Serenade of the Seas Review

Just back from the Serenade of the Seas

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sdfan
10+ Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Aug 2011
Cabin: Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

Just wanted to give you our view and some pricing on our latest cruise with Royal Caribbean.

We flew into San Juan airport and waited about 25 minutes for our luggage to get off of the plane and onto the carousel. The ride over to the airport was about 15 minutes ($24 dollars plus tip). The check in process was very easy as we only waited in line for about 2 minutes. We had a (D2) balcony room at the back of the ship and our room was very nice. The room did come with a fridge (doesn't get very cold) Just to let you know, Royal Caribbean is cutting back on some services, so don't expect to get a towel animal every night (not a big deal to us) or Ice (unless you ask your room steward) or any bathroom care package (that we had received before). They have also cut back on how many towels they are putting in your bathroom, but all we had to do was ask our steward at the beginning of our cruise and we had extra towels the whole week.

We were disappointed with the food on the cruise. The main dining rooms food was just ok. It was definitely lower quality than on previous Royal Caribbean cruises we had been on before. They now offer you a appetizer a main course and dessert. The appetizer is very small (I ordered a salad in addition and I don't eat much regularly). They were happy to bring it to you, but it just seemed like Royal Caribbean adjusted their menu because of the recent cutbacks or ???, but the menu in no way compared to previous cruises.

Cabin Review

Superior Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

Cabin D2

Shower is very small although we were able to use it with no problem. There were a lot of heavier people on the cruise and we were wondering how they could fit in it. Our balcony was nice sized and had 2 chairs and a table. They did not have a chaise lounger on it.

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