Love the Radiance

Carnival Radiance Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 12
Helpful Votes: 161

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Carnival Radiance

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 14, 2022

Ship: Carnival Radiance

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 7398

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

I had a great cruise. Radiance is now my favorite ship. Carnival has upped its game!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
From the car to the lido…only 15 minutes!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
I loved the food on the ship. The main dining room was boring and we stopped going. Having said that, the new big chicken shack is great! This is on top of all the great carnival dining options.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
We won trivia! The pools were great and there was music everywhere!

Entertainment

4 out of 5
The musicians were fantastic. It’s time for carnival to retire the playlist production shows if it has any desire to catch up with RCC.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
We loved the ship. This is now my favorite carnival ship. As other guests have mentioned, some of the lounges are in different locations, but we found that this spread out guests around the ship. It was never crowded. We absolutely loved it!

Ship tip

Eat at Big Chicken! It is so good. If you are an early riser, there is never a line at 7am for breakfast options. Half off drink specials are in Red Frog Pub on embarkation day until 2pm!

Ports of call

Ensenada, Mexico

4 out of 5
We had a great time in Ensenada! We took the topless bus tour and sat at the top. We enjoyed seeing the home of the margarita and also see the huge surfing waves. If you don’t take a tour, there is a big walk to the city area from pier. We ate fish tacos at Bullos and it was amazing. The margaritas there were top notch. Amazing prices!

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5

Catalina Island, California

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
We did self assist and were off the ship in 15minuted.

Traveler Photos

Shaq's Big Chicken breakfast!
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8 Comments

CurlyCruiserYAY    2 years ago

izrgreen    2 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to write a review.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Congratulations on winning trivia. Appreciate your detailed review. Glad you enjoyed your cruise.

jsu2203j    2 years ago

Thanks everyone!

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate you sharing your experience

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed yourselves. Thanks for sharing your cruise with us.

cruising2004    2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

Curt34    2 years ago

Glad you had a great cruise. Thanks for the review.

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