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Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 6
Helpful Votes: 53

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Serenade of the Seas

7 Night Southern Caribbean (San Juan Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 26, 2008

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 3526

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 7 years ago

Review summary

This was one of my very favorite cruises, The ports of call are amazing and the weather was fantastic. I will do this cruise again! If you are looking for something with different ports of call, you will love this!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Royal Caribbean always welcomes with a warm smile, it's always wonderful when they check you in!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Dining room food was great, Windjammer was also great!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
Loved the pool and fitness center

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Stage shows were great! I love the Love and Marriage game show!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Dinning room staff was amazing, one night I wasn't feeling good, left the table and went back to our room, the next morning I had a note slipped under the door, making sure I was feeling better and they looked forward to seeing us that evening.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
This was my first Radiance class ship, I was amazed at all the openness and glass atrium. Very clean

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
I didn't choose this room, this was the first and only time I booked an Ocean view room Guaranteed. Not sure I will do that again.

Ship tip

Know your ship before you go, this ship is laid out differently than most, not that's a bad thing, just an adjustment for me.

Ports of call

San Juan, Puerto Rico

5 out of 5
I loved San Juan!

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Took a water taxi over to St John, St Thomas is like a mini Miami to me, very pretty though.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5
We took a taxi over to Maho Beach to see the airplanes land ($45 round trip) only bad thing is the big planes don't land until after 4, ship leaves at 5

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5
If I could give this 10 stars I would, this place is on my top list for best places to visit.

Castries, St. Lucia

4 out of 5
Wish we would have done something different, we went to the Coco plantation, and a Water fall, an hour of hair pin turns up the Mountain, not for someone who gets car sick, along the way are bus was "held up" by and man with a snake, he wouldn't let are bus go until he reached his desired money. Pretty sure the bus driver knew this person. I hated leaving St Lucia on such a negative note.

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5
Loved Barbados, went to Malibu Beach, it was amazing!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
San Juan is very easy for disembarkation

Traveler Photos

Malibu Beach, Barbados  Yes..$1.00 to use the Bathroom Maho Beach, St Maarten Maho Beach, St Maarten Serenade of the Seas in Port Dr Doolittle was filmed here. Sun setting on Antigua St Maarten
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6 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe     3 months ago

Thanks for sharing

jilesgulf    7 years ago

We were on Serenade in Dec. & there was a Park Cafe & lots of activities until 12 or 1.

CandyBennett    7 years ago

Everything closed up by 10 pm except for disco

CandyBennett    7 years ago

This ship WAY to small. We enjoy the promenade area and had none. 4 shops to shop in. No Park cafe

rebekah1016    7 years ago

I Believe the Freedom of the Seas ( great ship) and Jewel of the seas will be in San Juan, both great ships.

GIL155    7 years ago

Titilating review. I will have to look into it further.