Carnival Freedom Review

Carnival Freedom - Eastern Mediterranean

Review for the Eastern Mediterranean Cruise on Carnival Freedom
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caramarie
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Jun 2007

I returned from this cruise about a week ago and am giving an abbreviated (believe it or not ;)review. This was my first time cruising with Carnival (previously sailed with RCL & Norwegian) so I was prepared for a little less quality of food/service. However, I was still surprised by how much worse the food and service were. .

EMBARKATION: Embarkation was fairly smooth. They did use our online fun passes so we didn't have to fill out additional paperwork and the line wasn't too long. We didn't receive our luggage by 8 pm as promised nor did we receive the dinner time we had requested. We requested a change and our request was granted. . . the only thing that was annoying was that the time we eventually got moved to (which is what we had requested in he first place) had a perfect spot for us that nobody had originally been seated. Thus, the organization of granting dinner requests was a little off causing unnecessary hassle. . but no big deal. SHIP: I have no complaints about the ship. The layout was a little goofy but just took a day or two to pick up on. The decor was a little gaudy, but I expected that from Carnival. The ship was always kept clean. The cabins were extremely comfortable. . moreso than previous cruises (we had an inside cabin).

SERVICE/ENTERTAINMENT: The service and entertainment was absolutely awful. There was only one person of the entire staff who I thought did a good job and that was our server in the Posh dining room. The bar servers were almost non-existent and would sit and chat with other crew FOREVER while having your drink on their tray. There isn't anybody who I became attached too and developed a friendly relationship with like I have on other cruises. . I will remember people from my past cruises forever. We spent all of our days at sea on the Lido deck by the pool and were only approached once to ask if we wanted anything to drink. Also, I don't know what category this would go under but our room key stopped working a total of 7 times and each time I had to go stand in a 15 minute line to get a new one. Once or twice I wouldn't have cared. . but 7? That is a lot of wasted time. . . The entertainment selection was pretty limited. They advertise having fitness classes and I was expecting some spinning (since they do have the bikes) or kickboxing or something. . but instead they just had seminars on topics such as flattening your tummy which was kind of silly. Also, at night we often found ourselves kind of bored and ended up reading in our rooms. The movies on the lido deck were a good idea and they had a nice setup for that. . but the bands were all pretty bad and we are big music fans. Other cruises have had more activities that have extended more into the night in comparison to this one.

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