Myself and my DS (14) left SC on Saturday morning and drove to Titusville where we stayed at the Fairfield Inn and Suites. Great hotel! The next morning we headed over to the Port. The Fairfield Inn offers a 40% off coupon for parking at the Port, so it was $9 per day. I know its more expensive than parking in a lot, but I preferred the convenience in this case. Got to the Port by 10 and were on the ship a little before 11. Smooth embarkation.

This was only my 2nd time on RCCL and my first time was for work. I can only compare to Carnival and NCL, but I absolutely loved the layout of the Freedom. The week was great, and as this was the biggest ship I've been on, it didn't seem overpopulated.

FOOD/DRINKS: We chose to do the MDR just one night (had MTD) and ate at the Windjammer and Sorrento's the other nights. We didn't do either of the specialty restaurants. We did Johnny Rockets one night and it was OK. I wasn't impressed with the sushi onboard; there seemed to have better selections of this on Carnival. We did breakfast via room service most mornings, so I can't comment on breakfast in Windjammer or the MDR. My DS had the soda package and towards the middle of the week, he got tired of hauling the cup around with him. However, they did still give him sodas as he had the Cola insignia on his Seapass. I did enjoy being able to get mimosa's onboard. Read more