Great first cruise experience

Carnival Radiance Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 26

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
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Carnival Radiance

3 Night Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 09, 2022

Ship: Carnival Radiance

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1015

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

I will do it again, I would prefer to maybe be on a cruise without children. I loved the experience!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Loved it! My first time and I was excited

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
The dining experience was great, the service by the pool and chairs was not great took over 30 minutes for them to get a drink to you.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
The pools were too full to enjoy, did enjoy the serenity side more. However, they shut the serenity bar down and you had to go to another deck for drinks

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Loved the live entertainment!

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Our room steward Gusti was amazing and very attentive. The bar staff was not that great, they catered more to the younger ladies more. The wait at the bars was about 20-25 minutes.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
I loved that they were always cleaning and sanitizing,

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cabin was small for 3 people. One of us had to sleep on the floor on a small mattress.

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

4 out of 5
It was our first time and the port was organized

Ensenada, Mexico

3 out of 5
My first thought was it was very dirty looking around the port , trash everywhere. I did not bother going further into town because of that reason.

Disembarkation

3 out of 5
Took forever, almost missed my shuttle

Traveler Photos

Ready for first time!! Lobby
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5 Comments

javawoody    2 years ago

Glad you enjoyed your first cruise experience

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

Ramsey1986    2 years ago

I’m glad you enjoyed a great first cruise experience on the Carnival Radiance. Thank you for taking the time to share your review and pictures. 😎🚢☀️🩴🏝🪸🐠🌺

ElizabethOregon    2 years ago

We enjoyed being on the Panorama in the Havana staterooms very much for this reason, relaxing pool time every day with adults only! It’s 12+ only in those cabins, but really restricts to families that have only older children so you only see a couple teens. It’s great!

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. We try to sail when schools are in session to avoid the large number of children. Glad you enjoyed your cruise in spite of them.

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