Our Cruise on the Carnival Freedom w/ Lots of Pics

[Mrs.C05]

Was this cruise on March 17-23? If so, I was on this sailing with you!

 

As for Ocho Rios, I would HIGHLY suggest booking an excursion through Carnival or with a reputable tour guide. We used Peat Taylor and had such a blast! Worth every penny! Peat did tell us about the locals and to say no thanks and keep walking. We did have some try to get us to buy stuff on the way out of Dunn Rivers Falls, however we just said no thanks, didn't make eye contact and kept on walking. No one touched us or grabbed us.

[TNDeb]

LOVIN your review so far. We'll be on the Freedom in June for the same 6 day cruise. It's our 1st cruise and to say we're excited is an understatement!!!

 

I noticed your Dad's NASCAR hat. Who's his driver? We live about 30 miles from the Bristol track and got our racin fix last weekend.

[amanborob]

Always enjoy reading your reviews!! So detailed and I agree with others, you have a way of making us feel like we were with you!! :)

[wrigley80]

Was this cruise on March 17-23? If so, I was on this sailing with you!

 

As for Ocho Rios, I would HIGHLY suggest booking an excursion through Carnival or with a reputable tour guide. We used Peat Taylor and had such a blast! Worth every penny! Peat did tell us about the locals and to say no thanks and keep walking. We did have some try to get us to buy stuff on the way out of Dunn Rivers Falls, however we just said no thanks, didn't make eye contact and kept on walking. No one touched us or grabbed us.

 

No we were on the March 3-9 cruise. :)

[wrigley80]

LOVIN your review so far. We'll be on the Freedom in June for the same 6 day cruise. It's our 1st cruise and to say we're excited is an understatement!!!

 

I noticed your Dad's NASCAR hat. Who's his driver? We live about 30 miles from the Bristol track and got our racin fix last weekend.

 

You will truly enjoy cruising and trust me when I say this that it doesn't matter if it is your first cruise or your 12th cruise......you will always be excited. That feeling never goes away :p

My dad and I both enjoy NASCAR......our favorite driver is Danica Patrick. Her hometown is about 10 minutes from us....we gotta cheer for the hometown girl. When we got home from our cruise we bought our tickets to Michigan International Speedway. We go to the June race

[wrigley80]

Always enjoy reading your reviews!! So detailed and I agree with others, you have a way of making us feel like we were with you!! :)

 

Thank-You so much......I enjoy writing the reviews. It is a way for me to re-live my vacation :p :)

[G-Luvs2cruise]

Was this cruise on March 17-23? If so, I was on this sailing with you!

 

As for Ocho Rios, I would HIGHLY suggest booking an excursion through Carnival or with a reputable tour guide. We used Peat Taylor and had such a blast! Worth every penny! Peat did tell us about the locals and to say no thanks and keep walking. We did have some try to get us to buy stuff on the way out of Dunn Rivers Falls, however we just said no thanks, didn't make eye contact and kept on walking. No one touched us or grabbed us.

 

 

Thanks for the tip. My DH and I are thinking about booking the horseback/Dunn Falls excursion. Have you or anyone heard about this one?

 

G

[CruisinTeacher4]

So were you able to achieve your mission of eating Key Lime Pie dipped in chocolate. I have always wanted to try that but ways stick with the original slice of Key Lime Pie

 

Yes, but it was quite an adventure! I was six months pregnant at the time and we must have walked miles to find it--I didn't even know the name of the place. It ended up being a serious haul but we did enjoy it. Those electric cars would have made life so much easier:)

[wrigley80]

Well our day in Key West was almost over....the time here always goes way too fast. We decided to take the long way back to Sunshine Scooters

 

Can you see the Freedom poking through?? We rented our electric car from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. When we dropped our car off the shuttle was waiting to take us back to the ship. We had to be back onboard by 3:30 pm and we stepped foot on the ship at 3:25 pm. We definitely got the most out of our day in Key West.

Until we meet again......:p

 

Once we were back onboard we headed to the room to drop off our bags and to get cleaned up a little. We then headed to the Atrium for Sports Trivia. I love playing sports trivia

 

I won.....I answered 17 out of 20 correct. My dad and I play as a team

 

There she is....the coveted 24 Karat Ship on a Stick and a Medal

[wrigley80]

After playing trivia we headed outside on the promenade deck to watch us sail-away from Key West

 

We were already quite-a-ways out to sea

 

 

This was always a nice place to sit and watch the beautiful blue water because there were hardly ever any people out here

 

[wrigley80]

My dad was watching the Harbor Pilot

 

 

 

The Harbor Pilot stayed onboard until we cleared the channel markers

[wrigley80]

My dad and I decided to head to dinner around 6:00 pm on this night because we wanted to watch a movie on the Seaside Theatre later

Hery made me a little heart again

 

Alan, our waiter, dancing in the dining room. Besides the food this is my favorite part of eating in the dining room. I love watching the waiters sing and dance

 

Strawberry Cheesecake......sorry I didn't get any pictures of the main course that night. I forgot to get any because I was too hungry :p

 

My dad had the diet Lemon Cake

[wrigley80]

After the show we went up to the Serenity Deck to lay under the stars.....we made this an every night occurrence. Each night when the show was over my dad and I would go up to the Serenity Deck to lay in a clamshell and watch the stars. It doesn't get much better than watching the stars over the water on a cruise ship :) There were never any people up there at night.....it was so relaxing

 

One of the nice sitting areas on the Serenity Deck

We had a little towel friend waiting for us on the bed when we returned.

Our day in Key West is over and its time to head to bed......next up Our First Sea Day

[wrigley80]

Yes, but it was quite an adventure! I was six months pregnant at the time and we must have walked miles to find it--I didn't even know the name of the place. It ended up being a serious haul but we did enjoy it. Those electric cars would have made life so much easier:)

 

Oh yeah that would have been quite a hike :p next time I highly recommend getting an electric car

[onthehighseas606]

I don't normally click on the reviews unless the title says "with pictures." Very nice pictures, and you really make it sound like you and your dad were having a blast. Thanks for sharing.

[wrigley80]

Our First Sea day......my dad and I really enjoy days at sea

 

I always love these pictures

 

My dad and I got up and got ready. We were out the door by 9:00 am. It was time to explore the Carnival Freedom

 

We are so ready for a beautiful fun day at sea

 

The Viennese Café....where you can buy specialty coffee and cakes. We usually always try the carrot cake but we never did this cruise....what a bummer :p

[wrigley80]

This is Promenade Deck (deck #5) looking aft

 

Each night the Taste Bar was set-up to try a different food. We stopped on Blue Iguana night and Red Frog Pub night. The Taste Bar (Meija Bar) is on Deck 5 just past the mid-ship elevators

 

This is all the way at the back of the ship near the International Lounge where the Punchliner Comedy Club is located

[minniem64]

Love you report . Key West is a place I want to visit. Love your pictures.

[wrigley80]

Next we headed to the Posh Dining Room for the Sea Day Brunch. Now we have never had the Sea Day Brunch so we were looking forward to trying something different. The Sea Day Brunch is held from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm

 

 

Sea Day Brunch menus

 

My view during breakfast

[wrigley80]

Who's ready for some more "Food Porn" :p

 

My dad ordered the Fruit Plate.....that looks too good to eat

 

I ordered the Funny French Toast......it was a French toast coated in Honey Nut Cheerios. It wasn't very good....it was actually really dry but I can say that I tried it

 

I ordered the Double Chocolate Brownie for dessert......this was soooooo good

 

My dad had the Banana Cream Pie....he said it was very good

[wrigley80]

I don't normally click on the reviews unless the title says "with pictures." Very nice pictures, and you really make it sound like you and your dad were having a blast. Thanks for sharing.

 

Thank-You...I'm glad you like my review

[SevenSeasLagoon]

Super good report! I loved the Key West adventure! We were there a few years ago and I remember a lot of what was in your pics.

 

I have to admit that I am a tree lover too, lol. I always seem to have tree pics from a trip. I also tend to pick up rocks or shells wherever we travel ; )

 

It's cool that you and your Dad have such a great relationship! I have a great Dad too.

[moxie99]

We are scheduled on the May 26th cruise and can't wait to see Key West/ The big tree you were not sure of looks like a Banyan tree - they are really quite unique in that their root grow down from the tree and into and along the ground from there.

 

Happy cruising!

[wrigley80]

Super good report! I loved the Key West adventure! We were there a few years ago and I remember a lot of what was in your pics.

 

I have to admit that I am a tree lover too, lol. I always seem to have tree pics from a trip. I also tend to pick up rocks or shells wherever we travel ; )

 

It's cool that you and your Dad have such a great relationship! I have a great Dad too.

 

Thank-you....my dad and I always have a great time together when we cruise.

 

There were just so many cool trees in Key West.

[wrigley80]

We are scheduled on the May 26th cruise and can't wait to see Key West/ The big tree you were not sure of looks like a Banyan tree - they are really quite unique in that their root grow down from the tree and into and along the ground from there.

 

Happy cruising!

 

I hope you enjoy the Carnival Freedom as much as we did. It is a wonderful ship