Carnival Freedom Cruise Ship Review
Carnival Freedom sails into Venice, Italy.
One of six Conquest sisters, the bright and playful 110,000-ton 2,974-passenger Carnival Freedom is themed on time travel, its public rooms decorated to resemble everything from ancient Babylon to the 19th-century Victorian era and 70s disco days.
Activities on Carnival Freedom
Passengers relax in one of Carnival Freedom's Lido Deck hot tubs and take in the entertainment on the big screen. Photo courtesy of Carnival.
The glittery nine-deck-high atrium is anchored with a bar and is a great place to meet or people watch. In all, there are 22 bars and lounges, from a sports bar with 1950s memorabilia to the 1940s-style Habana Cigar Bar with barstools and tabletops that look like stogies.
There’s the Studio 70 dance club with black walls and disco balls hanging from the ceiling, plus a piano bar and a jazz club designed with a classic 1930s look. The casino packs in almost 300 slot machines and about two dozen gaming tables. The three-level theater is the venue for pull-out-the-stops Vegas-style song and dance productions accompanied by live orchestras.
Dining on Carnival Freedom
One of the comfortable Balcony Staterooms aboard Carnival Freedom. Photo courtesy of Carnival.
Dining options include a pair of two-story main restaurants as well as an intimate, extra-cost steakhouse serving USDA prime aged steaks and seafood for a mostly adult clientele looking for a more upscale experience. Meals are also served in the two-story lido buffet (featuring a replica of the Statue of Liberty) where you’ll find separate stations for Asian and American dishes, deli sandwiches, salads, pizza, burgers and more.
Family Friendly Carnival Freedom
The four swimming pools include the main pool flanked by a pair of huge hot tubs, a stage for live (and really loud) music, and a giant movie screen for videos and ship events. A 3-deck-high twisting water slide takes thrill-seekers on a 214-foot-long ride.
The 4,200 square-foot Children’s World playroom has an arts-and-crafts station, video wall, computer lab, PlayStation games, and lots of toys for younger children. Hard-to-please tweens have their own separate space and so do teens, theirs with a soda bar and dance floor flowing into a huge video game arcade with air-hockey tables which is open to all passengers. Kid of all ages can have a zap-fest in the inflatable laser tag arena.
The oceanview gym is stocked with the latest exercise machines, while the Cloud 9 Spa measures 21,000 square feet and boasts 17 treatment rooms, plus an elaborate thermal suite and thalassotherapy pool.
Staterooms on Carnival Freedom
As big on cabins as it is on fun, Freedom offers standard outsides that measure a roomy 185 to 220 square feet. The amenities include stocked, pay-as-you-go minifridges, robes to use, and super comfy mattresses and bedding.
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