Carnival Freedom Review

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Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Freedom
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dmdiver
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

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Sail Date: May 2015
Cabin: Interior

We live in Texas, so we drove down to Galveston the morning of departure. We stopped at Sam's Restaurant in Fairfield on I45 for breakfast, then on to the port. There were traffic issues in Houston, so we didn't get into Galveston until almost 1pm. We parked at Lighthouse Parking under an awning. They immediately took us to the ship - great company. We carry on our own luggage. Lines not too bad getting checked in. Our cabin 9204 was ready when we arrived. This is a handicap cabin that was assigned to us by Carnival. It was spacious and quiet and on our favorite deck, Lido! Went to Guy's for a burger for lunch. We had been waitlisted for YTD & at checkin found we had been assigned 8:15 dining - not good for us. So we went to the maitre d who put us at 6pm dining. This was a pretty lazy vacation for us. We went to some of the comedy shows - loved them. We went to the 88 Keys show, which was good. We played a couple of music trivia games - didn't win, but had fun anyway. Spent a couple of afternoons on Serenity deck in lounger and hot tub. Food was good in the dining room as well as the buffet. We were at table 410 with Alejandro, Jose & Kimi - they were great.

In Roatan, we just hung out at Mahogany Beach. We'd been there before to scuba, so if you dive, be sure to book a dive trip.

In Belize, we went cave tubing with a company called cavetubing.bz. Their guides were great - told us about the country, the vegetation, etc. The tubes were carried for us, leaving us free to take pics along the trail to the cave. Tubes had bottoms & backrests. After tubing, we had a lunch of chicken, cole slaw, rice n beans & rum punch, soda or water.

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Interior

Cabin 4G

We booked inside guarantee & were assigned to 9204, which is a handicap cabin. Loved the location, as it was on our favorite deck, Lido and it was very quiet. The bathroom was huge compared to regular cabin bathrooms. Since the shower is so big, the clothesline can hold more swimwear. There are no lips to step over, either, which was nice! I posted pics on cruiselinerooms.com for anyone who wants to see. Note - this cabin only has 2 small closets. Fortunately, we pack fairly light.

Port Reviews

Roatan

We just bought chairlift tickets & went to Mahogany Beach. Nothing exciting this time. Water was nice & chatted with fellow cruisers. If you dive, check out Anthony's Key Resort - they have a dive shop.

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