I traveled with my daughter (9) and had a connecting balcony room to my sister, her husband, and my niece (9), rooms 13149 & 13151. It was my first cruise, but my sister and her family cruised Freedom of the Seas two years ago.
I purchased the pop package for myself and my daughter when we got on board. My sister and I also purchased a wine package. You can buy 6, 7 or 8 bottles up front and receive a 20% discount. They give you a slip of paper for each bottle you buy. All of the wines we purchased were great! When they sell the wine package, they say you can redeem the wine at any restaurant or bar. In reality, not really. The bars to not stock those wines, and someone would have to go to a MDR to retrieve it (which they wouldn't). If we wanted to drink a bottle at any time outside of dinner, we had to go to the atrium cafe and wait about 20 minutes for someone to retrieve it. We also had to wait a long time for our wine in La Cucina. I think only the MDRs have the wine. If I had to do it all over again, I would only prepurchase 1 bottle for each night's dinner and that's it.
Rooms: Very happy with the connecting rooms. You do lose a bit of storage because of the connecting door, however, we still had plenty of space in each room for everything. The bathroom split was fine for us. There was never water by the door after showering like previously reported. We never had a "flood" by the sink. Our 9 year olds even managed to wash hands, etc. without making a mess. We all preferred the room with the bed closest to the balcony. It gives you a ton more space by the sink area. Our rooms were ready when we got up there at 2pm on embarkation day. Our room steward was fabulous! My room had the bed split into two singles. They are very firm. We decided that the couch (bed #3) is the exact width, length, and firmness as the two twins.
Connecting balcony room - you lose a bit of storage for the connecting room, but you still have plenty. The bed is closest to the balcony which left more space by the sink that the other setup.