Freedom of the Seas July 7th Experience! (review)

[ghezzy]

Hello, this is going to be my first ''big'' post on cc so please bear with me :D

Also I usually don't make these kind of things (reviews or long posts) so I'm just gonna tell the story hahaha

 

This trip started on June 5 that my best friend called me and said: dude let's take one last vacation before I move out (he's in the Air Force ROTC) so I had some money saved up from work and said what the heck let's do it! (it had been 2 years since my last cruise)

 

Since it was gonna be the final vacation before he goes we went ahead and got a Grand Suite :cool: and it was worth every penny! Also got reservations to get picked up at the airport

 

For a whole week we lived like Gatsby lol

 

To start on that morning of July 7th we had a 4:20am flight out of San Juan for Orlando but it got delayed and we finally left around 5:30am but even with that we touched down around 8 if I remember correctly.

 

 

 

nice view

 

 

 

 

When we touched down we picked up our bags in less than 15 minutes and our driver was already waiting for us

 

we made reservation for an Escalade

 

 

 

beautiful morning

 

 

I want to add more pictures in 1 post but it won't let me... anyways coming soon post #2

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so, the adventure was just getting started, we stopped at mcdonalds for cheap breakfast then onward to the ship

 

 

 

There she was in the distance

 

 

Disney ship

 

 

Stop sign got in the way

 

 

checked in fast and boarded the ship in no time

 

 

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we were one of the first people inside

 

 

 

had to get some pizza

 

 

since the rooms weren't ready until 1 or 1:30 I think, we went topside

 

little carnival ship

 

 

disney ship again

 

 

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enjoyed the view then went inside for some lunch

 

 

we just walked around until we could go to our room

 

Dining room

 

 

like a british pub (don't remember the exact name)

 

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Rooms are ready !! Suite #1248

 

 

 

 

 

I loved that room, every day they brought different fruits or treats

 

 

next up is the sail away pictures

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my friend went upstairs but I decided to watch the sail away from the room because I was a bit tired (was up since the day before) and took the pictures from the balcony

 

 

 

 

 

 

on a side note all of the rumrunners made it safe!

 

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We went to the dining room food was great, after that we went to see the ice show

 

 

 

 

It had a hippies theme to it

 

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After that we went to the Crypt met some great people and partied until 4 or 5am since the next day was at sea no need to wake up early :D

 

I don't took pictures during the day but mostly just wandered around the ship

 

another small treat I was talking about

 

 

It was formal night so we dressed up and went to the concierge club

 

 

me and my friend

 

 

it was FULL!

 

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we met up with a girl that was with her mother, really nice people, at Chops Grille and had a great dinner

 

 

 

not long after that my buddy went to sleep, me? don't think so hahah changed and went to the casino (don't recommend it) and later to crypt again

 

next up is Labadee

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a bit cloudy but not so bad!

 

 

 

 

went to the beach for a while and then we had the jet skis

 

[Gon2hwe]

Great review! Leaving on her in 2 weeks and can't wait!

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I bought a lifeproof case for my iphone so I took it with me got some nice shots

 

 

 

 

 

that's me

 

by the time we left it had cleared out

 

[ghezzy]

Great review! Leaving on her in 2 weeks and can't wait!

 

thanks! I have more pictures trying to post them now and you will love it! I still miss it

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had dinner at the dining room, really good as always

 

 

picture came out blurry sorry about that :(

 

and what happens when you meet a bunch of girls that like to drink? tequila shots everywhere!

 

 

at Crypt

 

 

and as always we kept partying going from crypt to our room (shots) until 4 or 5am

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To my surprise we woke up every day with 0 hangover, maybe because we are on vacation and the liver works double time? I have no idea hahaha

 

arriving at Jamaica

 

 

we did the river raft

 

 

 

 

 

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more pics

 

 

after the river ended they tied all the rafts together up to a small boat and took us to a beach nearby

 

 

 

had to try the local beer

 

 

got a souvenir

 

 

until next time Jamaica!!!

 

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when we got back onboard I went to sleep for a while and got ready for another round of partying and losing money at the casino

 

 

 

I did buy this Cuban Cigar at the port and it was really nice

 

 

still trying to figure this one out... maybe a dinosaur? you tell me

 

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Again woke up early and no hangover to an epic sunrise in Grand Cayman

 

 

got room service

 

 

Carnival Magic was pulling in

 

 

the tenders

 

 

next up the stingray encounter/swim

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on the way to the stingrays

 

all taken with the iphone, they seemed very friendly and would swim up to you

 

 

 

 

 

 

place was full

 

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Great experience I liked it

 

 

leaving

 

 

Can I have this please?

 

 

after that we still had a lot of time so we walked around and went to hard rock and margaritaville

 

 

 

again had to try the local beer

 

 

look at that thing!

 

 

up next the second formal night

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this night we really had a great time

 

that's the people we hanged out with and in the front you can see the cruise director lol

 

 

I think someone had to much vodka hahahah

 

 

found him like this when I got back

 

 

up next we go to the last port of call, Mexico

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good morning!

 

 

arriving

 

 

señor frogs (great story from there, I'll tell it later)

 

 

so for mexico we decided to do the discover scuba, my friend has the open water license but I had never done it before so we went with that

 

 

 

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More diving pictures, it was a great excursion only bad thing is that we there was a really strong current

 

 

 

 

 

after that we went to the shops, bought some gifts went to the ship to drop them off and head back to señor frogs

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So the funny story goes that they ask for 3 guys for a beer drinking contest of course I ran up there lol and 2 guys from Ohio. It was us vs the mexicans, on the first round the guy from Ohio lost, I won my round and the third one was a tie. To break the tie they added a shot of tequila with a beer the other guys told me: you're from Puerto Rico go right ahead buddy hahaha and out comes this mexican samurai from the kitchen (I thought it was gonna be with the same person) and I did the best that I could but we lost by a second so we then had to jump in the pool, but got even more shots for free so it was a really good time and people cheering and taking pictures

 

 

 

after that just the usual, went to the theater, casino and crypt all night :D

 

On the last day get managed to get a bridge tour

 

 

 

I could see my room

 

 

 

more controls, by this time (3:00pm) we were near the keys

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you can see Florida and Cuba

 

This was really good, I bought it to bring it home but we drank it the last night lol

 

 

The last show saying goodbye :(

 

 

 

To finish this small review/story I just want to add that the crew was excellent, the food, drinks, really just about everything. It honestly was the best week of my life, met so many people and have memories that will last a lifetime wish I had more pictures but we were just living it!

 

hope you liked my small details and pictures! can't wait for the next one