Carnival Freedom Review
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This was our first cruise in several years. There were a few hiccups in boarding as the boat was delayed almost 3 hours because it was loading a lot of supplies for a renovation of some sort...Because of this, there wasn't much preparation for Key West the next day...
The ship itself was in very good condition, the decoration of the Freedom is a bit gaudy with fake statues of liberty and such in different areas of the ship, but I guess that's to be expected. We had a late dinner seating and I'm glad we did as it seemed much less rushed than the earlier seating...We found the food to be quite good, and the meat and fish to be fresh and high quality. Really liked the desserts as well!
The shows were NOT at all memorable! We went the first two nights, and the first night was a big band theme with the cruise director and the second night was an inexplicable mix of 40s music and uninspired singing and dancing. The only other show we went to was the talent night, which was actually the best entertainment!
Cabin Review
A pretty convenient balcony stateroom. It had a safe and a small fridge that was stocked, but we never could find the price sheet, so we just put our own bottled water we brought on board! Balcony was great but the biggest annoyance was a neighbor that had joined two rooms via the balcony. All we would hear is the balcony doors thump both ways quite frequently. Really annoying. there was a washer/dryer right down the hall and we used it once without incident. You do need $3 quarters to wash and $3 to dry clothes but we got change at the casino. You need your own detergent unless you want to buy it there.