2bFREEonTHEseas Posted March 13, 2009 #801 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Anyone stay in this cabin...8338...? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retdon Posted March 13, 2009 #802 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Movies were great and very recent, hairdryers would blow you hair off, great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsv98 Posted March 15, 2009 #803 Share Posted March 15, 2009 *dips her toes in the RCL waters* Hi, we are cruising RCL for the first time and I have some questions even after reading this great thread! I am looking for more details about Coco Cay. It says on the RCL website that there aren't any restaurants so what do you do about lunch? What is the beach like? Chairs? hammocks? We have been on three DCL cruises and are used to Castaway Cay which is totally hooked up so I am trying to make a comparison. I have already paid my gratuities with the cruise and we are interested in My Time Dining, is this something we do once on board? I didn't really see any info on the website. Thanks in advance for all the help, we are excited about traveling on a new, totally cool looking ship (oh, and also about saving the 2k difference from DCL!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuizer2 Posted March 15, 2009 #804 Share Posted March 15, 2009 *dips her toes in the RCL waters* Hi, we are cruising RCL for the first time and I have some questions even after reading this great thread! I am looking for more details about Coco Cay. It says on the RCL website that there aren't any restaurants so what do you do about lunch? What is the beach like? Chairs? hammocks? We have been on three DCL cruises and are used to Castaway Cay which is totally hooked up so I am trying to make a comparison. I have already paid my gratuities with the cruise and we are interested in My Time Dining, is this something we do once on board? I didn't really see any info on the website. Thanks in advance for all the help, we are excited about traveling on a new, totally cool looking ship (oh, and also about saving the 2k difference from DCL!) Does the Freedom go to Coco Cay? At any rate, the ship will set up a BBQ on the island. Since this is ship food, it is included. Or, if you want, you can tender back to the ship and eat on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dremac373 Posted March 15, 2009 #805 Share Posted March 15, 2009 *dips her toes in the RCL waters* Hi, we are cruising RCL for the first time and I have some questions even after reading this great thread! I am looking for more details about Coco Cay. It says on the RCL website that there aren't any restaurants so what do you do about lunch? What is the beach like? Chairs? hammocks? We have been on three DCL cruises and are used to Castaway Cay which is totally hooked up so I am trying to make a comparison. I have already paid my gratuities with the cruise and we are interested in My Time Dining, is this something we do once on board? I didn't really see any info on the website. Thanks in advance for all the help, we are excited about traveling on a new, totally cool looking ship (oh, and also about saving the 2k difference from DCL!) There are plenty of activities and plenty of space to relax...including hammocks ;). Hope my picture from our Para Sail gives you a good idea of the beach. As far as My Time Dining, I have yet to experience this but there are other more knowledgeable on this subject within this forum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobKat406 Posted March 15, 2009 #806 Share Posted March 15, 2009 There are tons of chairs, trees for shade, bars set up around the area to purchase drinks with seapass card. There are also vendor who sell foo-foo drinks in real coconuts. RCI provides a BBQ lunch that is prepared on the ship and kept warm in catering type trays so the food may not be real hot but it was very good. They offer a ton of excursions on the island including renting floating mats to just float in the water all day, an adventure park for the kids that consists of a bunch of giant blow up things anchored out in the water (slides, trampolines etc.), waverunners, parasailing etc. Of course, all these are for a fee. There is a little market where you can purchase souveniers etc where you board the tender to go back. When we were on the Majesty in April it was our favorite day of the whole trip. Enjoy Cococay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstelly Posted March 15, 2009 #807 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Do they have two lounges on the Freedom? If so, does anyone know where they are located? I am a Diamond member and staying in an Owners Suite, does this mean that I have access to both? Is one better than the other? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vavasmom Posted March 15, 2009 #808 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Do they have two lounges on the Freedom? If so, does anyone know where they are located? I am a Diamond member and staying in an Owners Suite, does this mean that I have access to both? Is one better than the other? Based on my 2007 experience where we met some very nice people in the room next door who were in both a GS and D+, yes you have access to both. They almost always used the Suite CL since it was never as crowed as the D/D+ lounge - it was also very close to our rooms on the 10th deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinfreedom09 Posted March 15, 2009 #809 Share Posted March 15, 2009 This is my first post so I wanted ot to be on this thread to say THANKS for all of the winderful tips and information!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinfreedom09 Posted March 15, 2009 #810 Share Posted March 15, 2009 This is my first post so I wanted it to be on this thread to say THANKS for all of the winderful tips and information!:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BillOh Posted March 15, 2009 #811 Share Posted March 15, 2009 This is my first post so I wanted it to be on this thread to say THANKS for all of the winderful tips and information!:D Very thoughtful. You will be on Freedom on my 50th birthday, hope you enjoy Freedom as much as we did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbp Posted March 15, 2009 #812 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Do they have two lounges on the Freedom? If so, does anyone know where they are located? I am a Diamond member and staying in an Owners Suite, does this mean that I have access to both? Is one better than the other? I took these pictures of the Freedom in February. The Diamond Club was in the Viking Crown Lounge on the 14th Floor. Did not get to go in because I became diamond while on this sailing. The other pictures are of reserved deck chairs for the guest staying in Grand Suites and above. We were in Junior Suite so did not get to us them. We Loved Freedom!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuizer2 Posted March 15, 2009 #813 Share Posted March 15, 2009 This is my first post so I wanted ot to be on this thread to say THANKS for all of the winderful tips and information!:DCongratulations on your first post ... :) This is my first post so I wanted it to be on this thread to say THANKS for all of the winderful tips and information!:D... and congratulations on your second post. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuizer2 Posted March 15, 2009 #814 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Do they have two lounges on the Freedom? If so, does anyone know where they are located? I am a Diamond member and staying in an Owners Suite, does this mean that I have access to both? Is one better than the other?If I were you I would be more worried about the owners deciding to use their suite that week, and kicking you out. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarahdean Posted March 16, 2009 #815 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Do they have two lounges on the Freedom? If so, does anyone know where they are located? I am a Diamond member and staying in an Owners Suite, does this mean that I have access to both? Is one better than the other? just go to royalcaribbean.com click on FOS and then sail thru the interactive tour of the ship! good luck!;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick927 Posted March 16, 2009 #816 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I thought I would try to post this here and see if I get any response... DH and I are thinking of booking an Eastern Caribbean cruise on FOS in the next few months, but I'm wanting to look at a copy of a recent Compass from this cruise and get a better idea of what kind of activities they have during the cruising days. I know the Compass won't be the same, but it will give me an idea of what to expect. Thanks a bunch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisedawgg Posted March 16, 2009 #817 Share Posted March 16, 2009 DW and I would like to sign up for a table for 2 in the MDR. Anyone have any pictures of the diningroom showing these tables? How do you ask for this in advance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&Tmom Posted March 16, 2009 #818 Share Posted March 16, 2009 I thought I would try to post this here and see if I get any response... DH and I are thinking of booking an Eastern Caribbean cruise on FOS in the next few months, but I'm wanting to look at a copy of a recent Compass from this cruise and get a better idea of what kind of activities they have during the cruising days. I know the Compass won't be the same, but it will give me an idea of what to expect. Thanks a bunch!! We will be on the Eastern FOS next week and I am planning on bringing back copies of the compasses to scan and upload. I have asked several times for recent FOS Eastern compasses with no luck. Maybe someone that was on last week will post them. If not, I will post mine when I get back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdpr73 Posted March 16, 2009 #819 Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) Hey Freedom travellers, Could a recent returnee tell me how much the Unlimited Soda Card was ? Thanks in advance. Edited March 16, 2009 by sdpr73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmetto Pilot Posted March 16, 2009 #820 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Just booked the May 24 FoS Western Caribbean. I've been on the Mariner twice, and I liked it a lot my concern with the FoS is the number of people on board. Did anyone ever feel crowded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuizer2 Posted March 16, 2009 #821 Share Posted March 16, 2009 (edited) Just booked the May 24 FoS Western Caribbean. I've been on the Mariner twice, and I liked it a lot my concern with the FoS is the number of people on board. Did anyone ever feel crowded?It is no worse than the Voyager class ships. Voyager class has 1557 cabins. Freedom class has 1817 cabins. An increase of 16.67%. The Voyager class is 137,280 tons. The Freedom class is 158,000 tons. An increase of 15.1%. So it is a little bit more crowded, but I don't think it is noticeably so. For me the biggest issue was the increased amount of time it takes to tender an extra 500 passengers. Edited March 16, 2009 by Cuizer2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palmetto Pilot Posted March 16, 2009 #822 Share Posted March 16, 2009 It is no worse than the Voyager class ships. Voyager class has 1557 cabins. Freedom class has 1817 cabins. An increase of 16.67%. The Voyager class is 137,280 tons. The Freedom class is 158,000 tons. An increase of 15.1%. So it is a little bit more crowded, but I don't think it is noticeably so. For me the biggest issue was the increased amount of time it takes to tender an extra 500 passengers. I did not even think about the tenders! Is there a list of ports that require the ship to tender? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuizer2 Posted March 17, 2009 #823 Share Posted March 17, 2009 (edited) I did not even think about the tenders! Is there a list of ports that require the ship to tender? Labadee until the pier is built (shortly before the Oasis starts sailing I assume) and Grand Cayman. Cozumel, Ocho Rios and the Eastern Caribbean all have docks. Someone mentioned Freedom and Coco Cay. I don't know if the Freedom is actually going to Coco Cay, but if it does, Coco Cay is also a tender port (and as far as I know, Royal Caribbean has no plans to built a pier at Coco Cay). Edited March 17, 2009 by Cuizer2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vavasmom Posted March 17, 2009 #824 Share Posted March 17, 2009 (edited) Just booked the May 24 FoS Western Caribbean. I've been on the Mariner twice, and I liked it a lot my concern with the FoS is the number of people on board. Did anyone ever feel crowded? We were on a sold out cruise the week before Easter in 2007. It only felt crowed a few times: elevators (we took the stairs), the Windjammer at peak breakfast time, by the pool on sea days (lots of chair hogs), and the line to get off the ship (we had an immigration issue and the line stopped for about 45 minutes. I can't wait to sail her again in three weeks Edited March 17, 2009 by vavasmom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarahdean Posted March 17, 2009 #825 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Hey Freedom travellers,Could a recent returnee tell me how much the Unlimited Soda Card was ? Thanks in advance. adults $7 a day kids $5 a day :):D:p:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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