As background, this is a continuation of our review since we did a back-to-back Alaska/Hawaii cruise on the Serenade. I've already posted the Alaska review. We stayed in the same inside stateroom (4539). There were six of us family members on the first cruise, but only DH and myself on this Hawaii cruise.

Because this was the very last Hawaii cruise by RCCL, I won't elaborate on the ports or the entertainment—just point out some interesting ship things on the ship and the B2B routine.

Turnaround day was fun. Everybody else has to leave, and we (and 23 other people) had the ship to ourselves. We were given a card to present for re-embarkation if we wanted to leave the ship and come back easily, but we chose just to stay onboard because we had been to L.A. so many times. There was a special luncheon prepared for us at Portofino's, but it was a bit too fancy for our taste, so we went up to the Windjammer at 11:30 to enjoy our regular lunch there without much of a crowd. Some people were already boarding. It was nice to see our Alaska waiter there looking handsome in his new uniform—supervisor. He deserved the promotion. Read more