LIVE from Freedom of the Seas 12/4 Western Caribbean

Good afternoon all! I will be embarking on Freedom tomorrow afternoon from Port Everglades. While I've seen several live reports lately on the 8 night Eastern, there hasn't been much on the 6 night so I thought we'd give it a go. I doubt this will be quite on the level of ckrobyn or Canadian Disney Moms reviews for quality but I'll try.

Much of what you'll see photo and review wise will be a repeat of previous reviews, but I'll try and take plenty of photos especially of the cruise compasses and the menus from the various venues. We aren't planning on specialty dining at all but will toss in some menu shots there and as many of the drink menus/prices I can. I tend to take a lot of random photos so expect those as well.

Background:

Myself (Cody), my wife Ainslie, and my two parents will be heading to Grand Cayman, Cozumel, and Costa Maya. We booked this cruise while I was deployed earlier this year. I realized I was going to miss yet another anniversary (3 out of 4) due to work and we needed a vacation. When my parents heard about the trip they decided to come along as they hadn't cruised in a few years.

We typically cruise in Promenade/inside rooms as we spend very little time in the room itself. For this cruise we booked a standard E3 balcony room next door to my parents midship on deck 7. Prices were very good we were able to take advantage of multiple price drops. I also purchased the 1 device surf and stream package for us to share (will post speeds a couple times) as well as the deluxe drink package for myself.

In Grand Cayman, my wife and mother will be doing the stingray/snorkel tour with Nativeway which we've done previously and loved, while my dad and I will be taking a bus over to the Cayman Islands Brewery for the tour and a few samples and some lunch in town afterwards. Cozumel is lunch at Casa Denis and some shopping downtown and a leisurely stroll back to the ship. Costa Maya were booked at Maya Chan along with a good bunch of our roll call.

As we live only about 2 1/2 hours north in Satellite Beach we will be driving down in the morning and using Park n Go. More to come tomorrow, and if anyone has questions/ wants photos from around the ship post here and I'll do my best.

Side note- I'm not a "foodie" and very easy to please so while I will talk about the food onboard, my opinions on it will likely be less in depth/critical than others.

Awesome! We are doing the same itinerary on Dec. 18th! I'll be following.

Iahawkfan21

Looking forward to your review. We will be joining you on this adventure. Here's to a great week

Bon Voyage

Dip

Looking forward to your review. There are 10 of us on this itinerary in February. We booked Maya Chan so I am really interested in how that goes. Bon Voyage!

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Arrived to Park n Go 1045 no issues great service. This is the view inside the terminal at 1130 already through checkin ready to board no wait whatsoever now.

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Windjammer not crowded at all a little before noon, crowds still pretty low.

For those that were wondering about drink packages.

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Following we will be on board in 2 weeks. What time did get on the ship.

We bought the one device Surf and Stream package, this is first Speedtest in port. Will check again in a couple days once underway.

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Following we will be on board in 2 weeks. What time did get on the ship.

Got to the terminal around 1115 and were onboard before 1145.

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Can you tell me what kind of specialty dining packages are available once on board? We have a ton of OBC, so would prefer to wait until we board to use. Thanks and enjoy!

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Can you tell me what kind of specialty dining packages are available once on board? We have a ton of OBC, so would prefer to wait until we board to use. Thanks and enjoy!

 

 

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They had these outside the windjammer. Haven't gotten down to Sabor yet but will look and post menus later.

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Cool, we will be boarding next Saturday for the 8-night itinerary. Look forward to following along, it will help the week go by. Have a great trip.

They had these outside the windjammer. Haven't gotten down to Sabor yet but will look and post menus later.

 

 

 

 

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Thank you!!!

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Looking forward to your review. Have a wonderful cruise [emoji3]

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Looking forward to your report! We will be sailing in January, and eager to hear your views!

I hope you enjoy your vacation!

They had these outside the windjammer. Haven't gotten down to Sabor yet but will look and post menus later.

 

 

 

 

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We enjoyed Chef's Table and will most likely do this again. Getting half off for Giovanni's would seal the deal for us. That's a pretty good deal.

Day 1 Cruise Compass:

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We'll be doing this cruise at the end of March, I'll be following along!

Thank you for taking the time to do a live review!

Following! I'm watching her sail away right now. We have a long while before we are on her!

Night 1 dinner menu:

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We bought the one device Surf and Stream package, this is first Speedtest in port. Will check again in a couple days once underway.

 

 

 

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This is fantastic!!! Thanks for posting

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Congratulations on another successful deployment completion. Thank you for doing what you do!

I will follow along, too, as we will be on this itinerary in January. Looking forward to reading your review.

Hope you have an awesome sailing!

I appreciate the photos of the Compass, but they might be a bit too small for some to make out the details.

Looking forward to your review. I am going on the same 6 day Feb 26th. We are also going to Maya Chan. We don't have any plans for Grand Cayman or Cozumel.

Excited to be following your live review!