Serenade of the Seas Review
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My husband and I decided to go on a cruise to The Southern Caribbean and were able to find a good price, so we booked a 10-day cruise leaving from Fort Lauderdale Florida on November 24th, 2017.
On the day we booked ( three weeks prior to the set sail) Royal Caribbean Serenade of the Seas was having a sale where if you bought one ticket, you would get another for half price, and this was for an exterior stateroom with a nice porthole window. The good price meant we could not choose our own stateroom, but the cruise line would choose one for us. They chose a stateroom on deck three, directly under the Tropical theater, which is forward on the ship.
We were ok with the location of the stateroom and weren't really bothered much by the theater noise. The cabin seemed to be well insulated from the next door cabins. We didn't really hear any noise from adjacent cabins or people walking down the hall.
Cabin Review
Large Ocean View Stateroom
The cabin was small but had good storage. The twin beds were put together when we checked in, and we had requested twin beds. Our cabin steward Pandai was great to have the beds set up properly by the time we returned from dinner.
The beds were very hard, and not very comfortable, as well as the pillows. The beds were clearly worn, and there were body impressions. Clearly, the beds need to be replaced. The couch had some threadbare spots on the arm, and should probably be replaced as well.
The toilet was almost unusable. The toilet lid that you sat on was so narrow it really hurt to sit for any amount of time. The toilet sits quite high, and I couldn't touch the floor while I was sitting. I am not a short person, I am five foot seven inches.
The shower is tiny, but that is to be expected in such a small bathroom. Good water pressure though.
Drinking water from the state rooms were luke warm, but I understand we could have requested ice.
Port Reviews
St. Thomas
Went to Magen's Bay using a taxi bus for 1/2 the price Royal Caribbean wanted to charge us
St. Lucia
Found a fantastic taxi driver to take us on a two hour island tour, for only thirty dollars for the two of us. Much better value than booking with the cruise line