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Carnival Freedom 6 Day Review with pictures


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I just got back from the Carnival Freedom on my honeymoon cruise yesterday. I had an amazing time and will post a long review with many photos now. My DH thought it was weird that I was taking pictures of the food, but I told him I had to do it for my cruise critic people! :D

 

We actually spent four days in the Ft. Lauderdale/Miami area before the cruise. I will add a few photos of that.

 

Feel free to ask any and all questions you may have.

 

We took Southwest into FLL and rented a car. We stayed at the Sleep Inn in Dania.

 

Sleep Inn PROS:

1. across the street from a Publix, Chinese food, Mexican food and Italian food

2. next to a Walgreens

3. affordable

 

Sleep Inn CONS:

1. the tub had some dirt in it

2. our toilet was leaking a little, but someone did come to fix it

 

Here are two pictures of the hotel:

 

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We visited the Anne Kolb Nature Center, which is right down the road from the hotel, and walked down the boardwalk (free).

 

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The next day we drove to Miami in our rental car. We went to Miami Beach and saw the Carnival Destiny in port on the way there and leaving port on our way to the Miami Marlins game later. I was so excited to see a Carnival ship!

 

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Marlins Park:

 

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The following day we had to return the rental car (Saturday, May 26) so after that we ended up hanging out in the hotel the whole day. Another pro about the hotel is that they had a free shuttle from the FLL airport and to Port Everglades. Another con that I forgot to mention before is that they didn't have any hot chocolate at the continental breakfast. :(

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We signed up for the 9 a.m. shuttle to Port Everglades from the hotel. We got to the port quickly and tried to get into the building, but they weren't letting anyone in yet. At around 9:15 a.m. they allowed us to go in the building. We went through the metal detectors and bag xrays and then sat in a room until our zone was called. We had Zone 2 so we were called around 11:15 a.m. This being our second cruise, we knew to go right to the Lido deck for lunch! It wasn't too crowded yet once we got up there. I got the grilled turkey and cheese sandwich and DH got his burger, fries, pita chips and chicken tenders.

 

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The Freedom Restaurant (buffet) on the Lido deck:

 

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Very yummy chocolate chip cookies that both DH and I love! :D

 

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After wandering around the upper decks, we got hot so we decided to go into the Victoriana Lounge (the main show lounge) to wait until our rooms were ready. They mentioned that the rooms would be ready by 1:30 p.m. so we waited until then and then went to check out our room. Our luggage wasn't there when we got to our room, but did show up before dinner. Here are a couple shots of Victoriana and our Riveria Deck (Deck 1) stateroom (room number 1263 on the starboard side).

 

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Next I will post some pictures of the other public inner areas of the ship.

 

Chic dining room:

 

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Circle C:

 

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Library:

 

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Lobby:

 

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The shops (and if you look closely you can see a bride coming! It was kinda funny that I chose that moment to take the picture):

 

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Casino:

 

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So I was kinda upset because after muster drill, they let one side leave and then the other side and by the time our side was called, we had missed sail away! :( I was bummed because we had wanted to wave to the webcam! Oh, well. We ate dinner in the MDR and I had heart of iceberg lettuce and DH had chicken fingers for an appetizer. Then I had grilled chicken for my entree and DH had flat iron steak.

 

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For dessert I had warm chocolate melting cake OF COURSE! :D

 

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I think DH had something boring like ice cream since he wasn't interested in the other desserts that night. We ate in the MDR 5 out of the 6 nights and I had the WCMC 4 of those times. LOL.

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For dessert we also ended up sharing a slice of cake which the waiters brought to us and sang "Happy honeymoon to you! Happy honeymoon to you!" It was funny and unexpected. Our waiters were named Panya (head waiter), Rasmudi and Arvin (assistant waiters). We liked Rasmudi the best because he was funny and always looked happy. :)

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