Background. We have been married 28 years, are in our mid-50's and have done 6 previous cruises with Royal Caribbean in the past 4 years.
This cruise started and terminated in Los Angeles. This meant that there are almost 10 full "AT SEA" days of the cruise. If you are not fans of "at sea" days you really need to take this into account when considering taking any Hawaiian "circle" cruise. That said, Hawaii is fantastic as each island is so different from the others. Hawaii is a must see destination.
We had been on Radiance class before and all of the ships in this family are identical. The Serenade was in excellent shape and we always saw people cleaning and maintaining the ship. This would probably be our favorite class except that it does not have a skating rink, and I love to skate.