The good, the bad and the ugly
Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Europe - Northern Europe
7 Night Scandinavia & Russia (Copenhagen Roundtrip)
Sail date: August 15, 2015
Ship: Serenade of the Seas
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 7618
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 9 years ago
Review summary
Starting with the bad which was not much: $30 per day for Wifi? Elevators that would pass by empty going the direction you wanted to go! Awfully loud if you were trying to watch things going on in the atrium from above.
Ugly was smoking in the casino and the pool deck.
Good was the way everyone on the staff was friendly, helpful, and kind. Excellent training by the company. Food in specialty restaurants was excellent. Food at the Windjammer buffet was good. We are not real fussy but it appeared to me that there were enough different styles from different cultures that even the most discriminatory palates should be relatively happy.
The ship itself was nice but everything looked a little worn. Last cruise - and my only other cruise on Royal Caribbean - either the ship was newer or better maintained than this one or I am noticing more things about cruise ships. Not bad enough to complain about but a noticeable difference in quality. The destination is always the important part, the other stuff is not really important if everything goes well. And it did on this trip. I would recommend it to anyone. Full of surprises. Fun surprises. Learned a lot. Had a lot of fun.
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Ports of call
St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
2 Comments
askoleern 9 years ago
Hampy 9 years ago
Elevators passing by empty- I've had that happen before and have decided never to be in a hurry on a cruise- just enjoy the moment, lol. Not sure I could have not said something about blood on the sheets though. Glad you had fun and the trip was full of surprises, that tends to make everything worth it in the end.