Husband( who is known as Santa) and I(who is known as Karen) arrived in Ft. Lauderdale on a bright sunny afternoon. Hotel shuttle was called and came to take us to hotel. We stayed at the Rodeway Inn and Suites of 2440 West State Road 84. What a great place. Clean clean clean. Yeah. Close to port and airport both. Izzy is the best. Attached to the hotel is the best sports bar nd grill. Very convenient and accommadating. The staff is very friendly, helpful and fun to be staying with. The food was awesome and served with a smile. It is the only place now for us to stay when in Ft. L. Hotel suggested for the afternoon and evening the water taxi would be a nice excursion. How true. For just a few dollars, we took a ride in the canal and saw some beautiful homes and boats. Back to hotel for the evening. Shuttle to the airport was the most painless I have ever experienced. Izzy knows what he is doing. Sit back and he will get you to the port in ample time with no hassles. Thanks Izzy.
Got to port. We have VIP boarding so we were in our room in 20 minutes. Ft. L port did a good job for us.
Carnival Freedom is a clean boat. Guess you can tell, clean is important to me. I hate to see old dust around. We went to lido and got a bite, then went to our room. 9229. Nice location. First time on lido. Think I will stay there more often. Very convenient to the pool, Serenity, shows, and exactually everything.
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Regular room make up. I like location. Starboard, Forward-- about 7 from front of ship. Quiet not a lot of traffic only those going to their cabins.