Serenade 9/26 Review Long and Photo heavy

[cookie225]

wow!!! I'm calling National Geographic right now and tell them about their stolen turtle pictures OMG!, they are beautiful, any magazine will buy them from you:)

Im so glad I found your review because I am debating between The Serenade or the Adventure, so i will wit for more pics, this ship looks beautiful. Is it much smaller than the adventure??

[luvinsun]

We were on the Serenade on the 9/19. I want to do this route next, so I am really enjoying your review. It's great to see your ship pictures...brings back great memories!

 

I am curious as to what kind of water camera you used. The pictures of the turtles and fish are amazing! We vowed after our recent trip...we would invest in a great under water camera!:)

[khm1]

We were on the Serenade on the 9/19. I want to do this route next, so I am really enjoying your review. It's great to see your ship pictures...brings back great memories!

 

I am curious as to what kind of water camera you used. The pictures of the turtles and fish are amazing! We vowed after our recent trip...we would invest in a great under water camera!:)

I am interested too! I recently broke my under water camera and need to get a new one. My old one never took such great pictures! Please share!

[ArkieCruisin]

Love the pictures and great review!

[ccrtexas]

No, those are of 9246, but I do have pix of 9586, and specifically the view. I'll see if I can upload them soon. Can't access them on this computer. The inlaws were in that stateroom. They liked it A LOT. It's a nit picky complaint, but I did not like how our view straight down to the water was obstructed by the life boat deck covering thingy. The hump cabin was much nicer as far as the view, it was exactly the same as far as everything else.

 

I also have pix of the Royal Suite. I'll make note to upload those as well. We *thought* we had time to wander the ship before disembarkation (a subject for the review, some things on RCI did NOT impress me), so we wandered in there and took photos. Incredible.

 

Robin

Robin...would love to see the pics of the RS

 

Thanks

[rugrat]

Can you also post the pics of 9586, we have that one in January.

Thanks.

Great review so far, looking forward to Serenade

[thestonewolf]

Fantastic photos! I can't wait to read more, especially your review of the cruise itself. I'd love to try this class one of these days... :) Thanks for posting!

 

 

I feel the same about your pictures of the castle. You did an outstanding job! Looking forward to the pictures of the ship! Great job with the review so far as well.:D:D:D

[Robin7]

I am interested too! I recently broke my under water camera and need to get a new one. My old one never took such great pictures! Please share!

 

It's a Canon D10. I've had it a year. I do love it, but it does have one problem. We took it on a spring break trip to the Grand Canyon, and on our hike down below the rim, it gave us a lens error. My daughter's Canon did that a couple of years ago, and we ended up having to send it back. My husband knew that if he gently whacked it on his palm, it might respond, and it did. (From his reading when my daughter's had that problem. She was working for Princess Cruise Lines at the time and could not get her camera fixed until her contract was up.) Anyway, it never did it again. Just that one time. UNTIL this cruise. It did it four times! So now it's going back. It's a GREAT camera, and I highly recommend it, but the lens error is a documented problem with this model.

 

Robin...would love to see the pics of the RS

 

Thanks

 

Will post them after this.

 

Can you also post the pics of 9586, we have that one in January.

Thanks.

Great review so far, looking forward to Serenade

 

Will also post these.

 

Thanks for all the encouragement. I haven't had time to do any more of it today, but I will tomorrow!

 

Robin

[Robin7]

9586.

 

The view straight down from the balcony. (I was jealous. Our view was obstructed by the life boat covering thingy.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Robin7]

I only have three of the Royal Suite:

 

 

 

 

 

The stewards were really nice about letting us go in and look at it. It was about 9am on the day of disembarkation, and its occupants had already gone.

 

Robin

[Gabrielle R.]

Great review so far, looking forward to more! Love the pics too - we do this itinerary in 4 weeks, this is really getting me excited for our trip! :):):)

Sand in my pants, be sure to post after your return! We leave on Serenade over Christmas! :D Could you keep an eye out for what they have at the different ports for tours? Especially St. Martin, Barbados and St. Lucia. Thanks! (not sure if you hit all of those- but if so....) THANKS!!!! Gabrielle

[demodawn]

Cant wait to read more so enjoying your cruise!

[iwanngonow]

Thanks so much!! The DW and I are staying in 9582 in Mar. Glad to see a good representation of the room and the view from the balcony.We're really enjoying your post. GREAT JOB!

[MAZANDSTEVE]

Great review, enjoying the pictures, thanks for taking the time.:)

[horric29]

.: Bump :. Keep it coming! This is great!

[Nick28]

Thank you so much...my DH and I are staying in cabin 9586 in 5 DAYS!!!! we can't wait.

[Lovincruisin1321]

Love the review and the pics. Thanks for posting all of these. I appreciate your hard work. :cool: