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Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 40
Helpful Votes: 448

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5
Serenade of the Seas

10 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 26, 2018

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8058

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

I took this ship a year ago. I have found that all cruise lines do not change their entertainment for a few years with a few exceptains. So if you are there for the entertainment make sure to get a differant ship or cruise line. The menues are not updated very often and seem the buffett has alot of the same thing every day. The best was the battered fried fish it is really good.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
There was no waiting like usual

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
There were only two days we decided there was choices we wanted to eat in the main dining room. The tiger prawns were very smaller than I remember. The other was for lobster, we were there at 6:30 ordered and the waiter came back and said they had ran out of lobster. After I voiced my displeasure they found lobster for us.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
Pool area was nice as they have a big screen with various topics showing. Movies at night.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Mostly same shows as a year ago

Children's Programs

no kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward Alvin was excellant, always ready to serve your needs.

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
This ships cabins have not been upgraded and needs to be. There is only ont outlet at the dest and one in the restroom. The balcony had only a table with two chairs (we had three people) but was good size. The cabin description inths brochure said there was a pull out couch, there was a pull down out of the ceiling. The access was a narrow ladder not the easiest access for a senior.

Ship tip

The people start putting out towels early (6:30) in the Soleriam, if you like the cover and no children pool get there early

Ports of call

Frederiksted, St. Croix, U.S.V.I.

5 out of 5

Fort-De-France, Martinique

4 out of 5
Hold on to your wallet They wanted $ 55.00 a person for a three hour tour, driver spoke very little english

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5
Nice place

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

4 out of 5
Very good but it was hot

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
The process was quick. I did not get the $ 16.75 prepaid transfer to the air port offered on board. I have bought them after disembarcation before, this time they would not sell me one off the ship. I checked Lyft and they wanted $ 26.00 so I got a cab for $ 20.00 cash

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4 Comments

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Thanks for the review

GingyB    6 years ago

😎

IkeDeb    6 years ago

Over all, looks like you had a good cruise. Glad you got your lobster 😋😋

Sharonencerio    6 years ago

Every review-on every cruise line-all say the stewards and dining room staff are very attentive and hard working. And I agree. I never saw a grumpy face. They couldn’t do enough for us when we went on our cruise and they really made a difference.

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