flashback buttonKaren Duquette on the Carnival Freedom cruise shiptime running backwards
for a Halloween cruise - October 24 - 31, 2009

Below: Boarding the ship and setting sail from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Carnival Freedom cruise ship in Fort Lauderdale Carnival Freedom cruise ship in Fort Lauderdale
leaving Fort Lauderdale
Carnival Freedom cruise ship Janice Mackey and the tail fin dude

Carnival Freedom has 1, 487 cabins and can carry 2,974 passengers traveling at a speed of 21 knots. 

Carnival Freedom cruise ship Carnival Freedom cruise ship tail fin

The pool and slide area. Karen Duquette spent a lot of time on the slide. Sometimes, Karen is just a big kid. There were a lot of steps up to the top of the slide.

overview of pool and slide area Carnival Freedom slide
Karen Duquette on the slide
Karen Mackey on the slide Karen Duquette on the slide

Janice Mackey in the pool

Janice Mackay in the pool

Below: Karen Duquette took some selfies in her room

Karen Duquette Karen Duquette

Below: Dinner, dancing and fun with friends on-board the Carnival Freedom

Karen Duquette and line dance friends Phillip, Karen Duquette, Bruse, and Monica Eckedahl

Most of the dancers on this line dance cruise spent most of their on-board time in Disco Lounge learning new dances.

Disco Lounge

Below: The Swingtime Dance Lounge was also a favorite spot for the line dancers.

The Swingtime Dance Lounge doorway
The Swingtime Dance Lounge The Swingtime Dance Lounge

Below: The Atrium

Below: Atrium lights

The Atrium Atrium lights

Below: The Cigar room and Cigar stools

The Cigar room and Cigar stools The Cigar room and Cigar stools

Below:The ceiling lights and elevator

Below: Ship Nouveau Bar

ceiling lights and elevator Ship Nouveau Bar

Below: The International Theater

The International Theater The International Theater lounge

Below: The main Theater

The main Theater The main Theater

Below: The Piano Bar

Piano Bar Piano Bar
Piano Bar Piano Bar

Below: Poster of Elvis

Poster of Elvis

Below: One of the many hallways to various staterooms.

hallway to the rooms

Below: A few photos in the room.

stateroom batroom
stateroom stateroom

Below: Views of the ocean

ocean view ocean view
ocean view ocean view

Below: Sunrise photos taken at 8 a.m. October 26, 2009 from the 10th floor walking track of the Carnival Freedom.

sunrise photo sunrise photo

(Note: Many of the pictures shown on this cruise were taken by other line-dancers or their spouses. They all contributed photos to Karen Duquette because she made them DVD's of the cruise).

Continue on to Cozumel, Mexico