Serenade of the Seas Review
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This was our first cruise, so we don't have anything to compare it to, but think it went very well. We had rough seas on two of our cruise days, which gave me a bout of seasickness, but luckily my travelmates didn't have any issues. I had brought sea bands and Dramamine, which helped a little, but not completely.
We picked this cruise because our friends were interested in a 10 day Caribbean cruise and we wanted to sale Royal Caribbean because of its good reviews. They also wanted to be on a somewhat smaller ship. Embarkation was fairly quick - there was a line to get one but it moved along pretty well and didn't take very long. Short lines for the embarkation photos.
Crew: There were only a couple crew members that were less than spectacular - one of them we only saw the first day and he was gone when we left port, so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that it might have been an end to a long tour. The other was not the most pleasant, but did his job satisfactory. We had quite a few great staff - our room steward was amazingly helpful, the photo staff was awesome...all the staff were very helpful.
Cabin Review
Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony
Our cabin was great and had lots of storage. As a note - if you have the hard-backed suitcases, they may not fit under the bed. I had to store mine in the closet. Smaller, soft-backed suitcases likely would have been able to be stored under the bed. The water pressure in the showers is great, although the water was pretty warm - it didn't adjust to cool very well. I had brought extra hangars, although I'm assuming if we had asked for more, that would have worked. The closet has 2 hanging areas with shelving in between and we had plenty of room for our things. The balcony was great.