We sailed on the Freedom of the Seas from June 19th to June 26th going to the Eastern Carribean. We chose this cruise because it had 3 day's at sea plus Cocoa Cay and two nice ports in St. Thomas and St. Marteen. We had seven in our group five of us diamond club member's and two emerald club member's. We have only cruised RCCL because they have alway's met our expectation's or exceeded it.
Pre-cruise flew in the day before and took Omega shuttle to the Radisson in Cocoa Beach. Omega shuttle was oustanding in there service and reasonable price wise, highly suggest you give them a try. We also used them going back to the airport and they were waiting for us at the port. The Radisson also was a very good place to stay and there free shuttle was a nice way to get to the ship. Reminder though you need to book a time to shuttle over when you make reservations as they are very busy in the morning with alot of passengers who have the same idea to get to the ship early.
Embarktion- Very smooth. Got to port at 10:45 and on ship by 11:30. The only time we met some not to friendly people from RCCl but again we did'nt let it bother us.
Inside cabin with three people worked for us. A little crowded but we were rarely in the cabin together other than to sleep. Liked the sixth floor because it was quiet and very little motion from the ship moving. Have learned to stay away from the elevator's, stairwell's and below the dining room and casino as they clean these at night and move furniture which can get noisy.