Carnival Freedom Review

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Great birthday celebration

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Freedom
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bttravel
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Jan 2010

I gave a cruise to my son and his wife for his 30th birthday. We had gone on a cruise last year for my daughter in law's 30th. I let him pick the cruise within reason. Since he picked Carnival I was able to afford a balcony room for him and my sister and I had one across the hall.

We arrived in Fort Lauderdale the day before and stayed at the Courtyard by Marriott beach property. We both had rooms with a direct ocean view (son had a corner room with both city and ocean). The hotel was gorgeous, floor to ceiling windows. It right across from the beach and in the middle of everything.We went to Gump's Shrimp Co restaurant next door and had a great time. The service was especially good. We walked the beach area. There were tons of places to eat and drink within a block or two. We ordered pizza delivery for supper and went bed early since we had been up since 4am. My son and daughter in law went out for breakfast down the block and were not too impressed with the food or the pricing.

We got a taxi to take us to the port. It is only about a 5 minute drive. The hotel did not offer a shuttle. Were in line about 10:45. The door opened at 11am. We quickly got through the line and were sitting eating on the lido deck about 11:45. This is the best part of my cruise...sitting in the warm air, listing to the music, eating a hot dog with ice cream for dessert, knowing I have 8 days ahead of me.

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Our cabin was wonderful! Very spacious with plenty of room to move around. We were kind of near the elevator but the room was very quiet. Now I can't live without a couch in the room. We sat there every morning for most breakfasts, had the table in front for our food with the TV right in front of us. No sitting with balancing plates on our laps. When my son and daughter in law visited, there was plenty of places to sit and/or move around. The only thing that bothered me was the choice of TV channels. I do like to keep up with what is going on at home. Why only Denver ,CO. stations? A west coast and east coast station would be a better choice along with regular CNN and TNT programing. Small point but it was irritating.This was our first balcony room. We did enjoy it but the chairs were not the most comfortable. It was really great to have when the lido deck was full.

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