First time cruise worries were soon gone once onboard the Freedom of the Seas. the kids had plenty to but spent most of their time at the pool. We bought the soda drinks package which menat we had the refill station beside us at the pool and the girls were constantly going for "sprinkles" the icecream trolley at the poolside which was complimentary. We only ate in the Galileo restaurant 2 eventings as we much preferred the relaxed stylr of the Windjammer and also the buffet style dining was great for the kids.
I am sorry we only got to see 2 shows as they were very good!! Our daughters did everything on board - ice skating, wall climbing, flow rider and went to the arcade games room a couple of evenings. Plenty for them to do.
We bought an excursion throuhg oyal Carribean for each of the 4 destinations which wa costly but we enjoyed them all. As first time cruisers we were wary of buying tours on the island especially with kids but will probably the next time as they are half the price!