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Carnival Radiance Cruise Review

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 10

Overall rating:

3.7 out of 5
Carnival Radiance

14 Night Hawaii Carnival Journeys (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: October 16, 2022

Ship: Carnival Radiance

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 2 years ago

Review summary

Was highly disappointed in this cruise. Lack of entertainment, not the room I paid for, lack of onboard activities and canceled prepaid excursions. Pre purchased premium wifi which was absolutely terrible, canceled half way through the cruise, all of my shipmates were complaining. Tv in my state room as well as others throughout the ship wouldnt get any stations from satellite I made the best of a bad cruise though.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Embarkation went well, took about 1.5 hrs to get aboard.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5
The typical food as you would get on most Carnival ships. We ate ate the Steakhouse on day 2, food and service was top notch, definitely worth the extra charge.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Used the jogging track daily which was nice.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
Only saw 2 stage shows in 14 days along with one show from a featured singer (Melissa McLaughlin). The ships stage was small limiting production size. 2 different singers in the atrium area, both were terrible IMO. DJ Scratchy did a great job.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The service we recieved from the staff was outstanding! Stateroom Stewart and our go to bartender were amazing! The both knew our names, always greeted us with a smile. Room was always tidy and GDE our bartender always knew what we wanted before we even asked.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
For the age of the ship it was very well maintained. I constantly saw crew members detail cleaning which was great!

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Cabin was smaller than we originally booked. The cruise was switched from the Miracle to the Radiance. We had booked extended balcony mid ship, switch to regular balcony at the very front of the ship. Wasn't happy due to wife's motion sickness.

Ports of call

Hilo, Hawaii

3 out of 5
Our booked excursion was canceled. We managed to scramble once of ship and get a tour thru hoppa on hoppa off. Volcano National Park was Awesome!

Nawiliwili, Kauai

3 out of 5
Carnival canceled excursion. Spend a couple hundred dollars Ubering.

Ensenada, Mexico

3 out of 5
Walked in the touristy area right outside the port, tried some local food, it was good.

Kahului, Maui

3 out of 5
Excursion canceled by Carnival. Went to Botanical gardens near the port.

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

3 out of 5

Honolulu, Oahu

3 out of 5
We did the Dole pineapple tour, it was a really good excursion due to our tour guide Rocky.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Smooth, then there was a shut down for about 30 minutes when we were waiting to pick up luggage completely came to a halt.

Traveler Photos

Sewage back up Dole Plantation
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6 Comments

madahooha28    2 years ago

Hey man I was on that cruise as well. I had a great time don't get me wrong. But it was the worst cruise I've been on so far.

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise with us

AuntPinkie    2 years ago

Understand your situation with the cabin switch. We had a similar situation, but had plenty of time to just switch our cruise to a completely different time, itinerary and ship. Sorry you were disappointed.

byhisgrace    2 years ago

Appreciate your feedback. You had an awesome itinerary.

CruzeFan    2 years ago

Glad you had almost a four-star experience. That’s about the best you can expect with cruising after Covid.

javawoody    2 years ago

Appreciate your view

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