Freedom of the Seas Review

Very Port Intensive as Expected

Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Freedom of the Seas
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Patriots68
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

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Sail Date: Jun 2017
Cabin: Grand Suite

We wanted to do something different for our honeymoon and chose this cruise. I hadn't cruised before but my DW had. The ship was amazing and she was very impressed with the difference between it and the Carnival ships she had previously sailed on due to spending a large amount of time ashore we were tired and didn't get to enjoy the ship as much as we would have on a Caribbean cruise. The ports were wonderful and we wish we had two days in each to see everything. We did mostly shared excursions through the roll call but did do a wine tasting through RCL in La Spieza.

We had my time dining and found that the MDR was extremely crowded after about 1900 to the point where we ended up ordering room service and eating in our suite most nights. We are guessing this was due to everyone coming back late and wanting to eat at the same time, and the lack of family's on board that would be eating early. We did have a reoccuring problem with room service, both breakfast and our dinner orders from the main dining room would come out long nearly every time. The concierge, our stateroom attendant and even the room service supervisor tried to make this right after we mentioned it to them near the end of the cruise. The last time we ordered room service they sent up two of everything and a bottle of Champagne.

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Grand Suite

Cabin GS

Wonderful cabin just aft of the hot tub on the stbd side. Cabin was very large with more storage space than we could ever possibly fill. Having main dining room and free room service was as wonderful benefit as was access to the concierge. Occasionally you could hear chairs scraping across the pool deck above, mostly during the sea day. We had a small problem with our keys not always working in the door. The one word of caution with this cabin that my DW, who is a home healthcare nurse, pointed out, is that the tub has a very high step in order to get into it to take a shower and that elderly or handicap may not be able to get into it, we're in our mid 30's so it wasn't a problem for us.

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