Excellent Cruise for my family

Item: Serenade of the Seas
Rating: 4
Author: WendyD3

Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

WendyD3

Contributor Level: Deck Hand

Cruises: 2-3 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 5

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 20, 2008

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 15 years ago

Review summary

Overall an excellent cruise. They did a wonderful job for the holidays celebrating both Christmas and Hanukah. They made everything very festive. The ports of call were good and we enjoyed our relaxing cruise vacation!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Good but not great in the dining room. Lots of choices on the menu. Windjammer breakfasts were excellent and very enjoyable.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Shows were okay but not great. We liked the trivia contests and also the game shows.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Very friendly waiters and bar staff. Very nice room porters.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Good size ship - not too big. The ship was clean, especially the bathrooms and public areas. Very nice decorations and art work

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great balcony room with lots of space. Bathrooms were nice. We wish there were lotions, but there was amble space in the cabin and bathroom. The kids had an interior room and that also had lots of space and also shelving.

Ports of call

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

Took the COSOL tour of the island and it was great.

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Don't Miss: COSOL excursion tour

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Went on a eco excursion and it was GREAT!! Rode on a catamaran and then snorkeled and hiked around the island.

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Don't Miss: Shopping at the port is nice but you need to do an excursion to see the beauty of the island

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

3 out of 5

We stayed in town and went to Great Bay beach and then went shopping. The water taxi is very convenient

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Don't Miss: Guaveberry Liquer and shopping downtown

Bridgetown, Barbados

3 out of 5

Visited on Christmas day so most everything was closed. Went to Carlisle Bay and the Lobster's Alive Beach

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

We rented a jeep and went to Sapphire Beach and up to Paradise Point in the jeep. Very nice !! The shopping closes early on Sunday which is a disadvantage

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Don't Miss: Sapphire Beach !! -- good snorkeling

Pros: Very nice ship, excellent ports of call, friendly crew

Cons: Disembarkement was a little long

Recommends Serenade of the Seas? Yes!

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