Overall our experience was wonderful on Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas:
San Juan: we flew in 2 days early to explore San Juan. We stayed at the Sheraton old San Juan and it was the perfect location. Walking distance to everything. Great food right of the street. Make sure to have the Mofango. Use uber instead of a taxi- it’s a 1/3 of the cost. The restaurant at the hotel was delicious ...
We cruised with 7 other couples, including my mom and dad. We all had a great time...great food, plenty to do on board and nice destinations. Our waiters during dinner were the best. They knew our names from day 1, and provided quite the entertainment with magic tricks every night. We loved those 2 guys!
The destinations were wonderful. We love St. Martaan as it is one of our favorite ...
We traveled as a family with our 2 year old son. We were celebrating our wedding anniversary as well as 'babymoon' with our 2nd child being due later this year. Overall, ship features were great, but service was very poor.
PROS:
1) Embarkation super quick and easy
2) Splash area for kids on deck 11 very large and nice
3) Tons of storage space in the cabins
4) Balcony railing is ...
We are Crown & Anchor members and love Royal Caribbean...however, our cruise on Freedom of the Seas was by far our worst cruise! If I was a first timer on Royal Caribbean and took this ship I would book another cruise line.
Staff was NOT friendly at all. Everyone seemed to be off their A game. Rooms were old and worn, chairs in the lounges needed to be replaced. In the kids pool area most of ...
This cabin is a promenade cabin, designed for handicapped, however, the noise level should have been noted. The music was exceptionally loud on this cruise. I have been on Freedom a few times and never experienced such loud music. It was difficult to speak with guest services, during loudest times the bed in our room actually shook. This should be noted in the booking when selecting this room. ...
This is our first big cruise and it was a pleasant surprise for us to see the crew was so prepared and everything was so much planned to provide guests the best cruise experience. ALL of the staffs we met were very polite and friendly. Care was taken preparing the cruise compass so that it covers all the required information. Even being the first cruise, we did not have to meet guest services ...
The ship is very large and I had no sea sickness. The food is 5 star and the wait staff is wonderful. Our stateroom attendant was friendly, kept our room spotless.
I would definitely recommend Royal Caribbean.
The only thing I didn't like was the escalator going to customs, after we left the ship. Very hard to ride down with our suitcases as we did the self express.
Our captain, ...
We had an amazing time.....from Embarkation to Disembarkation. This was our 2nd time on the Freedom of the Seas.
*Inside cabin for the first time and we actually enjoyed it..quiet and dark.
*My time dining...best wait staff ever, thanks to Meer and Mohamed.
*Entertainment was outstanding. The skating show is always my favorite.
*Service every where on the ship was excellent.
*Ports ...
Wanted to try the Freedom because of the good reviews and the size of the ship. There are multiple issues here that I think only an experienced cruiser would understand. We have cruised with RCCL 11 times in the last 25 years. Every aspect of good customer service has gone down.
This cruise line has completely lost its focus. It’s all about how much money they can get out of you. 52 dollars to ...
We went on the Freedom of the Seas 8 night Eastern Caribbean cruise. Was a thank you cruise from my son for my wife and I and our new in-laws. He got married last year and wanted to thank us for our support. I admit going into the cruise I had my doubts about a ship that had almost 4000 passengers. I was very impressed they could easily handle all these passengers. Only real lines we ended up ...