Serenade of the Seas Review
Oct-9-16 Serenade of the Seas Review
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Okay, I am ready for a real flaming after I post this review, I am sure. And it is true that my four other cruises were on a completely different category of ship (Seadream) so it is not fair to compare those cruises with this one.
To mitigate the disparity in service between Seadream and Royal Caribbean our excellent travel agency, Betty Maclean travel, recommended that we book a suite. We booked Suite 7672 which was the last remaining cabin in that category. At first, RCL did not want to allow us to book the cabin as they told us that is was reserved for groups of 8. How they can fit 8 in there is anybody's guess.
My 9 year old daughter, husband and I traveled from Austin on US AIr to join the ship in San Juan. The travel arrangements were booked with RCL's Choice Air and this choice was a good one from a scheduling and pricing standpoint.
Cabin Review
7676-
It has a great, great view - although the portside cabin with the same layout would probably offer even a better view.
The fittings are in AWFUL shape. Dirty beyond belief.
The master bedroom has no window which I found weird.
Excellent closet space although the walk-in closet smelled of old socks.
The second bathroom stank to high heaven the whole cruise so we didn't use it.
We were very happy to have so much space and thought the other state rooms looked tiny besides.
There was very good soundproofing and only heard music from below on one occasion.
Attendant Carlos was really sweet and made us lovely towel animals every night and kept room shipshape and replenished our pool towels regularly.
Cabin is all the way at one end of the ship so it is a bit out of the way which didn't bother us at all but not good for an elderly, handicapped person.
Corridor smelled nasty a great deal of the time.
Deck was never serviced. There was black soot on the cushions and floor from the ship's smoke stack and the nothing on that terrace was ever cleaned or maintained.
It was still our favourite place to hang out on the ship and we avoided the outdoor public areas as much as possible.