Smooth Sailing Cruise through the islands

Item: Serenade of the Seas
Rating: 4.4
Author: LynGordon

Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

LynGordon

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 30

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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11 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: March 19, 2018

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 9545

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 6 years ago

Review summary

I enjoyed the size of the ship and the overall activities. I don't like to just sit so I wished there were more sea day options.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Easy no long lines and on time

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

It was good plus, really. Many times ice cream was melted by time it reached us and the drinks from the bars were slow.

Vortex Nightclub

4 out of 5

We visited there every afternoon for "cocktail hour" and was very warmly greeted by 4 male servers there, Jovan K from Montenegro, Roland from Hungary, Igusti from Philippines and another. They were all great! No five stars as we didn't understand why they couldn't just get drinks from the bartender there and be faster.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Fitness and just overall outdoors, mini golf. We also did many trivias. More lectures would be good to attend.

Entertainment

4 out of 5

Comedians were great and their variety was great. House band was very good and house troups was adequate. Though they all sang well, their chemistry didn't mesh.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

From Vortex to Din room table 303 1st seating we received great care and some individualized attention from Head Waiter on down.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

All good

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

It was good, plenty of storage

Ship tip

I know this is silly, but maybe one or two more tv channels for those down times, also more lectures on the islands and things of that nature. Or lectues to follow the trivias to go over the items more.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida Did not visit port

Not enough time, been there before

Thumbs Up 0

Ponce, Puerto Rico

4 out of 5

Museum was good and local tavern was as well. Townsfolk were congenial.

Thumbs Up 1

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

We did offline excursion and had the best tour guide that told and taught us so much! We liked the Island alot.

Thumbs Up 6

Castries, St. Lucia Did not visit port

Our group rested that day, we wanted to go in but did not. Seemed alot like St Kitts but next time we'll check it out.

Thumbs Up 0

Bridgetown, Barbados

4 out of 5

It was mixed island with some good and bad. The people there were accommodating and overall it was good.

Thumbs Up 2

St. George's, Grenada

5 out of 5

We did a "ship mate" Excursion and enjoyed out stops to Concord Falls and the whole island. Loved all the spices and availbility to buy them.

Thumbs Up 2

St. John's, Antigua Did not visit port

We were turned off by the barrage of people trying to get you to buy things and take tours. Had it been alittle less of an afront we would have gone out and toured the island.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

Long line but well organized.

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Serenade of the Seas cruise 19-30 March 2018