This was our third cruise, all with Royal Caribbean. We previously cruised on the Serenade of the Seas, Radiance class, and the Splendor of the Seas, Vision class. We were very much looking forward to sailing on a Freedom class and had very high expectations. If you are only reading this to see if there were any problems or complaints then you can go on to the next review. We found all of our expectations exceeded with absolutely no complaints at all with the ship, crew or service. Later in the review we will comment on one idiot and one moron.

We had a junior suite on deck ten. There was a slight bit of noise from above, main pool and H2O area during the day which was to be expected. But it was not distracting and we did take mid afternoon naps a couple of days without being bothered. We chose this cabin as it was approximately in the middle of the ship and we are glad we did. The room was always clean and there was no evidence of any wear and tear more than what can be expected. We had two chairs, a small table and two lounge chairs on our balcony. There was plenty of space for storage with the drawers provided in the vanity unit and the walk in closet. The closet had floor to ceiling shelves at one end and a clothes rod that ran the length of the closet. We found that we had as much storage as we did in the Grand Suite on the Serenade of the Seas. Bring a power strip, 110v or 220v, as there is a limited number of power plugs in the cabin. We forgot our power strip but purchased one on the first port for three euros that had five connections and a five meter long cord.

I won't critique the ports as there is an extensive amount of reviews for all of the eight ports visited in other Cruise Critic sections. All ports were docked as opposed to tendering. That may have been why there were so many special needs people on board. Read more