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Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
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Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
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Serenade of the Seas

10 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 24, 2017

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9212

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

The most relaxing, fun-filled, non-stressful cruise I have ever taken. Captain maneuvered the boat with perfection and kept us up-to-date on all details.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
First time in many cruises that we just kept walking, never sitting for more than 10 minutes, and were on the ship about 30 minutes after arriving at the port.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Had the most wonderful waiters, made dinners the most enjoyable of any cruise I have been on. They made us laugh, always remembered the "extras" that we had requested the first night, went out of their way to get a special order for my granddaughter, food was excellent, very tasteful, never a dull moment!

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We didn't go to many shows so I don't feel that I can adequately score them. The 3 that we saw were outstanding!

Cinema

3 out of 5

My only complaint is that half of the movies were outdated and some were 2017 releases. Would have been nice to have all 2017 releases.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
This is the first cruise I have been on that from the room steward all the way to the waiters was OUTSTANDING. They were all very personable, made us laugh, made us feel as though it was our home not just a boat, always accomodating, always remembering the smallest detail. Made us feel very comfortable at all times.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
The cabin was excellent in size, plenty of storage for our 10 day cruise. The steward kept the room cleaner than my home!! Always cheerful and accomodating to our requests with never so much as a 2nd thought and smiling all the time. My only thought was that having a lounge chair on the balcony would be nice!

Ship tip

Sit back and relax, enjoy the best cruise you will ever take!

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
The port was clean, guests were able to embark on boat almost immediately upon arriving. Smoothest embarkation I have ever had!

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5
Port was clean and easy to maneuver around. Beautiful island despite Hurricane Irma damage. Took a private tour and learned a lot about the island that most people would not learn otherwise.

Basseterre, St. Kitts Did not visit port

Hurricane Irma

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
Port was very clean. Did a private excursion going to volcano and towns via van, and beaches via speed boat. Beautiful island and wonderful tour. Tour guides, who were island natives, were super informed and gave information about places I am sure nobody else knew about. Definitely a port I want to return to. Had been told earlier that this was not a clean or enjoyable island to visit. Once the tour was over all opinions had changed 1000%...I can't want to return.

Bridgetown, Barbados

3 out of 5
Hard to evaluate anything, was pouring down rain, and just happened to be their Independence Day so many shops were closed.

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5
Port was great...loved the stores right by the boats. Went on tour to swim with the Stingrays and was the highlight of the cruise! This will be talked about for days and days!

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Getting off the boat was great, easy, and fast. HOWEVER, there needs to be something done about the lines getting through customs. Lines moved slowly, people were complaining about how slow it was moving, why there weren't more gates open, people were hot and getting dizzy standing around, some people were complaining about their backs aching standing around waiting. That was the only complaint I had.
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GingyB    6 years ago

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