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

Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

gramaK

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5

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7 Night Bahamas & Perfect Day (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: April 08, 2023

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 1542

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

nice ship, foods were ok in dining room, usually we travel on Carnival cruises which we really like. entertainment on Carnival is so much better. All our 9 family carnival cruises have been before Covid. we plan to take Carnival cruise in November 2023. We will definitely, surely be comparing our RC cruise to our Carnival cruise.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

3 out of 5

Children's Programs

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

3 out of 5

we mistakenly left our grand daughters birthday bag on the floor at the dinner table. it containted a special drink mug in a box, the bag had 2 birthday cards $100 check inside, the mug was taken to lost and found, which took us 3days to get back. the martriD had no business throwing out the birthday bag with cards inside the bag telling us it was only tissue paper. So far the $100 check has not been cashed. (It would cost me $25 to put a stop payment on the check.) The service was very slow which made nine of us (4 were children) waiting a long time to get service and to get our meals and/or dessert.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Ports of call

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

4 out of 5

rainy, but shops looked great. which weather was much better

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Perfect Day At Coco Cay, Bahamas

5 out of 5

a great port!!!! loved it. kayaking was super fun with 15 yr old grand daughter. shops were great. lots of stuff to look at and prices were reasonble.

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

10 Comments

byhisgrace 1 year ago

Thanks for your review

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javawoody 1 year ago

Appreciate the feedback

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envy1219 1 year ago

Thanks for your review

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AuntPinkie 1 year ago

Appreciate your detailed feedback. Sad about the birthday bag. As best as I can tell, none of the cruise lines are back to pre-Covid standards yet. The beauty of the industry is the variety of options for the variety of passengers. It’s difficult to measure a cruise line on one sailing. We have been on the same ship and itinerary with totally different experiences.

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Gwbigdog 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

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kdlady 1 year ago

I've got to disagree with you about the entertainment - Royal blows everyone else out of the water in that department.

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zim5 1 year ago

We loved the Serenade in 2019, but it seems a lot has changed in the world of cruising since Covid. We tried Carnival once out of New Orleans & will never sail Carnival again. It’s funny how different people’s overall perspective of a cruise are based off completely different aspects of the cruise. That’s why it pays off to read lots of reviews & find what best fits your family’s desires.

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cruising2004 1 year ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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enjoyurdaysmile 1 year ago

I am so sorry about her birthday bag being taken. As far as the check I don't know if anybody could cash it because the only way is that they have to go to the bank and show proof of ID if the bank wants people to show that. All in all I hope you had a great vacation and every company is different so we went on well Caribbean three times and we had a good time. We went we also had gone with Carnival once in 2018 and that was nice too.

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Ship2Shora 1 year ago

What a generous birthday for your granddaughter 🎉🎁

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