A Good Value Cruise for Beginners

Item: Carnival Radiance
Rating: 4.2
Author: PedrozaTravel

Carnival Radiance Cruise Review

PedrozaTravel

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 11

Overall rating:

4.2 out of 5

3 Night Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: June 16, 2023

Ship: Carnival Radiance

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

This is a party ship that is good for beginners or people looking for a cheap getaway.

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

The food is good, they have some excellent options at the MDR (Main Dining Room) . It can be tricky getting to the two MDRs because you can only walk across the ship on deck 5 and 9.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

4 out of 5

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Ship Quality

4 out of 5

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

I had an interior spa room on the 10th floor. A little small but overall the room was laid out well. It had two 110 plugs and two usb ports. It comes with access to the Thermal Suite which is nice. The big downside to this room is it is under the treadmill and at 5 am if people are running on the treadmill you will hear banging noises. So be prepared to be woken up early. I like with the interior room it can be dark even during the day.

Ship tip

If things are crowded try to think opposite of the crowd. For example on embarkation day when all the elevators are full going up press the down elevator then ride it back up.

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Ports of call

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5

Go into port and ask for a fish taco, a carne asada taco, and a taco al pastor. If you want to try something a little bit different try a tosti elote in the flag banner.

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Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5