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Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 16

Overall rating:

5 out of 5

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11 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 12, 2016

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9008

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

Can't say enough good things about the crew of the Serenade. Everyone was wonderfully friendly and helpful. Special shout-outs to our fantastic main dining room waiters, and our terrific stateroom attendant. The ship might need a little freshening, but she's still beautiful -- tons of glass so you can see the ocean from almost anywhere. Food ranged from good to outstanding, no real stinkers at any meal at any restaurant. Entertainment was pretty solid. This was our first cruise with 4 at-sea days (usually we take week cruises with 1 at-sea day at most) and being active people, we wondered if we'd get bored... not at all. Plenty of activities to keep anyone entertained. And starting the trip with 2 at-sea days got us fully into relaxed vacation mode by the time we arrived at our first destination port.

Overall, we'd go back in a heartbeat!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great view... wave at the bridge officers from your balcony! Balcony is about 40 sq ft, not cramped. Cabin has a deceptive amount of storage... initially we were wondering if we'd have enough room for all our stuff, but wound up leaving several drawers unused. Location is pretty good: not far from the forward lobby, from which you can go up two decks to Solarium/pool/Windjammer, or down three decks to theatre/pub/casino. A cabin around 9044 would be more equidistant to both the forward lobby and Centrum, but you'll probably pay more for that convenience. 9008 was entirely fine for us. And at least on our sailing, our cabin attendant was Rocky, who was terrific!