Hi Skippy: I have not cruised on the Freedom so I haven;t any info for you but I am cruising March 22 on the Legend. I have cruised mostly on Carnival but did one on RCC and have another scheduled on RCC in October. I didn;t find a lot of difference but between the two but RCC was to Alaska and was very laid back and seemed totally different than a Carribean cruise. You will have fun on either.