Freedom of the Seas Review
Magnificent ship, magnificent crew, entertainment even better
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The ship is magnificent. Not too small, not too large, the Royal Promenade Mall/Court area is amazing. The entertainment was incredible. Drew Thomas (Illusionist) as good as you'll see in any venue. Abbacadabra was awesome. A handful of the RC Entertainment group (Trevor, Kelly, few others) performed a classic rock concert that was "classic". I am sure they loved doing this, it showed in their performance (Guns N Roses Sweet Child of Mine oh my!). Seemed like everywhere we went the ships band was there for any genre or show. And they were fantastic. The broadway shows are top notch (especially the Once Upon A Time show), Ice show too. Loved the 70's themed party on the Promenade, music, dancing was all great. The level of entertainment is higher than on past cruises we have been on. There is plenty to do, pool events, walking track, rock climbing wall, flowrider. Wait, these are just things to do away from port. And there is soooo much more.
Grand Cayman nice and organized, you have to use a tender but it was quick and easy. Downtown area easy to get to and shop. Cozumel plenty of places to shop and excursions to choose from. We just did our own thing on Costa Maya, which was smaller and quaint, nice place to walk around and shop.
For December cruise, there was some Holiday decorations and as the days of the cruise went on we saw more being put up and could hear a few more songs. Cruise Director and staff are dedicated (I mean dedicated) to you having a terrific time on the cruise.
Cabin Review
Promenade Stateroom
8th level view over the Promenade. Pretty quiet, no elevators or ship noise. For our cruise no neighbor noise either. Shower and bathroom more than adequate (liked shower doors instead of curtain). Only 2 electrical plugs at desk. And fridge is only a chiller, so no cold water. There is a window bench overlooking Promenade and a couch and small coffee table. Two twin beds pushed together. Was a little tight getting around the end of the beds but overall enough storage for all clothes and accessories. Voom internet worked great in the room.
Port Reviews
Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades)
Embarkation was a piece of cake. Sign up for Gold, will greatly speed up process.
Costa Maya
Nice and quaint area to walk around. Quick taxi to nice beach. $50 to lounge around on beach and free drinks.