise. That means many of us were corresponding and having fun long before the cruise ever arrived. Several on our sailing had been on the inaugural cruise of FOS so they were very helpful in filling us in on many of the ships details. By the time we got to embarkation day, many of us were old friends, sporting our pink boas and ready for a fabulous week on board FOS. Read more