Fabulous Holiday Southern Caribbean Cruise

Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 5
Helpful Votes: 42

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Serenade of the Seas

11 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2018

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Fun holiday Southern Caribbean cruise. Staff outstanding, ship we’ll appointed, Fabulous ports. Prefer Freedom and Oasis class ships but met great new friends on this size ship. We will always have great memories with Serenade of the Seas

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Quick and easy

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
All were good specialty better

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Bingo, pools, spa, fitness center - Difficulty finding seats close to pool. bingo expensive

Entertainment

2 out of 5
Opening show was good and music in the pub. This area needs more variety. No calypso for Caribbean was different.

Children's Programs

No Children

Service and Staff

4 out of 5
All was good. Steward was a Cut Above the Rest

Ship Quality

3 out of 5
Older ship but well appointed. Staff was always cleaning. Centrum way to small for main events. Prefer Freedom or Oasis class.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Derrick Small was outstanding. The bed was horrible and bathroom cabinets falling apart. The balcony was great with room for 2 chairs table and lounger.

Ship tip

Make sure you have one of the new matresses. Don't sweat the small stuff your on vacation

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5
Pre and post at the W.

Willemstad, Curacao

4 out of 5
Great shopping. Beach on own. Nothing much going on at night.

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5
Love - Would have preferred overnight or later stay to enjoy night life. Did day pass to Flamingo Island and Rue Antilles and walked palm beach

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5
Voyager Bonaire Tours. Love Dive City beach Least commercialized

Castries, St. Lucia

5 out of 5
Day pass at Sandals Grande resort - Outstanding. Can't wait to go back

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5
Tour and Jolly beach

Disembarkation

2 out of 5
I got hurt when bag and Braclet got caught in esculator. Still waiting for a call back
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2 Comments

RoyalTravelDiva    5 years ago

Ask the Cruise Director Andrea if he is hosting a star gazing laser beam presentation. It was rare and fantastic.

tbev    5 years ago

Good to hear, will be on Serenade in April.

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