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Would love to hear about your trip! We were on adventure pre-dry dock in summer 2016. We loved the ship but is love to see pics of the upgrades, as well as old town San Juan. Would love to join the group cruise in 2019... have to convince the hubby! Jane

I wish it were 2 weeks later... then I'd be there! Have a great time. Jane

Thanks for the review! I hope to try out harmony someday for the specialty restaurants! Jane

We are Chicago suburbs... husband teaches Homewood flossmoor and i work in Arlington heights. We got a good deal on freedom for 2... but definitely not a is. That's a great price! I haven't been on navigator but I hear good things. I definitely can't wait to get out of the cold winter (although it sure had been crazy warm this November! ) Jane

I look forward to reading your comments about the cruise. I world love to see your cruise compass...I'm wondering if rbrski's cruise will be different at all due to thanksgiving... Jane

So I'm truly determined to widen my drink sampling from frozen Miami vices lol. What would this be good mixed with? It sounds great! Jane

This would be great if you could! Jane

We are going spring break (teacher married to a teacher with a high schooler! ) so march 25 out of fort Lauderdale. Jane

Huge thank you tony! This helps a lot! It certainly narrowed us down which we needed because I was feeling a bit overwhelmed! Jane

Hi everyone, I would love to see a recent copy of the western 6 night freedom cruise compass. There are a couple 8 day eastern, but no 6 day. I have one from over a year ago, and I'm using it as a base, but would love a more recent one. Also, if anyone has a copy of the teen compass, that would be amazing! TIA, Jane

So we are going to grand Cayman on freedom in March. Just saw that a million ships and people (ok 5 and 18000 tourists) will be there that day. We booked a dolphin swim and stingray excursion that starts at 8am. Since stingrays are THE thing to do in grand cayman, we wanted to swim with them. However has anyone done this and will it be so crazy with people that you won't get near a stingray? Also, weather in March often cancels tenders at coco cay. How has the luck been at grand cayman? Are we likely to not be able to tender? Jane

I just googled what ships will be in port in cozumel 2018 and up pops a bunch of sites. You can look up any port... they will show the day and what ships are in port (one even totaled the crazy number of people I will have in grand cayman). I will be on freedom...6 day western...we leave March 25 out of fort Lauderdale and will be at nachi on Thursday March 29! 119 long days to go ( of course 1 have 2 wrk long trips to Disney to keep me busy in the meantime lol!) Jane

Thanks for your amazing pics! I love the way you describe everything in detail! I look forward to the next 2 weeks! Jane

I looked at our day in March and I'm glad I booked nachi...there are 5 ships due in and im looking forward to the 130 person limit! Jane

So on my march freedom cruise, they did not add gratuities separately on my specialty dining. I rebooked during the weekend sale. I also thought it was interesting that chops was on sale, but not giovannis. Jane

We did cocoa beach shuttle and they were great. If you are staying on-site at Disney I would get there as early as you can and enjoy relaxing at the pool! Jane

HELP TONY! ok... spent hours today on this lol and can't make a decision. What I want for the Saturday before my March freedom cruise (embark on Sunday) is a more central hotel. I want to do the yellow water taxi and be close to restaurants and things to do. I can't figure out the best location. Ideally I'd love to walk to the water taxi. Is there a hotel near there that is easy to get to Las olas bld... should I be near there? Are there other things we should do as tourists? And is the Blvd or the Las olas riverfront better to be near? We get in very early and have all day... ideally if love an outdoor pool if the weather is good. I'm not worried about being close to the port as we will taxi or uber no problem. On the Saturday night after the cruise I want oceanfront resortish. I want to cry getting off the boat and park on the beach one more day lol. Which resort is the best for that? I think I had narrowed down to westin or Hilton but is there better or is one of these better? I would seriously live local input. Because we could only do the 6 day cruise, I really want to enjoy lauderdale...I've never been and I'm not sure when I will get back. Also is spring break brutal in terms of craziness or has the 80s spring breaks moved elsewhere lol? THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP! Jane

As long as she finds some girls to hang with, she is good. They just wander up and down the ship anyway lol. We will be on freedom in March and spring break is a great time for lots of teens (she will have just turned 15) so she is pumped! Actually she is pushing for a Mediterranean cruise/ somewhere is Europe... sigh..... need to stop paying for 2 kids in college so I can travel lol! Jane

Thanks so much! I didn't even consider the price of the shuttle to Canaveral! Now my husband upped the ante and brought up the whole should we do Europe for the destination or just Caribbean for the getaway. Then I started looking at celebrity.... argh.... head is spinning. I thought my teen would be all over going on the oasis class too and she says smaller is fine. I think I will have to wait on this sale... too many choices! Jane

Ok... so the black Friday bug had bit and I'm dreaming cruises for March 2019. We could get a nice western cruise on adventure, but by then will have been on freedom twice and adventure once (pre refurb) and I'm not sure if it will feel old. For 1000 more we could do an allure or oasis cruise (eastern). Here is my question. Allure out of Miami is 125 per person less than oasis out of port Canaveral. That adds up to 375 for 3 of us. Can someone tell me their opinions of the differences between the two ships. I have never done an oasis class before. The destinations are a wash (labadee and San Juan vs nassau and st Thomas) so it should come down to oasis being worth 400 more. Also would the plane cost out of Chicago make them even with the different airports (Miami more than canaveral?) Jane

We are doing chefs table the week before...I will let you know how it is! I was really really hoping for cyber sales on the refreshment pkg (for my teen) or the coffee card. I can't tell if the excursions went down for our sailing or not! We really check out during the cruise so im not planning on the voom pkg unless my teen pays for it! Jane

Joe... nothing I've seen is on sale for my freedom cruise. Frustrated! Jane

That's why we did adventure out of San juan... to do the 7 nighter in southern. However, the long flight rtc makes it so we can only do a summer trip, not spring break so im not thinking we will get there any time soon. Jane

I'm loving this blog. I sail in March on the 6 day freedom cruise! I can't wait to get back on this ship I sailed in March 2016! My husband hasn't been on freedom so i can't wait to have him read this and see how much fun we are going to have! Jane

Ok...i need a scorecard lol. Just when I thought I knew where the ships were.....