Ups and Downs, but overall pleased.

Item: Carnival Radiance
Rating: 4.6
Author: mdeff

Carnival Radiance Cruise Review

mdeff

Contributor Level: Second Mate

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Cruises: 7+ cruises

Reviews: 3

Helpful Votes: 63

Overall rating:

4.6 out of 5

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 21, 2022

Ship: Carnival Radiance

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 9202

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Because of the cancelation of Catalina, we had only one port of call, so they arranged for us to have more time in port. That was a small but appreciated gesture.

Embarkation

5 out of 5

This was my second cruise 🛳 in the Era of COVID. And the process for embarkation seemed smooth, but it seemed that it took longer to get the ship ready to accept passengers. This will be a reoccurring theme of the week.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

The food was it's usual high quality, but I have to take points off for an unusually slow service time in the main dining room. So much so that the entree would arrive as the wait staff begins their evening show for the passengers. In all my years 🛳 I have never experienced this.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

I already spoke if the lateness of the food, but the staff themselves provided their usual superb service. Likewise for our cabin steward and team.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

We upgraded to a Captain's Suite and OMG it was spacious and very comfortable. This will spoil us when we go back to just a balcony cabin!

Ship tip

Have Fun!

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Ports of call

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5

Disembarkation

4 out of 5

We got off the boat 🚢 fine, however, they should have held us on the boat until our luggage 🧳 had cleared customs.

11 Comments

mdeff 2 years ago

Formal night was on what would have been Catalina night. And we didn't get to go to Catalina because of sea state at the harbor. It's a tender boat harbor, and it wasn't deemed safe for those small tender ships.

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SweetMelanie 2 years ago

Thanks for the review, we are going on the Radiance in April and we have been hearing a lot about very slow service in the dinning room, it’s really making me nervous. Oh well we will still make the most of it!

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cbcruisin 2 years ago

We sail on 3/21, our 1st cruise since 2019! Can’t wait. Can you please let me know which night is formal night? Thank you

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LunaSea 2 years ago

I was also on this cruise and will be reviewing it soon. Catalina was canceled due to severe wind making the use of tenders to the island unsafe. It was a very cold trip but still fantastic in my opinion.

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20Spring22 2 years ago

Why was Catalina Island port canceled? We are sailing in two weeks.

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mikelowrey562 2 years ago

Thanks for the review!! Can’t wait to get on this ship.

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izrgreen 2 years ago

Thank you for taking the time to write a review.

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CurlyCruiserYAY 2 years ago

Glad you had some good time

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javawoody 2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your experience

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cruising2004 2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience.

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Gwbigdog 2 years ago

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

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