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

Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

XtownPJ

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 2

Helpful Votes: 57

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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11 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 20, 2020

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin number: 3075

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Weather bad until Colon. And unfortunately, the second night we had a passenger suffer a medical emergency resulting in a lost port. It can’t be helped so you make the best of it.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

If you cruise often you know the cruise lines menu.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Too cool first part of cruise.

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Just ok

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Love the lay out. Only area of concern, men’s restroom outside 5th floor Reflections Dinjng Room.

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Attendant needs to clean bathroom floor along wall and clean dressing table more frequent. Couch must be original. Bad shape.

Ship tip

Enjoy the centrum and back deck off Windjammer. Two of this class ship’s most beautiful areas.

Thumbs up

Ports of call

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

Sailed out and didn’t visit city.

Thumbs Up 0

Puerto Limon, Costa Rica Did not visit port

Critical patient so had to skip Costa Rica.

Thumbs Up 0

Colon, Panama

5 out of 5

Not impressed. Dirty. Took excursion outside terminal. Make sure taxi driver can speak English.

Thumbs Up 0

Cartagena, Colombia

5 out of 5

Beautiful. Did the hop on/hop off through old/new Cartegena.

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Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Beautiful. Went to Eagle Beach. Not impressed. Too hard to get in and out of beach. Very steep.

Thumbs Up 0

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Beautiful. Went to Blue Bay Resort. Will return.

Thumbs Up 0

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

One of our easiest.

3 Comments

wgammon1 3 years ago

Glad you had a good cruise. Thanks for the great review.

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CruiseQueenNH 4 years ago

Agreed, love the ship but she's showing her age. Would still sail her in a heartbeat!

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Thanks for your review

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A wonderful cruise!

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Outstanding...with exception to a medical emergency on board.