Carnival Freedom Cruise Day 1 Uncensored- Sail Away, Interior Stateroom, and More!

[@CokerCulture]

Wow, I knew we were in for something special when it started with “we’re officially on board, and it smells like cigarettes” You kept your composure a LOT better than I think I would’ve been able to with some of your experiences here

[@Savagemister]

We are going on our first ever cruise in 10 days. The Carnival Breeze to Cozumel out of Galveston. I'm looking forward to some buffets and blackjack. Let's gooooo!

[@SplorinRyan]

I'm looking forward to seeing the vids!

[@lowkey._.]

Just started the video, im wearing headphones and really enjoy having video audio in one ear and background music in the other, nice editing 👌

[@SplorinRyan]

You know, I wish I could take credit for that, but some of the best things in life are accidents LOL

[@NOLADEEJ]

I don’t know if I’ll ever go on a cruise, but if I do I want it to be just like this! 😂

[@SplorinRyan]

It's cheaper to just run down the wrong way of a busy freeway;)

[@MoviemaniaNick]

Looks like a fun Cruise!

[@SplorinRyan]

It.... It was.... It was something lol

[@craftingzoe]

Definitely interesting decor, reminiscent of my childhood 😂 Very packed cruise. Best quote "great for views, not for existing".

[@SplorinRyan]

Exactly! I was born in the later years of the 70's and these colors would have been very chic!

[@craftingzoe]

@SplorinRyan I was born early 80s but still remember houses being crazy carpets, wallpaper, etc

[@SplorinRyan]

@@craftingzoe ohhhh yeah... It went in longer than it should have ;)

[@craftingzoe]

@@SplorinRyan oh yes 😂😂😂

[@MxPxRawxMySawx]

I appreciate the video, does seem like you didn't have fun. Maybe a Viking or Norwegian cruise with the 80 year old's might be a better for you.

[@SplorinRyan]

While I understand that you are cracking wise about the 80 year old, you're on point with what you said- difference strokes for different folks!

[@theresanewman1130]

lots of complaining going on here 🤣

[@SplorinRyan]

The devil you say? ;)

[@chantesmith9774]

Lots!!! 😮

[@RhYn0n]

😂

[@Bandit74.]

You could give them a million dollars and they will complain about it 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@john_rucks]

I agree with you. Cruiselines suck, but the wife loves it so I try my best to enjoy it.

[@SplorinRyan]

You know, I actually enjoy cruises when I feel like they are done well. It would be very difficult to convince me that this one was done well you consider all the issues that came up over the 3 days we were at sea, but, other than the ship catching on fire and not sticking to the original itinerary, I will admit that some of the things I found to be annoying could very well be the types of things that other people might look forward to... Hell, if I wanted to drink a ton of liquor, buy cartons of cigarettes, provocatively dance around around families or hang out in a 1976 basement, this would have been fantastic ;)

[@jeremyleary8232]

You seem like loads of fun. Sooooo many people around you living it up, and you’re not able to catch a single good vibe?

[@SplorinRyan]

You know, there are different kinds of fun- it might just not have been my kind of fun!

[@groovygirl2408]

Oh my Ryan.... Waiting on episode 2. Are all the ships you been on that crowded?🌞☮

[@SplorinRyan]

Thankfully, no!

[@GregsGameRoom]

Well, the whale tail is so far intact. Can’t wait to see how this ends… 😅

[@SplorinRyan]

Oh, it's coming. ... ;)

[@myusernameisthisduh]

@@SplorinRyan insane forshadowing

[@haroldeharrissr3835]

Sounds like your mind was made up before setting foot on the ship 😶. Roll with it and enjoy. Get your monies worth.

[@SplorinRyan]

Might be worth mentioning that this is also the cruise that caught fire a couple months ago ;)

[@brfam1977]

Too good to be on Carnival…but you’re on Carnival

[@SplorinRyan]

Certainly don't think I'm too good to be on Carnival - but make it a point to be 100% candid with how I react in real time! Sometimes that's a good thing for the location, and sometimes it's not unfortunately!

[@craigory972]

I have a friend group going on this ship, it will be my first cruise. We are from Az and I'm getting the vibe this ship isn't really that nice, and it's a long expensive trip. Would you recommend this ship for a family ( that can afford the finer things) and if not what ship would you recommend?

[@craigory972]

I just watched part 2 and 3 and no need to answer my previous question. But I'd still like any recommendations

[@Bandit74.]

I got a few friends and they love Carnival Freedom!! Two of them have been on that ship 4 or 5 times.

[@rhondamc4984]

The Newport comments have me rolling!

[@FloridaSnowman]

I worked at a TGI Friday’s for about a month in the 80s, it was difficult to wash that stink off. Also the lunch cook was on coke, but that’s another story.

[@SplorinRyan]

I feel like half the people in the kitchen that I worked with were strung out

[@FloridaSnowman]

@@SplorinRyan it’s amusing to think back about it now, everyone knew that he was high as a kite, all day, every day, and we just acted like it was normal. How in the hell, could he afford all that coke on a cook’s wage? I didn’t last long there, I landed a job at Skipper’s Smokehouse, Tampa. A blues and reggae Mecca.

[@abranchie102]

😂😂😂Thanks for sharing! I will be on that ship in September…looking forward to it. I’ve been on a few. Carnival Pride and now Freedom will be my oldest ships so far, they have character to say the least! It’s a tad bit crowded though…but I’ll take it!

[@SplorinRyan]

I'd love to hear how the Pride was!

[@jaypee18x]

will also be on Freedom in early September

[@beems6403]

Well, sir, it appears as though you really didn't have a good time. Like you wanted a more laid-back cruise. I'm a former Travel Agent for 21 years, with my own agency. You went on the wrong ship. A better experience, for you and your family may have been Royal Caribbean or Disney. Carnival has a lively, noisey, entertainment culture. This is a mass market line, that being said, seeking out a specialized Cruise vibe probably is for you. But some of the things you criticized I would've taken up with the ships Customer Service.

[@SplorinRyan]

Yeah, definitely agree. We've done Royal before and always had a great time. The crazy thing about this particular cruise? Three days after this one was filmed, we were on board when it caught fire. This was the cruise where the whale tail got struck by lightning and burned at sea!

[@aaronkammeyer604]

Makes one wonder why you are even cruising.. Maybe Disney would be more fitting, that whole experience is what cruising is about?

[@SplorinRyan]

Candidly, I've Cruised many times before this is the first time I had this type of experience. Heck, the boat burst into flames 24 hours later so I don't feel like it would be serving anyone to present an inauthentic experience. Sometimes the camera catches good, sometimes it catches bad, I will sometimes it catches something that just isn't my cup of tea

[@roxtakesyoutothemagic3365]

The foreshadowing with the Whale Tail...

[@SplorinRyan]

Certainly takes on a lot more meaning when you know the whole story LOL

[@FloridaSnowman]

🔥

[@masongreen2686]

I am about to board this ship in approximately 9 hours, so I get to see the NEW new tail!

[@GuyWhoConquersMain]

It actually caught on fire before we got on board. Like a week or 2 before.

[@cotyjones3137]

yeah ill stick with other lines

[@mgratk]

The last time I cruised was way back in probably about '95 and '96. Sailed on Royal Caribbean's Sovereign of the Seas and Majesty of the Seas(biggest cruise ships in the world at the time). Let's just say it was way classier while not being pompous(not quite the right word maybe). Now both those ships have been scrapped, I think covid did the final one in. But they were beautiful. And despite being huge ships, they very rarely felt crowded.

[@SplorinRyan]

Royal is always done a pretty good job of keeping things fun but still keeping things relatively classy. I've only got one ship to go off of for Carnival of course so I don't want to Pigeonhole the whole fleet, but I will say that this particular ship did not strike me as classy.... It just seemed.. odd. All the weird textures and curves really made it seem kind of claustrophobic and overly dark

[@Lyladebo22]

This was one of the most depressing negative lackluster of life Vlog ever!!!! please please don’t ever do this again…It was absolutely excruciating 😬 Go vacation somewhere else and stay away from ALL cruise lines

[@SplorinRyan]

You probably wouldn't like the vlog two days later when the ship was struck by a lightning and caught on fire for several hours then lol

[@selbyjohnson5986]

Wow it looks pretty bad. The decor looks like a 70s casino. I’ve never been on Carnival. The hunting game mixed with Terminator is pretty weird haha and why is the arcade called the warehouse? Strange choices.

[@SplorinRyan]

So many unanswered questions lol

[@brianastephens6857]

I can hear everything, except what you are saying :/

[@SplorinRyan]

Yeaaaah ... The music was a thing

[@diannereneetodd4801]

21 minutes of you complaining!!!!😒😒😒😒😒😒😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@SplorinRyan]

Not entirely true- there were two minutes of b roll with music. For what it's worth, this Cruise ended up catching fire at sea, so I was kind of right

[@ayannamckinnon9036]

The ghetto lol it seems like too much going on. Thanks. This is definitely not my style. I appreciate your video

[@josephsawyer8817]

I really use these to be helpful .. I will not be watching this guy again.. he is really a sarcastic complainer .. I get it’s not like Royal Caribbean .. with that being said it’s 1/3rd the price .. so not sure what he was expecting .. as a white man I can say I thought his racist insinuation of Black people smoking Newports was pretty offensive. I can tell that this guy is straight up Trump supporter because he’s kind of racist. I’m sure that somebody out there will find this helpful that is more on his level of thinking I am not and I wish him all the best and have a great day/life.

[@SplorinRyan]

I appreciate your opinion! I'm actually not a trump person. I'm very very much not a trump voter. EVER. I also didn't make up the piece about the Newports. That was what was actually going on. For what it's worth, I don't make these videos in order to polish up the subject matter but rather to show things as I find them and let others make up their own mind whether they agree with me or not. Some people do, some people don't, and that's perfectly fine! In this case, not only was the cruise itself very rough in terms of the environment, but 24 hours later, the ship burst into flames (you may have seen it on the news). Perhaps I just caught them on a very very bad week. Candidly, it's just not the cruise for me. I'm not looking for something where there is constant partying and an expectation that you will have a drink in your hand 24 hours a day, and that was the general environment of this Cruise on the first day of sailing. And that's fine! For a lot of people, that is exactly what they are looking for and I'm not judging them as better or worse than anyone else. I am simply saying that for me, it came as a bit of a shock just how over the top some of these elements were. When I go on a cruise, I am looking to relax, looking to try new things, see new places, and make pleasant memories with my family. Again though, I appreciate you taking the time to watch and to leave your thoughts. For what it's worth, I understand why you would think that the newports thing was racist. Honestly, I thought the very idea behind them being pushed was questionable.

[@mab4327]

Well if your calling him a racist that would certainly make him a democrat because racism was, is and will always be the foundation of the democrat party, I suggest you learn a little history it might serve you well but I doubt it. TRUMP 2024!