This was the first time that the Freedom was doing a 5 night cruise. They normally run 7 days but the Triumph was off on a long Journey's cruise so Freedom was filling in.
Travelling was myself, DW, grown step-son, mother and her husband and 2 of DW friends. This was just a short getaway for all of us. Embarkation for us was very smooth. We got to the parking lot (Lighthouse Parking) about 12:30pm. We were on board by 1:15pm and enjoying a meal at the Mongolian Wok. It really went very smooth.
We have been on the Freedom once before and enjoyed ourselves. This trip was much the same - just 2 days shorter. Our room steward was Juan and he did a very good job. He learned our schedule and stayed hidden most of the time. I had requested ice and the bucket was filled 2x daily.
Cabin 1032 is on Panorama deck, inside room. We had 3 in the room. Two twins pushed together and one bunk. Typical inside room. Near the front to go to the "secret" deck. No noise issues of any sort. Again our room steward Juan did a very fine job!