By By Freedom of the Seas

[Barbiegator]

She is cruising out of Port Canaveral on her way to Port Everglades.Will miss her.

[John&LaLa]

 

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[Retired LEO]

The crew is having a well deserved party.

[parrothead34984]

I have been on her 3 times and will be boarding for a 4th time in January in Ft. Lauderdale. The two ports are basically the same distance from us, but we really liked cruising from Port Canaveral.

[kruzerci]

We will miss her! Loved having our favorite ship in Port Canaveral. Looking forward to welcoming Oasis, but we will go down to Fort Lauderdale for a trip on Freedom next year.

 

I remember seeing her on her maiden voyage in 2006. She has sailed the Caribbean from Florida since she was launched, hate to see her leave us for Europe next year. She will be missed!

[John&LaLa]

Here she is.

 

 

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[mac_tlc]

Watching Ft Lauderdale web cam -- Freedom is still approaching, off the cost of Pompano.

 

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[SuzD123]

I "kidnapped" my DH a few years ago and took him on his first ever cruise vacation (something he swore he would never do) to celebrate our 25th anniversary. We were on FOS sailing out of Port Canaveral and he had blast. Every ship and sailing since then has had to live up to the experience in one way or another. We can't wait to step back on board in Feb 2017 in her new Port Everglades home.

 

 

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[troykahack]

She is cruising out of Port Canaveral on her way to Port Everglades.Will miss her.

 

And Welcome to Oasis.

 

What is the difference in number of cruisers Oasis and Freedom Class?

[John&LaLa]

and welcome to oasis.

 

What is the difference in number of cruisers oasis and freedom class?

 

1,800 - 2,000

[troykahack]

1,800 - 2,000

 

So Oasis Class hold that many more??

[island lady]

She is cruising out of Port Canaveral on her way to Port Everglades.Will miss her.

 

Me too. I know many are very excited about Oasis coming here, and we already

have two cruises booked aboard...but it is a hard price to pay losing Freedom. :(

Will miss her dearly also.

 

We also very much miss the sweet Enchantment being home ported here in PC.

Majesty not a good trade off.

[Clarea]

So Oasis Class hold that many more??

Oasis holds about 5400 guests double occupancy and 6400 max.

 

Freedom holds about 3800 guests double occupancy and 4500 max.

[GTO-Girl]

Freedom was our favorite ship. We will surely miss her!!

 

We have a cruise booked on the Oasis for March, which I am sure we will love.

 

But the Freedom was always like "coming home".

[island lady]

Freedom was our favorite ship. We will surely miss her!!

 

We have a cruise booked on the Oasis for March, which I am sure we will love.

 

But the Freedom was always like "coming home".

 

Ditto to that, GTO-Girl!! :)

[pinkrosesdeb]

We really missed Mariner when she left Pt Canaveral but quickly fell in love with Freedom. We will be on her for the 3rd time in January but this time out of Pt Everglades. Both ports are about the same distance from us also.

[chandom]

Had a blast on the final sailing from PC.

 

Someone in our group got a picture of one of the cakes they set out the last day. In true international fashion...

 

 

[Desert Cruizers]

We are booked on on a b2b on the Freedom in April of 2018 and she will be our 2nd Liberty Class ship we will have sailed. Our first was on the LOS 5 yrs ago. Can't wait to sail on the FOS.:)

[John&LaLa]

Freedom is the lead ship of the Freedom Class

 

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[island lady]

Freedom is the lead ship of the Freedom Class

 

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Remember when she first came out John? She was originally home ported

in Ft. Lauderdale. My sister, Bucky and I went down there to cruise on board

for my sister's 50th birthday. Big news coverage of the biggest cruise ship

in the world!

 

Was excited when they later home ported her here in Port Canaveral. She

sure has been here the longest time, and was really her home!

[John&LaLa]

We actually sailed Mariner out of PC before Freedom.

 

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[island lady]

We actually sailed Mariner out of PC before Freedom.

 

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So did Bucky and I!

 

Mariner was actually our very first RCI cruise. Was my "half century :eek:" birthday

present with a GS. Got us spoiled right away! ;) And was happy we joined

C&A right away starting with that cruise. :D

Edited November 6, 2016 by island lady

[Clarea]

We actually sailed Mariner out of PC before Freedom.

 

Us too. I believe Mariner went straight to PC from Turku.

[John&LaLa]

So did Bucky and I!

 

Mariner was actually our very first RCI cruise. Was my "half century :eek:" birthday

present with a GS. Got us spoiled right away! ;) And was happy we joined

C&A right away starting with that cruise. :D

Mariner was kind of our first Royal. I don't like to count Empress 6 years earlier. It was not impressive.

 

Laura did a B3B and I met her for the last leg. Pretty much all Royal since then.

 

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[island lady]

Mariner was kind of our first Royal. I don't like to count Empress 6 years earlier. It was not impressive.

 

Laura did a B3B and I met her for the last leg. Pretty much all Royal since then.

 

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Mmm...not impressive when it was newer...wonder what Empress is like now? :eek:

 

We enjoyed our cruises on Monarch (though it was the crew, not the ship

we loved), but now we are not interested in Majesty or Empress. We like the

smaller ships, but would miss the CL/DL and the extra features of at least a

Vision class. 3/4 night cruises are just too short for us anyway.

 

We have been loyal to Royal for years now. Strayed once since Mariner, but

just to do HAL Alaska Oosterdam. Now that was a ship we did not like at all.

Not kept up, not impressed. Went back to Royal and stayed. We would

really like to do Celebrity, but it is just not as convenient....right now anyway.

Edited November 6, 2016 by island lady