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Carnival Radiance Cruise Review to Mexico

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Reviews: 7
Helpful Votes: 90

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Carnival Radiance

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 11, 2023

Ship: Carnival Radiance

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1204

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Had such an amazing trip Carnival did not disappoint, was on this ship as the VICTORY and it’s like a completely different ship, have to attend the Latin music and dance it was one of the trip highlights located in the Red Frog Pub in back of ship

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Super easy got on ship early, walked over from Queen Mary where we had stayed night prior

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Food was just OK nothing to write home about Carnival can do better

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5
For this class of ship there’s a lot packed onboard to do would love to take this ship on longer journey

Entertainment

5 out of 5
Comedy night was awesome, piano bar lots of fun, and the Latin music and dancing was outstanding

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Even though it was a short sailing and it’s hard to know the crew it was outstanding service

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
One of the cleanest and well maintained in the fleet

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
End of hallway was pretty quiet but is near a crew area and would be awakened by door slamming at times

Ship tip

Get in line early for Guy Burgers and breakfast burritos

Ports of call

Long Beach (Los Angeles), California

5 out of 5
Flew in direct from Nashville to Long Beach on Southwest, only 10 minutes to port of Long Beach and to Queen Mary where we stayed always a fun experience

Catalina Island, California

5 out of 5
Loved this very laid back port, short wait times for tenders and great food and artist shops

Ensenada, Mexico

5 out of 5
Did a brewery tour, so fun!!! Highly recommend and this port was clean and safe

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Super easy

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6 Comments

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

javawoody    1 year ago

Appreciate the review

Jewels    1 year ago

Thanks for the review! Sounds great! Looking forward to our New Years cruise on her!

carolj68    1 year ago

Thanks for your review. Will be on this same sailing and ship Jan 8th

cruising2004    1 year ago

Glad you had a wonderful cruise! Thank you for your review.

Niavlys    1 year ago

All seem to be great except food and cabin... Good to know for those that these 2 are on top of list..