Carnival Freedom Review

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Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Freedom
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Sail Date: May 2014

We had a fabulous cruise. Only a couple of issues. We generally like RCL ship better but chose Carnival because the ports are better.

embarkation: Flew in the day before. They have lost a bag flying before so if we hadn't flew the day before I wouldn't have received my bag until the first port. We also always fly into Ft Lauderdale because Miami is always a nightmare. Got to the port around 1:00p.m, and missed the crowd. First of all I have to have a small fan when I sleep. After carefully checking the website and calling, I found they allow them. I put it in my carry-on only to get stopped my security that claims they "do NOT allow them, period". The "however" on the website allows them to say this. We got it taken and told it would be delivered last day of the cruise. I cried for 3 hours, ruined my cruise. Also, saw bottle after bottle of alcohol get taken. When I took my sheet of paper to guest services to try to retrieve my fan he first thought my form was for alcohol. He told me I never should have put alcohol in my carry-on, always put it in my checked bag I leave at the dock and it wouldn't have been taken. This was also true with the fan. I will not go into the result of the fan as I am taking this up with Carnival corporate. Note, please put all items in your checked bags at the port. Security will take everything.

oSoda package is well worth it. The alcohol pass was not worth it to us. My husband drinks alot and would work for him however; everyone in the same stateroom has to purchase it and I am not a big drinker so we did not do it. You can only sign up for the alcohol pass the first day and you have to purchase it the entire cruise, not just certain days. We also took a 12 pack of water to our room.

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