Dining disaster!

Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 15

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
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Serenade of the Seas

11 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 07, 2016

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9554

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Cruise part was fine. The main dining experience was not satisfactory at all! First seating was terrible. We had nine people at a table for eight, located in middle area. You couldn't get between tables. The big dissatisfaction was I booked this cruise nearly 18 months ago, with seating to be at large table! Food was not up to expectations (from previous cruises on RCL) First time we did not have a wine steward. That left our assistant waiter with the job. Not his strong suit. 

Specialty dining was fine, as was the Wind jammer buffet. Lastly the dress up factor was not enforced in main dining room. Formal night actually had people show up in shorts!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5
Main dining experience was a disaster! From seating to food, and lack of wine steward!

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5
some how with a boat full of old folks we had a Micheal Jackson theme! Go figure!

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Room attendant (Brian) was great!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
cabin was fine, the boat is overdue for refurbish. Upholstry and mattress for sure

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

St. George's, Grenada

1 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5
Don't due a cruise that lands there on Sunday, as the town was closed! (as is with all Caribbean Islands)

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5
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3 Comments

askoleern    8 years ago

We had a 10 day cruise on her and never seen the things you are discribing.Had no trouble in the main dining room had 5:45 reservation every night , table for 6 not 8.

teddygoogs    8 years ago

Right? You let people in shorts rent space in your head. Your on vacation who cares

banaford    8 years ago

If everyone being more formal at dinner is very important to you, then I would maybe look at a higher end cruiseline. Perhaps like celebrity. Pretty much all the big cruise lines have relaxed their attire requirements.

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