Carnival Freedom Review
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We chose this cruise because we had two very nice cruises on the Freedom in the past, and because we wanted to take the Bahamas itinerary for a change. Embarkation was quick and painless. We had priority boarding, but arrived as they were boarding Group 1, around 11:45am. There was no line at Security and there was nobody ahead of us at Priority check in. We walked right on the ship.
We left Galveston about an hour late in 30+ mph winds and rough seas. The itinerary had to be changed because of the headwinds. Captain Fazio did his best to keep us out of the worst of the front, but it was rough and there were lots of sick people the first night. We did not arrive in Key West until after 1pm. To make up for the delayed arrival in Key West and Freeport, we stayed later in the ports.
Key West was our first port. We have been there many, many times over the years. We decided to just walk around town. We walked down to the Southernmost Point and back and did some shopping.
Cabin Review
Ocean Suite
There were 3 of us in the cabin. There was plenty of storage space between the dressing area and the large dresser and closets in the bedroom area. The cabin has a double sofa bed, but the steward only made it up as a single bed. It would have been nice to have it as a double, since an adult was sleeping on it. The cabin was in pretty good shape, except for a couple of issues. One of the sink faucets needed a washer replaced so that it did not squirt water everywhere when you turned it on. The pipe that the shower head is attached to , and slides up and down, was falling off the wall. We could not use it as a hand held shower head, nor adjust the water flow because the pipe would fall off the wall every time you touched it. The glass front on the balcony was filthy, and even though they cleaned the balcony during the cruise, it remained filthy. We had an issue with people on nearby balconies smoking and throwing cigarette butts and empty cigarette packages on our balcony. We started out with 3 chairs on the balcony, but one disappeared when they cleaned the balcony. That was a pain, since there were 3 of us in the cabin.
Port Reviews
Galveston
Galveston has a very organized embarkation. The staff at the port are friendly too!
Key West
Even though we have been to Key West many times, we enjoyed our visit. The locals were friendly and there is something for everyone to enjoy.