This was our 2nd time on Serenade of the Seas but the first time sailing her out of New Orleans. We are avid cruisers, our favorite vacation. I had read some of the reviews on cruise critic so was a bit curious to see what the ship was like since it was renovated recently. Found the ship to be very clean, loved the renovations and the new layout of the areas. We did sail about 90 minutes late out of NOLA due to waiting for a food truck, very important you know. The late departure did not affect any of our ports. Key West was our first stop. We walked the town, found the southern most point of the US. Very nice town, beautiful weather. Nassau was our 2nd stop. Huge waste of time, town is dirty and very unfriendly. We walked a bit then returned to the ship. Coco Cay was very nice, great weather, etc.

Our cabin was 9502, 2nd frm the front of the ship. By the way, this was one of the smoothest cruises we have been on; water was extremely smooth. Cabin was small, we kept bumping into each other. Our only complaint was the bed, it was hard as a rock, like sleeping on the floor. Considering that the majority of the passengers on the ship were passengers were "senior" citizens.........we couldn't wait to get home to our own bed. Our cabin steward tried to help out by padding the bed more, did help some.

Overall, great service. Windjammer Cafe was good, dining room service impecable. Read more