We drove to the port and arrived around 11am. No problem parking and walked inside a very cold terminal. The AC worked very well. We walked right up to the counter and were checked in very quickly and shown a seat to wait to board the ship. After about a 15 minute wait we boarded the ship around 11:30. The rooms were not going to be available until 1:00 so we gave ourselves a tour of the ship. This was very helpful as the week went along as we knew where everything was.

We made it to our room a little early and met the cabin steward, Edson, who did a great job the entire time. Always ice in the room and took care of anything we needed. The muster drill was uneventful and it was nice not to have to wear the lifejacket.

Not long after we left Port Canaveral they had a medical emergency onboard so we had to stop and tie up to let emergency personell board before we made it out to open sea. Not sure what happened but hope the passenger was ok. The Freedom of the Seas has something for everyone...unfortunately even the smokers. It was not pleasant walking through the smoke in the bar on deck 4 every time we went to dinner. That was however the only time we had a problem with this. Read more