Freedom of the Seas Review

Amazing first cruise

Review for the Western Mediterranean Cruise on Freedom of the Seas
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dawnb23
First Time Cruiser • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Jun 2017
Cabin: Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony

We went on this cruise because my mother hadn't been on holiday for over 20 years as she is disabled and finds it hard to find holidays to suit her and the ship catered for disabled people so she asked if we wanted to accompany her, we wouldn't of picked a cruise ourselves as i have never been good on boats,but we of course went to assist her so that she could enjoy a holiday. We were very surprised how amazing it was the staterooms were a decent size mind you we had deluxe balcony ocean views and the balconys were big the views were outstanding.The whole ship was beautifully decorated a bit old style but kept very clean.The food was extremely good and plenty of soft drinks and hot beverages, but you have to be careful as even though we had supposedly paid for all inclusive food and certain alcohol it appeared that we paid for quite a bit including wine in the main dining room.We should have had some sort of meeting when we arrived so that we knew which places on the ship supplied the free drink ,there are no kettles in your staterooms as it is a fire hazard so you have to go to one of the dining rooms to get your tea, you can have room service and the continental breakfast is free but in the small print you get charged a fee for the room service added to your card you carry with you every where, there are a lot of hidden charges including bottles of water.

The entertainment was very good always different things to see and do day and night.Just to say don't bother taking your tuxedo suit or long dresses we were told we had to wear formal evening wear tuxedo for men and dresses for women so we bought the outfits at quite a bit of expense we wouldn't normally wear that attire but made an effort and were very annoyed to see that the men mainly just wore smart shirts with and without ties, and women wore some lovely dresses but not over the top just smarts don't worry about the formal notice.

The trips were amazing but not very disabled friendly streets the worst being florence were we had to lift my mothers scooter up all the high kerbs and hardly any ramps any where it is medieval not suitable for disabled! The trips apart from that were great the staff are very helpful and overall we had great first cruise we will defiantly think of going on another ones you can see so many more places in one hit.

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Deluxe Oceanview Stateroom with Balcony

Cabin E3

Brilliant very clean and the bed was very comfortable the views amazing from the balcony

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