Fun Birthday Weekend Cruise! 🥳

Carnival Radiance Cruise Review

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Reviews: 4
Helpful Votes: 121

Overall rating:

4.9 out of 5
Carnival Radiance

3 Night Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: September 09, 2022

Ship: Carnival Radiance

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 7433

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Fun birthday cruise but too short! Lots to do or just relax!

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Embarkation was a BREEZE! My Check in time was 10:30-11, my Lyft arrives at 10:20 and I am shocked at how empty the pickup/drop off was! We walked to the entrance, they checked our boarding pass and we walked in. The woman checked our ID, boarding pass and quickly glanced at our Vaccine card (I had VeriFLY ready too, but She didn’t look at it). Bags were scanned and we were told to go sit and wait for boarding. About 10 minutes later they start boarding by group. We were on the ship enjoying our first Guys Burger by 11:45! We even went to our muster station before that. Great, great, great!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
I thought the food was awesome! First few minutes on the ship I had to get my Guys Burger, delish! Even later in the weekend Chef Prajit came around to those who were having a Burger and wanted feedback! Loved that! I didn’t eat at the buffet at all except for late night cookies with my ice cream. Cookies were crispy like I like them! Had a piece of pizza - yumm and I ate in the dining room every night. Still had to order all at once but they staggered it. The woman next to me got the Melting cake with peanut butter!!! Whaaat!!!?? She said it was amazing so I can’t wait to try it next cruise! My meat was tender, everything flavorful and the drinks were cold just how I like them. Breakfast in the dining room was so good like usual, love those hashbrowns. And one morning I was feeling nauti and had banana cream pie with my breakfast. I had a breakfast burrito on disembarkation morning which was so good good too! I enjoyed it all!

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5
We watched Soulbound and Rock Revolution. I loved them! Caught one comedy show and it was hilarious!

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Service was top notch! Everyone I encountered was so nice and helpful. Rommel our room steward was nice and attentive. My sister drank a little too much the first night and he brought extra towels and checked on us later in the evening too. It was my birthday cruise and he wrote on the mirror Happy Birthday but he called me Violet! 😂 it was cute! Staff was friendly throughout!

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Loved the layout, very easy to navigate and there was ALWAYS someone cleaning something. Only thing I didn’t understand was I had a room in the Aft but my assigned dining room was in the front!? 😂

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Loved our extended Aft balcony. The moon on the last night was so beautiful! Sitting on the balcony and listening to the water by moonlight was so relaxing and just what I needed.

Ports of call

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5
We didn’t have an excursion planned. We got off the ship and walked around.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Disembarkation was a Breeze too! Deon said that if you had an early flight go to Liquid Lounge. We waited until we were cleared to get off and walked right off. Deon then said he was going to go deck by deck. It was very smooth. I said it previously, I LOVE the facial recognition thing when you leave!
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5 Comments

cbcruisin    2 years ago

You will love the peanut butter with the melting cake - a whole new level 😋

javawoody    2 years ago

Thanks for the review happy birthday

CurlyCruiserYAY    2 years ago

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

cruising2004    2 years ago

Thank you for sharing your cruising experience. Happy belated birthday!

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