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Carnival Radiance Cruise Review to Mexico

Cruises: 1 cruise (first)
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 21

Overall rating:

5 out of 5
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Carnival Radiance

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 10, 2022

Ship: Carnival Radiance

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 6403

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Overall the cruise exceeded our expectations. The staff was wonderful and the entertainment provided was great. The only downside I would have is on the Wi-Fi. Paid for the top package that didn’t really work majority of the time. I relied more on my own hotspot the the cruise. Other than that; I really enjoyed myself.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Everything was seamless and pretty quick.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
We didn’t get to eat in the main dinning because I thought the buffets was the main dinning. But we did manage to do on our last night and it was great. All foods provided were excellent.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5
I missed knockout basketball but we enjoyed the gym; spa sessions; and thermal suites. Didn’t really get to the pool though like we wanted too.

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Being a dj myself I thought the dj was great. Formats are a bit different from regular places. The cruise director was excellent. The karaoke dj was awesome. The live band was great. Very knowledgeable in their music. We caught the r&b Halloween show. That was different and I loved it.

Children's Programs

No kids

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The cruise staff was all top notch! We even had fun with some of them in jokes and laughter making each others day! I wouldn’t mind working with them.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
It took some getting use to in figuring where everything was, but once we got it; we were good. I didn’t think you could keep a ship that size as clean as the staff did. Amazing!!!

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
A little smaller than expected but remembering it’s our first time being on a cruise. I love the privacy on the balcony. Once you get use to it; the spacing really works.

Ship tip

Keep an open mind and just enjoy yourself.

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5
It’s Long Beach enough said! I’m from there. Always love my city!

Catalina Island, California

5 out of 5
I’ve been to Catalina before so no excursions were needed. Love Catalina Islands.

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5
We did the Taste of Mexico excursion and I would do it again. Highly recommended! Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and funny!

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
One word: EASY!
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5 Comments

byhisgrace    2 years ago

Thanks for your review

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate the review

4Kerrie    2 years ago

Wi-fi works best around midnight when most people are sleeping. That's when the crew uses it.

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Sounds like this was your first cruise, so welcome to the wonderful world of cruising. Glad this cruise exceeded your expectations.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

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