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Serenade of the Seas Cruise Review to World Cruise

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 2
Helpful Votes: 19

Overall rating:

4.8 out of 5
Serenade of the Seas

274 Night The Ultimate World Voyage (Miami Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 10, 2023

Ship: Serenade of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9024

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 3 months ago

Review summary

Glad we did it. I would like a more immersive experience in ports instead of so many. Many of the ports were commercial and not cruise terminals

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Spectacular

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The world cruise had a special entree every night. Sometimes reflected of the region we were at

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
On board activities were the same as regular cruises

Entertainment

5 out of 5
The 5 singers, 9 piece orchestra, 3 piece stings and the pianist were phenomenal. They were on the whole 9 months. The others entertainment were hit or miss. The volume was way to loud in the Centrum for most of the performances

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Stateroom

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Ports of call

Miami, Florida

5 out of 5

Cococay (Cruise Line's Private Island)

4 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

5 out of 5

Oranjestad, Aruba

5 out of 5

Willemstad, Curacao

5 out of 5

Kralendijk, Bonaire

5 out of 5

Bridgetown, Barbados

5 out of 5

St. George's, Grenada

5 out of 5

Devils Island, French Guiana Did not visit port

Too rough of seas

Fortaleza, Brazil

1 out of 5

Recife, Brazil

1 out of 5

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

3 out of 5

Copacabana, Brazil

5 out of 5

Montevideo, Uruguay

5 out of 5

Buenos Aires, Argentina

5 out of 5
Went to Iguazu Falls

Puerto Madryn, Argentina

5 out of 5
Lots of penquins

Port Stanley, Falkland Islands Did not visit port

Too rough of seas

Cruise Gerlache Strait

5 out of 5

Cruise Paradise Harbor, Antarctica

5 out of 5
Spectacular icebergs, penguins and whales

Elephant Island, South Shetland Islands

5 out of 5

Cruise Cape Horn

5 out of 5

Ushuaia, Tierra Del Fuego, Argentina

5 out of 5

Punta Arenas, Chile Did not visit port

Too rough of seas

Cruise Strait Of Magellan

5 out of 5

Cruise Chilean Fjords

5 out of 5

Valparaiso (Santiago), Chile

5 out of 5
The street art!

Coquimbo (La Serena), Chile

5 out of 5

Arica, Chile

5 out of 5

Pisco, Peru

5 out of 5

Callao (Lima), Peru

5 out of 5

Manta, Ecuador Did not visit port

Political unrest

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

5 out of 5

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala

5 out of 5

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

5 out of 5

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5

San Pedro (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5

Hilo, Hawaii

5 out of 5

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii

5 out of 5

Honolulu, Oahu

5 out of 5

Moorea, French Polynesia

5 out of 5

Papeete, Tahiti

5 out of 5

Cross International Dateline

5 out of 5

Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5
Clumbed the bridge

Newcastle, Australia

5 out of 5
Super quiet stop

Brisbane, Australia

5 out of 5

Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia

5 out of 5
Great barrier reef

Cairns, Australia

5 out of 5

Lombok Island, Indonesia

5 out of 5

Benoa, Bali, Indonesia

5 out of 5

Manila, Philippines

5 out of 5

Subic Bay, Philippines

5 out of 5

Hong Kong

5 out of 5

Keelung (Taipei), Taiwan

5 out of 5

Ishigaki, Japan

5 out of 5

Okinawa

5 out of 5

Busan (Pusan), South Korea

5 out of 5

Jeju City, Jeju-Do, (Cheju-Do), South Korea

5 out of 5

Incheon (Seoul). South Korea

5 out of 5

Tianjin (Beijing), China

5 out of 5
Great Wall of China

Nagasaki, Japan

5 out of 5

Kagoshima, Japan

5 out of 5

Yokohama (Tokyo), Japan

5 out of 5

Shimizu, Japan

5 out of 5

Osaka, Japan

5 out of 5

Nha Trang, Vietnam

5 out of 5

Phu My (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam

4 out of 5

Singapore

4 out of 5

Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia

5 out of 5

Penang (Pulau Pinang), Malaysia

5 out of 5

Hambantota, Sri Lanka

5 out of 5

Colombo, Sri Lanka

5 out of 5

Cochin, India

3 out of 5

Mormugao (Goa), India

3 out of 5

Mumbai (Bombay), India

2 out of 5

Abu Dhabi, U.A.E.

5 out of 5

Dubai, U.A.E.

5 out of 5

Ravenna, Italy

5 out of 5

Trieste, Italy

5 out of 5

Koper, Slovenia

5 out of 5

Zadar, Croatia

5 out of 5

Split, Croatia

5 out of 5

Dubrovnik, Croatia

5 out of 5

Kotor, Montenegro

5 out of 5

Valletta, Malta

5 out of 5

Catania, Sicily

5 out of 5

Naples, Italy

5 out of 5

Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy

5 out of 5

Livorno (Florence & Pisa), Italy

5 out of 5

Portofino, Italy

5 out of 5

Ajaccio, Corsica

5 out of 5

Cannes, France

5 out of 5

Nice, France

5 out of 5

Marseille (Provence), France

5 out of 5

Palma De Mallorca, Balearic Islands

5 out of 5

Barcelona, Spain

5 out of 5

Valencia, Spain

5 out of 5

Cartagena, Spain

5 out of 5

Malaga, Spain

5 out of 5

Casablanca, Morocco

3 out of 5

Agadir, Morocco

5 out of 5

Lisbon, Portugal

5 out of 5

Porto, Portugal

5 out of 5

Vigo, Spain

5 out of 5

Cork, Ireland

5 out of 5

Cherbourg, France

5 out of 5

Paris, France

5 out of 5

Southampton (London), England

5 out of 5

Brugge (Bruges), Belgium

5 out of 5

Skagen, Denmark

5 out of 5
Rode bikes

Berlin, Germany

3 out of 5

Tallinn, Estonia

5 out of 5

Helsinki, Finland

5 out of 5

Stockholm, Sweden

5 out of 5

Visby, Sweden

5 out of 5

Klaipeda, Lithuania

5 out of 5

Ronne, Bornholm, Denmark

5 out of 5

Kiel Canal Transit

5 out of 5

Copenhagen, Denmark

5 out of 5

Oslo, Norway

5 out of 5

Kristiansand, Norway

5 out of 5

Haugesund

5 out of 5

Olden, Norway

5 out of 5

Alesund, Norway

5 out of 5

Amsterdam, Netherlands

5 out of 5

Reykjavik, Iceland

5 out of 5

Qaqortoq, Greenland

5 out of 5

Nuuk, Greenland Did not visit port

Weather related

St. John's, Newfoundland

5 out of 5

New York, New York

5 out of 5

Royal Naval Dockyard, West End, Bermuda

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Not enough customs agents.
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6 Comments

RP82     2 months ago

Wow, I'm thrilled for you. I would have liked to dothat cruise with an Oasis class ship instead, I know the size may limit her port docking and increase the likelihood of tenders. I'm glad you liked the cruise. Thank you for your review.

javawoody     3 months ago

Wow what a awesome world cruise

enjoyurdaysmile     3 months ago

Wow!!! Wow!! That is an amazing world cruise. 9 months out at sea and stopping ports that so many people probably have not gone to. I'm glad you had a great time. You are very fortunate to be able to do this. I was on the Serenade in 2019.

cruising2004     3 months ago

Wow, definitely a trip of a lifetime! Thank you for your review.

AuntPinkie     3 months ago

Awesome itinerary! Appreciate your feedback. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

HeavySeas     3 months ago

Awesome......thanks for sharing your cruise experience and glad you enjoyed your cruise

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