My boyfriend and I were on the Carnival Freedom out of Fort Lauderdale on October 16, 2011. The weather was terrible, and that is not the fault of the cruise line. However, we were so disappointed in the cruise, that we will probably never take another one.

We had thought the food would be fabulous or at least very good. We are flexible, so the initial number of options originally was exciting. We did not have a single HOT meal the entire time we were on-board. Or a single COLD item that should have been cold (except the ice cream). Everything was lukewarm at best; milk, fruit, meat selections, Lido buffet, restaurant, pizza, grill, it was all the same. I was so concerned about the temperature of the milk and yogurt that after a while, if I picked it up and it as not ice cold, I put it back down. I did not want to risk getting sick from bacteria laden milk.

We ate in the Chic Restaurant three times for dinner and two or three times for breakfast. We asked for changes in the menu items, as in, please leave off a sauce or add additions and it was NEVER correct when it came to us. Again, it was cold or at best slightly warm. We just stopped eating in the restaurant because the quality of the food was no better than the Lido buffet, so it did not make sense to go and be aggravated. We were so thrilled when we got off the ship at the end of the cruise and found a little diner where they served us a HOT breakfast. Read more