Carnival Freedom Review

Nice Surprise

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Freedom
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AngiP68
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Oct 2010
Traveled with children

My husband, son (age 16) and I just returned from a six night cruise aboard the Carnival Freedom. I want to say first and foremost that I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of this cruise. 6 years ago I had a very bad experience on a Carnival ship and swore that I would never go on one again, but I listened to the compliments that others paid to recent Carnival cruises so I thought I would give Carnival a try again.

Embarkation was a breeze! This was my 9th cruise, and I have never had an easier time getting on a ship! My family and I arrived about 10:50 am and only stood in line for 10 minutes before the doors opened and we were being processed. We were on the ship and in the Lido dining room at 11:30 am. We took our time eating lunch because we were not allowed in our cabin until 1:30 pm. After lunch, we walked around the ship to get our bearings and then sat by the pool a few minutes until we could finally get into our cabin. I do want to mention that this is the gaudiest ship I have ever been on! The wall decorations are so large that they really minimize the open spaces. I'm not sure what the designer was thinking, but I think he was having flashbacks to the 1970's and this ship just started sailing in 2007!

Our cabin was on the Veranda Deck (deck 8) and was cabin 8-278. I was pleasantly surprised with the size of the room; it is definitely larger than the cabins on other cruise lines! As usual, we chose an interior cabin because we spend very little time in the cabin. The bathroom had lots of shelving and the shower was larger than on other cruise ships. Closet space and shelving for clothes was plentiful also. Our cabin was located just below the Lido deck (pool deck) and on occasion some noise could be heard up above (especially women's heels on the hardwood) but overall the cabin was quiet. The bed was comfortable and the linens were great! I appreciated the plush robes that were left for our use!

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Spacious closet and larger than staterooms on other cruise lines! A little noisy due to pool deck overhead, but not bad.

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