I'll preface this by saying that it had been almost 10 years since my last cruise, and at that time i was only a 18 year old teen who's sole ambition was to drink myself to death at the ports. So needless to say this one was like my first cruise all over again
I went on the Carnival Freedom with a big group of about 20 people of different age groups. Everyone had a great time and was able to enjoy the variety of activities no matter the age. Also our Cruise Director Emma was one of the high points of the entire trip.
Embarkation was fairly easy. We drove down the morning of, parked in a garage across the street, gave our luggage to the porters and waited in line. We didnt have any priority advantages or anything, so it was about 1pm when we actually stepped foot on the ship.
It was a standard interior room with 2 twin beds on opposite walls. It was very clean and the AC/heat was never an issue.
Its Florida. We got off and shopped for a couple hours but didnt do anything special, because, its Florida.