I sailed out on May 25, 2007 on the Carnival Freedom and was not impressed with it. I had been on the Carnival Conquest back in May 2005 and had a much better experience. I have also sailed on Royal Caribbean and this was my 4th cruise.

The meal selection on the Carnival Freedom lacks variety. The Grand Buffet was not very grand at all. I had a better Grand Buffet on the Carnival Conquest and that was a 7 day cruise in the Caribbean. They didn't do any carvings from fruit and the spread was mostly dessert items. The buffets in general didn't have much to offer and the main seating dinner seemed like we were being offered the same things over and over. Most of the time there would be only one thing on the menu that I would like and then there was only one night that I would have wished I could eat everything on the menu. It's too bad that they could spread some of those items on that one night over the course of the cruise. If you want a good meal you can definitely get it from the deli because the sandwiches were the only good thing on that cruise for food.

It just seems like the staff lacks organization. My group and I had booked a tour in Dubrovnik that required the use of a boat. Well, due to weather it was cancelled. They left a message on our voice mail, a note under our door and I think a little bit later they announced that tours with water activities were cancelled. We were able to book another tour and were credited for the other one. Well, in Livorno the weather was bad and the cancelled my beach day, but didn't do any of the above that was done with the Dubrovnik tours. I was not dressed appropriately, since I hadn't seen the weather outside. Again, we were able to book another tour, but they should have made an announcement and they didn't. Read more