Carnival Freedom Review

4.5 / 5.0
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First (last?) time on Freedom

Review for the Eastern Caribbean Cruise on Carnival Freedom
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2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Sep 2011
Cabin: Balcony

When we booked our cruise on the Freedom, we paid for 5 ports. Later, after all monies were paid they notified us they were dropping the San Jaun port due to "dockage problems". Did we get a refund for that port? Nooooo. We got a "Fun Day At Sea" for the same price.

Tropical Storm Maria threw a scare into Carnival and, as we checked in at Ft. Lauderdale, we were given a letter saying we were now going on a western cruise instead of eastern. All excursions at original ports cancelled ... so we spent the next couple of hours in line at the excursion desk booking new excursions instead of enjoying the ship. That done, we went to our balcony to enjoy our departure ... but ... a message came over the intercom that the OLD itinerary was back on. !!! Back to the excursion desk to stand in line with a lot of familiar faces. With everything re-squared away, we went back to our balcony to see we were already passing into open ocean. So much for enjoying departure.

Finally cruising, we explored the ship. There were more families on board than any other cruise we've been on. Unfortunately, a lot of the parents must have been the "permissive" type as children were running up and down our hall, screaming, at all hours of the evening.

Cabin Review

Balcony

Cabin 8D

Plenty of storage for people who like to cruise "comfortably". Had a "lip" on the floor outside door in hallway so when crewmembers went over it with a cart of dishes, you knew it. Standard Carnival decor. Seemed smaller than one we had on Fantasy, but sq footage about the same. Small but nice balcony.

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