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Item: Serenade of the Seas
Rating: 4.3
Author: landrro1

Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Southern

landrro1

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4.3 out of 5

10 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 31, 2020

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8616

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Love cruising on the Serenade but unfortunately she will be repositioned to Australia and replaced by the Vision of the Seas which is a smaller ship!

Embarkation

4 out of 5

The custom process for B2B was like it used to be years ago. Eg 45+ minutes to get off ship, wait, talk to custom agent and return to ship.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Most nights had good menu selections and food was good. A couple nights menu wasn’t great.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Enjoy rock-climbing wall and fitness center

Entertainment

3 out of 5

The stage/production shows are goo but they have been around for years - time to change them. The musicians and other performers were excellent

Children's Programs

Have no children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

All were friendly and helpful

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Love the Serenade but she’s in need of loving. You can see her age...

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Cabin was confirmed and clean. However the balcony wasn’t cleaned/washed during our 21 days (b2b).

Ship tip

Mingle with passengers

Thumbs up

Ports of call

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

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Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Shopping

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St. John's, Antigua

3 out of 5

Don’t like the pier area as the water is smelly and dirty

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Roseau, Dominica Did not visit port

We did not get off the ship

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Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

Love walking the pier area

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Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Shopping and beach nearby

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Very fast and efficient

7 Comments

katj 4 years ago

Thanks for the info. I'm doing a B2B in May. I wonder if the process changes by embark/debark port. I was hoping for an easier transition but considering we'll be sailing from San Diego to Vancouver, I'm guessing disembarking and clearing customs will be necessary and would make sense.

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bcottle 4 years ago

Thanks for all the info, we're getting on this ship next Friday 2/21

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beachbum2day 4 years ago

Thanks for your review ! Looking forward to sailing on the serenade in 50 days ! Also booked on the vision for 2022 ! 😎🏝🛳

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cruisereckoning 4 years ago

Thanks for the review and glad you had a great time.

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CruiseQueenNH 4 years ago

Cool!

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Very cool review!!

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TheSnoMan 4 years ago

Vision class is not that much smaller and holds less people too so it should not feel any more crowded.

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