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Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 33

Overall rating:

3 out of 5
Serenade of the Seas

10 Night Southern Caribbean (Ft. Lauderdale Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 20, 2019

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8070

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

Pack your patience you will need it. It will help you from being disappointed.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Everything was ok. Not like the RC dinning experiences I have had in the past. Room service was a mess. As for drinks, bring your own straw. You can get bio degradable straws that are stronger than what they use on the ship. It’s horrible to have a drink with a straw that melts before the ice does.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Cruise director was awesome.

Entertainment

2 out of 5
The piano an Perry was creepy and out of date for a holiday family cruise. Our favorite bar to hang out on the boat at night but we found somewhere else to go. Couldn’t handle two minutes of his show. Very out of date and not for a family cruise.

Service and Staff

2 out of 5
The staff seemed to be brand new. Had difficulty working together. The only person I can say something nice about is the MDR manager. He worked hard to fix the mistakes. When I had an issue I was told by the front desk manager that any problems I have on the ship I must take to shore not him.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
Run down ship. Big screen broken and was suppose to be fixed months before we boarded. That was not the case.

Cabin / Stateroom

1 out of 5
I felt there was an obstruction in this zero obstruction room. Sink didn’t work properly. Toilet would break when you needed it. Run down room. Very dirty in places. Don’t book in this section if you don’t want some obstruction.

Ship tip

Pack your patience.

Ports of call

Roseau, Dominica

1 out of 5
Do not do the RC beach break. The drive is scary. I cried with all the women in the back of the van. We thought we were going to die. It was far away any the place is terrible. The locals don’t stop harassing you. The ship does not wait for its own tour. When we got there we paid $10 for a chair, sat down was harassed by locals so we turned around and got in line for a van to go back to the ship since it was so far away and didn’t want to miss the ship. Waste of time and money.

Philipsburg, St. Maarten

5 out of 5

Basseterre, St. Kitts

5 out of 5

St. John's, Antigua

5 out of 5

Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas

5 out of 5

Ft. Lauderdale (Port Everglades), Florida

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Traveler Photos

Zero obstruction view
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