Although not a threat to passengers, the fire did have one negative effect on many of us, as we learned the next day when the Captain and then the Cruise Director announced that the fire had made one engine inoperable, reducing our speed by a few knots and delaying our Miami arrival by several hours.However, like most, I do have a few items I prefer on one ship over the other, including: 
Serenity: the slightly larger staterooms and their furnishings - love seats instead of Symphony's infamous chairs; the conventional bathroom fixtures; the more spacious Palm Court with its larger dance floor 
Symphony: the new openness and lightness of the Starlite, as compared to the rather dark Stardust on Serenity; the more intimate atmosphere of the Avenue (but it does get smoky in there); the main atrium, although I understand Serenity's will be upgraded at next dry docking; layout of the Bistro, although it can't accommodate as many people as Serenity's.

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