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Item: Serenade of the Seas
Rating: 4.6
Author: carolkemp

Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

carolkemp

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 32

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 15, 2022

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 7672

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Smaller ship. This ship will be doing the world cruise. Our opinion, this ship good for shorter sail such as 5-14 days. Would have cabin fever on longer cruise.

Embarkation

3 out of 5

Very poor since it was first trip out of Tampa for Serenade after coming back from Alaska/LA voyages. Perhaps now they have figured things out better.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

MDR food continues to be mediocre at best. Servers do all they can to make up for what ingredients lack. We did not use any of the specialty restaurants.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Our niece enjoyed the late night dance club on deck 13. We enjoyed Solarium pool since main pool was very crowded & ladder getting out bottom step not easy to maneuver since having knee replacement.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Staff is excellent on this ship. They do all they can to accommodate needs.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Comfort & cleanliness is good. Not sufficient grab rails in tub/shower. Although this is Sky Class Suite. Serenade does not honor all the perks for Sky Class such as free Wi-Fi. We were surprised & disappointed by this.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

George Town, Grand Cayman

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5

8 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 3 months ago

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MountainMama08 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing.

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deboftheseas 2 years ago

We just did Alaska on it…rain, gale force winds…7 days, cabin fever is correct. Although we’ve Radiance class before, it’s been a long time. We found the halls extremely narrow, the balcony rooms very tight, we were on deck 7. The centrum area was also tight. I don’t see us back on these older ships again…Freedom Class and up from now on. I like the promenades too much.

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byhisgrace 2 years ago

Thanks for your review

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WhippetMum 2 years ago

Thanks for your feedback

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AuntPinkie 2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of a few disappointments.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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javawoody 2 years ago

Appreciate your review

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