The Serenade of the Seas was a magnificent ship.
It is now considered just a "medium sized" ship, but we found it very
spacious and it didn't seem crowded even though it was completely full.
The first thing we did on-board is the muster drill. It turned
out that we had the same station as Ken and Rocky.
The ship had lots of nice features and activities. It was
pretty amazing to watch the "self leveling" pool tables bounce up and
down when the swells kicked up. Overall the water was very smooth.
We only hit rough water for a few hours at a time.
Ken won the final Bingo game on the first Bingo session. His
take was $225. The Bingo is really only "worth it" for the last
game. It is rather expensive to play. The first three days
you had to pay $35 to play 4 games and if you won the prize was only
$100 to $225. Seems like a very low payout for a $35 buy-in.
The last game, on the last day, has a prize of $3,000 which was a better
deal. The Bingo games throughout the week just fund the big one at
the end.