Freedom of the Seas Review

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jlrn366419
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

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Sail Date: May 2008
Cabin: Promenade Stateroom

We arrived in Miami around 10:30 and took a taxi to the port which was around $30 including tip. It was a 10 minute ride and traffic was fine, but this was on a Sunday. There are a series of different lines you have to wait in at the port building, one to enter the building, one to go through security, one to check in and another to get your picture taken and board the ship. It wasn't too bad but after checking in, we had to wait in a holding area because the ship was not ready. They gave out numbered tags and called people by groups once the ship was ready for boarding. I think we were on board by 1, but I'm not positive of the exact time.

Once on board we were able to go check out our stateroom and drop off carry on luggage. Stateroom was the 8th deck, promenade view, and it was very nice. The stateroom attendant was very good, he reminded us to put the card in the key slot when we wanted the room made up or if we didn't want to be disturbed. He tidied our room twice a day and was very responsive to any requests we had without being intrusive or overbearing.

We ate in the Windjammer or at Sorrento's pizza for lunch every day and we found the windjammer rather redundant. Apparently there was a taco bar one day but we missed that. The food was the same nearly every day and they don't have made to order stations which I would love to see added to Royal Caribbean. I saw people touching the food with their hands and licking their fingers while walking through the buffet selecting foods. There were two grown men who didn't want to wait in a short line at the dessert station so they just reached in and grabbed cookies with their hands. Then a teenage boy came up and did the same thing, the attendant yelled at the teenage boy but not the two grown men. She saw the grown man do it because after he did it, she put another set of tongs out. That irked me because you kind of expect that behavior from a kid, but an adult man knows better.

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Promenade Stateroom

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