thejackson3

Thank you so much for this! We are trying to make up our minds on this cruise for summer 2020. Your highly detailed chronicles are always such a pleasure to read! 

Thank you! I was hoping to hear about Adam. He will be CD on our upcoming Valor cruise (out of Galveston in November). I had not been able to find anything about him on CC. Your review is also super helpful since we hope to sail on Vista once it moves to Galveston. Keep your fun spirit!

Thank you for posting this. And for the Fun Times. We will make this trip in November for our anniversary and are eagerly anticipating everything!

Thank you! We are loving reliving the cruise with your photos. I keep telling my family, "We did this, but we just didn't take such good pictures!" So enjoyed meeting y'all.

Hi Jackson3,

It's ok, I sometimes forget he isn't on a vacation afterall.:ship: You're very kind, sometimes the only letters he sees are the negative ones. I'll write him and tell him to look here. :D

Only about 3 months till we'll be on the Freedom ourselves. It sounds like a great ship!

Thanks again,

Bobbi

You're going to love the Freedom! As with anything, it has its best features and a few less fun. If you are bothered by smoke, go to deck 5 (promenade) early in the day, as by afternoon, the whole area is strongly smoky. Music and comedy are the greatest (Mark helps make that the case!), but food is awesome! Look at everything and then go back for more of what you like. Ask for anything you want...the staff will try SO hard to give you what you want. They're just not mind-readers. If you advocate for your needs/wants, you will find the best vacation ever.

And just because I can't resist, a few personal favorites: clamshell seats on the Serenity deck, free champagne at the first art auction, tea at 3:00 pm in the dining room on sea days, mixing free lemonade in my free iced tea for a super-frugal "mixed drink," and tell Goodnight "good morning" at the towel hut.

On the Thanksgiving cruise, we had the pleasure of meeting Marky Mark. He generally emcees the comedy shows and runs bingo and trivia with the same comedy club spirit. Apologies to Mark's mom--he didn't have time to take a picture for us to post here for you! But he was pleased that we asked.

Sometimes you can catch his own comedy show in the karaoke lounge. He's every bit as funny as the headliners they have for the comedy club. And with Malcolm "Woohoo" Burn as Cruise Director, he's really getting a comedy workout!

Thinking of y'all in Humble. Hope you're staying high and dry. When all the cleanup is over, you'll have a nice Thanksgiving to look forward to!:)