Carnival Radiance Cruise Reviews - Reviews

If it's your 1st or your 50th cruise, DO THIS ONE. Relax and let you self. It has Something for All Ages. Want to get the Family together and Relax? Cruising is for You. They will Take Great Care of You

Good staff Michael was great staff very friendly & helpful

Great for our first cruise. Only minor issues - worst of which was the near constant upselling/hard sell.

Great family trip! We did off-season M-F and cruise was full of all ages, including lots of families. I’d highly recommend this trip. Remarkable staff onboard. Kids can’t wait to try another cruise!

Good service friendly staffs feel comfortable and safety

Everything was perfect..staff, shows, food, trivia games..and much more

If you do not drink a lot of alcohol - do NOT but the drink package - just pay for the drinks. The package is $70 a day and the drinks are averaged at $10. I would have been find just paying for my drinks. There was only 1 day that I actually "drank: and that day I think I had 6. If you buy the package all adults have to have it. The other adult in the room did not drink but 3 drinks the entire time. The kids; I was not aware (first cruise) could just drink from the buffet. Do not waste your money on the soda package. You have to get it at the bar - and you still have to pay taxes on EVERYTHING if you are in a taxed part of the water!! I seriously spent SOOOOO much $ on drinks that were NEVER drank!!! So I really wasted money. There is fountain water, juice, coffee, tea, hot cocoa in the buffet area. Everything else you can purchase. You can also bring a 12 pack cans on board with you. This would be my choice if I had to do it again. If I felt like drinking alcohol - it would be much cheaper to spend the $8-12 for the 6-8 drinks for the 1 day of drinking than the $70/day for the 5 days (board Monday at 5pm so they count that plus debark Friday at 7am they count that). That is my advice to not BIG drinkers ;) Spend your money on other things on the ship - souvenirs - coffee - arcade games - bingo - etc.

Kind of a dull ship and crew, wanted more daily deals for boat purchases and more info on weather at ports of call when no cell service was available

The cruise overall was fun. We just had an issue embarking. Apparently the search dogs need more training on sniffing bags. Or the police need more training. Dogs smelled people's bags next to me and stopped but my bags were taken in to be searched. About 5 other back groups and couples were searched while we waited. Contacts, deodorant, toothbrush, lipsticks etc were contaminated after

Couple of points: 1. Carnival Hub App can be used in place of key card using faceID technology in place of sign n sail card where applicable. 2. We had to visit guest services thrice as our card was stopped working in magnetic reader 3. Making optimization in wait times for food deliver 4. Include Indian meal in Buffet

Definitely go on this cruise! We had a blast! You don’t need to reserve excursions through the cruise line! We found so many gems! Fishing with Bob 760-7993-3602 (we caught 25 fish!), zip lining, pai pai Ecopark, it was amazing!!!

Great 4 night cruise. Sta Catalina and Ensanada had enough time for us to explore on our own.

1st time cruiser, great experience overall. Everyone was kind and ship was clean!

The cruise was nice enough considering all the rain we had. We limited most of our activities to being inside. The cruise itself was fine, but the entertainment was a disappointment. On my previous cruises, the entertainment has been much better. I really had a difficulty making a connection with the show material. The comedians were good, but they only presented one family friendly performance, which was very good. I would have liked to have seen more of them in that style.

Overall for a lower end cruise line it was great and worth the money. The food could have been a little better but the steakhouse was very good.

Overall you get what you pay for. It is great for a first time cruiser, that wants to get a cruising experience without breaking the bank. Catalina island was definitely the winner of all the three ports. Ensenada is very dirty and run down. So, this is more just a getaway than a vacation. But overall we had fun, but likely won't book another trip on carnival radiance again.

Our shower broke on the first day. Our toilet broke soon after. I paid good money to smell poop all night. The food looked good but wasn't. Very bland. Elevators always were being used or locked which made it hard to get around. I wish I could get my money back because it was one of the worst things I have ever done.

HAD A GREAT TRIP, THE STAFF WAS VERY FRIENDLY, THE FOOD WAS GOOD.

Horrible experience. Crew was very uninformed, Wi-Fi was expensive and DID NOT WORK, absolutely no water is included for free, over crowded, and not fun at all. And I’m super glad to have tipped on the card for me to find out there is essentially a 50 dollar gratuity taken from us daily.

Overall it was a good experience. I really enjoyed relaxing and the casino. The food choices was slim. I didn't like that compared to what other ships, I'm told, offer. The customer service was excellent though.