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Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern
7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)
Sail date: November 25, 2006
Ship: Serenade of the Seas
Cabin type: Balcony
Traveled as: Singles/Friends
Reviewed: 17 years ago
Review summary
The ship was pretty. The crew was snarly except for a few nice ones. The crew seemed upset that they had to serve the breakfasts and lunches because they were normally buffet style. However, do to the fact that the ship had a problem on it's prior voyage, the week before, they did not allow any passenger to server themselves. Nor did they have salt/pepper shakers, they handed out packets. My biggest issue was that the price was supposed to include "soft drinks" However, once on board, we found you had to pay an additinal $52 to get coca-cola for the week! we settled for bad ice tea and lemonade, just out of principal. The ship seemed very commericalized and were constantly trying to sell you things, like coke, coffee/lattes, art, pictures, videos. My favorite (NOT) momeent of the cruise was when the captain of the vessel came over the PA to announce the dangers of gastrointestinal disease DURING THE FORMAL DINNER! yummy. Needless to say, I think it was cheesy all in all.Ship experiences
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Pros: Staterooms were nice
Cons: The crew and restaurants went overboard on the sanitation thing. They acted like everyone was carrying a deadly disease. It got to be insulting after awhile. The chefs would not prepare steaks rarer than well done, as they were afraid this would spread gastroinstestinal disease. This was absurd
Recommends Serenade of the Seas? No.
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