We sailed on the Freedom of the Seas from Sept 12 - 16 to the Bahamas. We picked this ship because of the Ice rink on board.
Embarkation:
Super easy! We were suite passengers and also Key passengers so we were escorted to the suite lounge for check-in and waiting. We were on the boat by 11. They said that lunch started at 11, but it didn't start until 12, and our room wasn't ready until ...
Considering the low cost we paid for this sailing I was not sure what to expect. Wow what a truly wonderful week. I enjoyed every moment. It was full Royal Caribbean to the max. The crew were amazing, we walked directly into the MDR no wait. Chops and Giovanni's we're amazing and I was very happy with the MDR and Windjammer. Entertainment was excellent as always. We loved this ship so much we're ...
Fourth cruise with Royal and sixth cruise overall. We choose this cruise for the ship. Always something to do on a Oasis class ship. Overall this was a great cruise. I will list the pro's first then what few con's
PROS
1)Ship overall was great. Always something going on for you to do. Never had a problem doing anything we wanted, just had to have a reservation or allow enough time to ...
Check in at the port was complicated as there were many cruisers on the previous sailing still trying to leave as new passengers were arriving. Overall, once we were parked, the rest of the check-in went quickly. We were onboard by 11:15am.
We had an interior room located in the forward part of the ship on deck 11. The room was clean, everything worked, and very quiet. Rarely did we hear any ...
Over all the trip was great. Few minor mishaps on embarkment day and the one day my eye glass flew overboard. Embarkment was a chaotic. No direction really. There were set boarding times but no one was following them. Ours was at 11:30 and we had the Key program (highly recommended, at least for us). Key - early check-in, special security and check-in lines, free lunch on the first day, free ...
For everyone's experience is different..... I can tell you that they don't take care of their passengers as well as you think they do. They have discriminated with passengers multiple times. Including retired veterans they have targeted. I solemnly refer to the staff. And even though you can ask they're gonna deny it a million times but I've seen that happen quite a few times on the boat. Do ...
embarkation was a breeze, we where on in 15 minutes.
pros, plenty of activities and things too, from start to finish. The shows were really good. we werent crazy about cats though. room attendant and crew were excellent. ship was very clean . the windjammer food was good. chops steak house was great. comics were great.
cons,
food in the main dining room was a miss. most nights the food ...
To give you an idea of the perspective we’re writing this review; we’ve done 14 cruises across 3 lines, with the majority on Royal Caribbean. We keep trying different cruise lines and have cruises schedule on Carnival and Virgin in the coming months. Royal isn’t prefect, we recently had a poor experience on Ovation of the Seas, but the Oasis class ships seem to always knock it out of the park for ...
I have been on 15 cruises (RC, Carnival and Princess) and I have to say this was one of my favs. This ship was beautiful. Refurbished in 2020 and you can tell. It was so clean and comfortable. I loved our shower with doors vs a curtain and the water pressure was amazing. There was a ton of storage space with plenty of drawers, counter and closet space with plenty of hangers. I would suggest an ...
Booked this cruise because the date worked for us.Started with RC losing our bus transfer. Sat at airport for 2 hours waiting for the bus once they figured it out. Had no idea how big this boat was. Room 14708. Terrible! Under the basketball court. Thump all Day. Worst bed We've ever slept in. Rock hard, like sleeping in a hole. Room was beautiful. Room steward Hernaldo was exceptional! Great ...