Southern Caribbean Cruise

Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 61

Overall rating:

1 out of 5
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Serenade of the Seas

11 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 28, 2016

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1058

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The cruise was great, especially the shore excursions.   A big advantage of sailing on one of the smaller ships is that they can get into the tiny and interesting ports. One was Barbados where we visited the Harrison Caves and saw some glorious stalagmites and stalactites. Granada was also interesting. That little island was almost destroyed by Hurricane Ivan and is just starting to come back to life.  We toured a nutmeg factory and a dark chocolate factory and got free samples at each.  Yum.  The best excursion was on Aruba where we took a six hour Catamaran cruise which stopped at two beaches and then provided a lobster lunch onboard. Yes, I did get sunburned, but not super-bad.  Only had a 50 percent block with me.  But yes, it was worth it.                

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
We did not use these.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
We did not use these.

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Ask questions of your cabin steward when you think things are not working the way they are supposed to. Sometimes things are a little different than you expect.

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

St. George's, Grenada

5 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

3 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

3 out of 5
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8 Comments

ledger35    8 years ago

And you give this wonderful experience one star? You must also be a shitty tipper.

bkbish    8 years ago

What was the name of the excursion in Aruba?

SimonTravels    8 years ago

No, it's doesn't default to one. The review form requires the reviewer to select a star rating before submitting the review.

BDRebel    8 years ago

I wonder if maybe the star defaults to one, when the reviewer makes no input on it?

noname111    8 years ago

I've cruised the Serenade. It's an older vessel but I like the smaller ships.  So it seems more than a few of us are wondering... why only a one star rating?

cruznjan    8 years ago

What was wrong with the ship? I've cruised on the Serenade and I loved her.

Johngold    8 years ago

I agree, why only one star, are your standards and expectation too high. Let us know.

Thanks

 

CrusinTim    8 years ago

So why only one star????

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