Thanks for the great review. We leave on this ship on Sunday and are
counting down the minutes. Have been on Voyager of the Seas and was
wondering how it would compare. Sounds incredible! Back to packing!!
denise
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> "RJQMAN" wrote in message
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>> My wife and I sailed on the 'inaugural' sailing of the Freedom of
>> the Seas on June 4th, leaving from Miami and doing the Western
>> Caribbean loop. Since this is, of course, a new ship we thought our
>> observations might be of interest.
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> Excellent review! I'm in complete agreement with everything you wrote.
> There really were hardly any lines to speak of on this massive ship. I
> embarked the ship in Miami in 15 minutes, and I was off the ship by 6:30am
> the next Sunday!! That is a first for me. I got to the airport very
> quickly by cab and caught an early 8:15am flight to Atlanta. I was in my
> house by 10:50am the same morning. Certainly a record for me!
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> The "Once Upon a Time" show was the best I've seen in some 60+ cruises.
> It was truly outstanding. Also outstanding were the singers and dancers,
> all in great shape and each with a very strong voice. RCI picked the best
> for FREEDOM.
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> The one major negative (which I also wrote on the comment card) was the
> lack of elevators. Normally I try not to take them, but this time my
> cabin was down on Deck 2 so there was no way I was going to walk up 12
> flights of stairs or even more to the Viking Crown. The waits were
> ridiculous and when an elevator did arrive, it was loaded with people and
> very hot onboard. It became a major source of frustration and it's
> disappointing that RCI did not added more elevators to an otherwise
> superbly designed vessel. People tried to make the most of it, but I
> became very grumpy when it took 10 minutes or more to get from Deck 2 to
> Deck 14 because you stop on EVERY deck and the air becomes more and more
> stuffy and hot. Not a fun way to start off the night dressed in a tux.
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> I will write a full review, but quickly I also want to add I LOVE the new
> RCI deck chairs and also never had a problem getting one. I usually
> didn't stumble up on deck until about noon and still never had a problem
> finding a chair even in a prime spot by the pool. The amount of deck
> space is just enormous. The H2O Zone is a masterpiece, and I greatly
> enjoyed it. The kids loved it so much that you rarely saw a child in the
> main pools which was really a plus. Kudos again to RCI for a brilliant
> design.
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> Finally, I was skeptical of the FlowRider thinking it was just going to be
> another fad or gimmick. Let me say this attraction was VERY popular and
> universally praised by both users and spectators. A win, win for Royal
> Caribbean.
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> Here is a link to some pics I took:
> http://public.fotki.com/eroller/freedom_of_the_seas/
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> Ernie
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> ps - forgot one thing ... CD Ken Rush. Not impressed. Everyone thinks he
> is so great. I don't. I saw a different side to him when he was off duty
> and this was not a charming man.
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