Freedom of the Seas Review

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Freedom of the Seas - Febuary 5th.

Review for the Western Caribbean Cruise on Freedom of the Seas
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schantz5000
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Feb 2012
Cabin: Promenade Stateroom

We sailed aboard Freedom of the Seas February 5th to the Western Caribbean. As usual Royal Caribbean provided a great cruise experience, our 4th with RCI. Legend, Mariner, Oasis and Freedom.

Cabin: We were on deck 8 with a promenade view. The cabin was what we expect and have experienced on other ships. It was clean and provided everything we needed for the week. Our cabin steward met every need and served every request without issue. He is a busy person so if you're going to expect to have someone "wait on you" all day, you may be disappointed. We require little tending and only ask for ice (brought twice daily) and assistance with the occasional system snafu.

Food: We dined nightly in the main dining room. The menu was nearly the same that we experienced on Oasis last year. For those that find the food quality lacking, all I can say is that you must eat at a much more elegant level than I am accustomed to. We found the menus to offer a wide variety of appetizers, soups, salads, entree meats and seafood and desserts. All well prepared and presented. Dining room service is awesome. I imagine that 5 star dining establishments may be of superior quality, but they are typically not serving 1500 guests in a seating. The Windjammer buffet has much of the same menu items without the structure and presentation of the dining room. Breakfast and lunch at the Windjammer is nothing special, but would satisfy most appetites. We typically ate in the main dining room for breakfast where a scaled down buffet exists and ordering from a menu is available. We don't feel the need to dine at the specialty restaurants on board so can't comment on those. Sorrento's or the Promenade Cafe offers an option for a "light lunch" which we took advantage of from time to time. Soft serve ice cream is available on the pool deck all afternoon.

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Promenade Stateroom

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Cabin 8325. Promenade view on deck 8. It's at the end of the promenade so doesn't offer a view of much of the "action". Noise from the promenade parties is barely noticeable.

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