Review - Freedom of the Seas March 30 - April 6, 2014 - TONS OF PICS!

Motleu · April 19, 2014

Dreamworks Parade

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Motleu · April 19, 2014

Dreamworkd Parade - King Julian!

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Motleu · April 19, 2014

More Dreamworks Parade

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Motleu · April 19, 2014

More Dreamworks!

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I guess I missed Sunday!

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The Meet and Mingle was held in Olive or Twist on Monday (1st sea day) at 10am

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Belle (asst CD) and Pablo (CD staff) were our hosts!

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Motleu · April 19, 2014

Got a pic of the Diamond/Diamond Plus entrance during M&M

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Refreshments at the M&M

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H2O Zone Day 2!

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rjeash · April 19, 2014

I saw the lifeboat drill on the webcam. Thanks for sharing. My daughter and I will be on the FOS in May. Can't wait.

Motleu · April 19, 2014

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Cabanas on the ship!

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Motleu · April 19, 2014

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Looking down into the solarium

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Cantilevered hot tub! (And it was hot - but nice when you could dash to the icy solarium pool!)

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Motleu · April 19, 2014

Top deck for Suite guests

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Viedo feed of the bellyflop contest

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The belly flop contest

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Did he win?

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Motleu · April 19, 2014

More tomorrow...Many more pics to come!

beej · April 19, 2014

Do I understand correctly, Deck 12 is only for Suite guests. That is really insane, if true.

Clarea · April 19, 2014

Do I understand correctly, Deck 12 is only for Suite guests. That is really insane, if true.

Most of deck 12 is for all guests, except for a small portion reserved for suite guests.

beej · April 19, 2014

Thanks Bob. I really prefer deck 12 to the pool deck, and was really concerned. Too many changes all together. I'm getting to be too old of a toad to keep it all in place. I'm still working on the why and how of booking a new cruise. Oye! Thanks for all the info.

Waiting for the next group of pictures, Motleu! Thanks for all so far

hungan · April 19, 2014

Love this review, thanks for taking time to do this. Our trip is in truly, can't wait!

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Motleu · April 19, 2014

Do I understand correctly, Deck 12 is only for Suite guests. That is really insane, if true.

The area I took the pics from is atop the sky bar. There are about 30 lounge chairs - nothing special. There are stairways on either side of the bar and they aren't blocked off in any way. I think I have a pic of the sign indicating the area is for suite guests somewhere along the way.

More pics later this evening.....

Motleu · April 20, 2014

I think I posted this already but I am posting again since this is the area above the sky bar set aside for the suites

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Judging the belly flop - looks like a lot of 4s

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Busy pool deck!

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And now a break for some refreshments! Notice the rare lime!

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Motleu · April 20, 2014

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A long hallway (especially after a lot of refreshments!)

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Schooner bar for trivia - notice the formal wear. Many people wore tuxes and suits. I was very surprised to see the level of dressing up

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This salad was excellent

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Motleu · April 20, 2014

Beef Tenderloin - Not very good unfortunately. it was tough. This was one of the few misses relative to food in the MDR

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Motleu · April 20, 2014

Short set tonight - Will be back tomorrow with Labadee!

Motleu · April 20, 2014

Labadee!

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Motleu · April 20, 2014

Time for some commentary:

1)Note the date listed on the pics is off. We were in Labadee on 4/1

2)Labadee is awesome! This was my first time there and it was much more than I expected because I've been to Coco Cay a number of times. There is no comparison. And we didn't even do any activities. We were lazy getting off the ship and it was an early all aboard at 330pm. So we didn't have much time. We took the shuttle straight to Columbus Cove and were still able to get a few loungers in the shade. We were the only ship there and I imagine it can get crowded with multiple ships there.

3)We went to the buffet in the Columbus Cove area. We went late so we were the only ones there! Plenty of picnic tables available. Buffet was so so but I wasn't expecting much. They did have ribs on the buffet and the kids loved that.

4)Taking the shuttle allows you to skip the shops in the artisans village and the shops lining the walk to Cols Cove. But we walked over there anyway and they put the usual hard sale on you but we negotiated like crazy and bought some stuff.

5)And has been reported in another thread and by me in a separate thread we had an emergency medical evac apparently due to a snorkeling incident. They prepped the helipad on the ship (closed off the entire front portion of the ship) but ultimately they chopper landed on the pier. I have a few pics of that. Staff told me the chopper came from the Dominican Republic. From what I heard the passenger was waving as he was transported by stretcher to the chopper so I am hoping everything worked out.