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Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

KathleenT

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4 out of 5

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7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 12, 2011

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 13 years ago

Review summary

We have been on several Cruise lines, and we picked Royal Caribbean because we expected it to be a bit nicer than the less expensive cruises and it attracts an older crowd...not young partyiers etc...and the guests on this cruise were exactly that very polite, easy to cruise with...and mature. The ship was older, but we felt well maintained and updated, we are not interested in RC's HUGE ships with 5000 people We were taking our 3 married daughters and we wanted a special time...It was a dream for me as the Mom/ Grandma to have just our adult family for nice dinners, wonderful off site excursions, clean entertainment etc...and almost all our expectations were met....The ship is older

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

pasteries were poor...dry and like store bought...not baked...

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Comedian Jeffrey Jena and Cruise director were terrific..Sprectrum?Motown tribute wonderful too....the El Gaucho was pretty weak... kept waiting for him to move to next part of act and that was it! He tried to be funny and no one really laughed...felt sorry for him....

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

EXCEPT the off site staff, the guest service staff was great but the lack of knowledge or service mentality was lacking with Off site...almost seemed like an inconvenience and impatient to have you make a decision and get out of line!!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

loved just walking to the gorgeous beach NICE that it was a walking distance from ship not requiring any transportation to get a taste of the island.Loved being the only ship in the port too!

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Tortola, British Virgin Islands

5 out of 5

VIRGIN GORDA and the BATHS a must...did it on our own with a ferry and taxi...

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Don't Miss: same above...skip ROADTOWN...just a city

Basseterre, St. Kitts

3 out of 5

DON"T pick the Kayak and Snorkel off site with RC...because it is really only a good kayak excursion...over priced and POOR snorkeling...didn't do as explained to us.. no reef etc...

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Roseau, Dominica

5 out of 5

our FAVORITE because of the diversity....Hired a TAXI on our own after our bad experience with RC excursion day before....we toured the island briefly on way to the TRAFALGAR Fall We hiked the rocks down to the base of the falls,jumped in the water and then hot springs and then ALSO hit the Champayne Beach with WONDERFUL snorkeling!!

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Don't Miss: Trafalgar Falls if you can hike to really experience it and not just look at it!

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5

We did our own thing again, hired a TAXI and then to the beach to swim and interact with the SEA TURTLES...wonderful!! The men scuba dove with an ORBITZ excursion and had a great dive!

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Don't Miss: Turtles...as they are fed so guaranteed to show up!!

Pros: over all cleanliness, friendlyness of the staff,

Cons: off site staff/ knowledge lacking to explain or recommend

Recommends Serenade of the Seas? Yes!

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