Carnival Radiance - Jan 15, 2024

Carnival Radiance Cruise Review to Mexico

davesteadman05

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

2.8 out of 5

Verified Review

4 Night Catalina & Baja Mexico (Los Angeles Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 15, 2024

Ship: Carnival Radiance

Cabin type: Inside

Cabin number: 1212

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 5 months ago

Review summary

Carnival Radiance 1 Horrible cruise director 2 NO entertainment, except two comedians that had toilet humor (PG) or gross sex humor (R or X) 3 Lounge and bar entertainment terrible 4 No lobster on elegance night 5 Diff in phone schedule and TV schedule every day 6 Quit making animal towels, no one cares except for very the few new cruise guests. Time, money, effort wasted. 20 years,ago it was novel, not now! 7 Pools to cold to use. Not one person in them or on slides 8 Guest services on hold for 20 minutes before hanging up 9 No "Future Cruise" desks 10 Guest Services couldn't say what the Theater Entertainment would be on any given night. It was only announced at 5:05 pm 11 We do not cruise to play chance games, like "Deal or No Deal." No entertainment, ever, except bars and night clubs. Nothing for families 12 Bar entertainment was horrible. The Sunset Diner wait staff entertainment was better by far than the ship entertainment. Dining wait staff and room cleaning staff are the only redeeming virtues on Carnival

Embarkation

1 out of 5

Ropes, ropes, ropes!

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5

Carnival has gone way down in quality. The Radiance was thw worst of 10 Carnival ships we have been on.

Onboard Activities

5 out of 5

Cruise director was terrible. No worthwhilee activities and the performing group was canceled twice and only appeared once, on the last night. Worst Carnival yet.

Entertainment

1 out of 5

DJ terrible. Bar entertainment horrible and the comedians both were toilet. PG Troup performed once.

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

The kids club was very good for our 4 year old granddaughter

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

They dining wait staff and room staff were good. The dining staff's entertainment was better than the theater performers. Deal or no deal as the headline entertainment sucks!

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

This was thw worst Carnival ship for botth layout and design. Poolscalways empty. You had to go through the dining area to get to some of the lounges and entertainment areas. Terrible sports court. Decent golf area. Water slides way too cold for children or adults, for that matter.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5

It was as expected