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Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

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Overall rating:

5 out of 5
Serenade of the Seas

11 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 13, 2017

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

I have 55 cruise points under my belt and I would highly recommend Serenade of the Seas Southern Cruise, 11 days is WONDERFUL, 7 days it seems you just get settled in. Our favorite ports were Bonaire first, Aruba second. We rented a golf cart for $90.00 all day in Bonaire and then rented a Harley for $165 for 5.5 hours in Aruba, Antiqua,  St. Lucia,  Grenada we got off the ship and rented a taxi. We were not that impressed with those islands away from the cruise port area. But back to the ship it was small enough that we made lasting friendships, the service and food was great, also they had a great schedule for your at sea days. We have scheduled a 12 day one already for next year. I truly believe this ship is the best we have been on  to date for the port schedule and the friendly service from the cruise staff. So I give it a excellent rating and my husband agrees! Reviews are very important to me I take there advice all the time so I promise you this is truly my opinion of the Serenade of the Seas!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

N/A

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Great room 8054 very quiet

Ship tip

Use the Spa the Steam room and Sauna was great, the gym is best to use around noon, not quite as busy. Pool Bar EXCELLENT, Putt putt was great, ping pong by Windjammer and you have to try playing pool by Schooners bar..also we watched several movies in the Cinema. We loved the food in the WJ

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

3 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

3 out of 5

Castries, St. Lucia

3 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

3 out of 5

St. George's, Grenada

3 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

3 out of 5
Rented a golf cart and toured the island

Oranjestad, Aruba

3 out of 5
See the island one way or the other we choose a Harley tour
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6 Comments

cruisetiludrop    7 years ago

check cruise critic reviews. i wrote a favorable review for my jan 2016 cruise

raineywife    7 years ago

we love the Serenade as well.

cemccrary3    7 years ago

We've been on Serenade before and love the Radiance class ships. Doing fjords and transatlantic this fall on Serenade. Can hardly wait.

EthelM    7 years ago

thank you for this positive review. also getting nervous for those bad reviews. going on the same cruise in 2 weeks.

islandqueen    7 years ago

it gives me a bit of relief to finally see a positive review on the Serenade. the majority of reviews I've read on Ship Mate has been negative. my family and I are sailing in 12 days and we were so excited but all the negative things we've read has now made us very nervous!!! we're now trying really hard to have an open mind and positive thoughts about cruising on the Serenade. This is our first time on this ship so hoping to have a great time.

psimy    7 years ago

Would you rent a golf cart again in bonaire, going soon and have never been!

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