Freedom of the Seas Review

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

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Sail Date: Oct 2009
Cabin: Junior Suite

We arrived at the port around 11:30 am, after hearing from CruiseCritic.com that waiting until the Royal Caribbean suggested time of 1:30 would be TOO late! I am glad that we arrived earlier! Check-in was smooth, lines of no more than 20 people in front of us. The people were friendly and directions were easy to follow. We boarded the ship around 12:15 or so and ended up eating at the Windjammer around 1:00. It was very crowded, and that stayed that way all week in the Windjammer. It was my least favorite place to eat on the ship, but sometimes it was just the most convenient.

The Muster drill was long and annoying to stand in these little groups in lines. However, we realize it was needed and were happy to not have to wear the life-jackets!

We loved our room! It was a Junior Suite on the "hump." Our Stateroom attendant was great! The room had a bathtub, a large closet, generous sized balcony. It was mostly soundproof. The one thing that we couldn't figure out was how to hear the announcements in our room, I think the speaker was broken - so I had to pop my head out the front door to hear the announcements. Other than that, we loved our room and balcony. We watched sail-away from several ports from our balcony rather than from on the top deck.

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Junior Suite

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The room was great! We had a very large closet. This room is on the "hump" and had a great view. We heard very little from our neighbors, only a little from the one which we shared a door with. There weren't any rooms across the hall from us either. We could hear people walking down the hall a little bit, especially on the day we disembarked, we could hear them dragging their bags. There is a great sitting area in this room. The bathroom has a tub, and it was a perfect size.

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