Background
For the sake of perspective, I always like to describe my likes and biases. I am a D+ cruiser with RCI and was traveling directly with my parents who are both D. We met up with some extended family and friends on the cruise, so we had a decent sized group (16). This was our first time on a Freedom-class ship and I was interested to go on it after getting off the Oasis in May. As expected, my Oasis experience did color some of my experiences on Freedom.
Pre-Cruise