This was our second cruise with Crystal. Having ended our cruise on the Symphony last summer in Stockholm and wanting to go back to Stockholm, we decided to try the Serenity out of Stockholm this summer. We booked our own air and stayed at the Hilton.

Embarkation was extremely quick and easy and we were led directly to our rooms, by a pleasant woman who worked in the Spa, but did not really know her away around the ship too well.

Our cabins were on Deck 10 - a PH with a connecting AA for our children (ages 11 & 13), who had also sailed with us last summer. The PH was extremely comfortable for two people and very efficiently laid out - much better than the standard cabins which we had last year and found rather tight. While Crystal provides you with much larger than average bathrooms, you lose the space in the cabin and we found the placement of the closet very inconvenient and difficult to maneuver. So, it was very nice to have a PH on this trip along with a wonderful stateroom attendant and a decent butler, even though we did not really need the extra butler services. Read more