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Radiance of the Seas Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Reviews: 0
Helpful Votes: 9

Overall rating:

4 out of 5
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Radiance of the Seas

16 Night Australia & New Zealand (Sydney To Perth)

Sail date: February 25, 2016

Ship: Radiance of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8148

Traveled as: Large Group

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

The staff was amazingly helpful, courteous and made one feel as if one is their most important cruise client. Amazing how they recall your likes and dislikes @ dinner!. Rooms were impeccable.  Would have liked to see a little more room in the anytime dining area.  Where we sat was difficult for getting in and out of chairs as it was for waiters to maneuver serving our table.  Maybe scale down your table widths a little.  Needed water and shade for very elderly when boarding ports that were standing for long time in the heat while waiting for the tenders to return. Could have sent more tenders for quicker service.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Wonderful meals and much variety.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Did not participate in them as they were a little cheesy for the age group on board.

Entertainment

3 out of 5
The quality of entertainment could use some upgrading. Disappointed in a lot of it.

Children's Programs

3 out of 5
Cannot comment as had no children.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Fanderson and Sandip were excellent waiters! Our gratuities showed it.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
It was obvious the ship needs some updating, but clean.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
Cleaned in timely manner. Loved coming into a made up bed and soft lighting when time to retire for the evening. The towel animals were a nice touch, looked forward to seeing what it would be the following night!

Ship tip

Crab at Rita's crab shack was awful for the price! Morning breakfast on the day we disembarked some hot food items were cold and made them less desirable.

Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5

Wellington, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Akaroa, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

5 out of 5

Cruise Dusky Sound

5 out of 5

Cruise Doubtful Sound

5 out of 5

Cruise Milford Sound

5 out of 5

Melbourne, Australia

3 out of 5

Adelaide, Australia

5 out of 5

Esperance, Australia

3 out of 5

Fremantle (Perth), Australia

5 out of 5
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