Good but needs improvement

Radiance of the Seas Cruise Review to Alaska - Gulf of Alaska

Ginala

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 45

Overall rating:

4 out of 5

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7 Night Alaska Hubbard Glacier Northbound (Vancouver To Seward)

Sail date: July 15, 2016

Ship: Radiance of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 8530

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 8 years ago

Review summary

Best part: Ship is beautiful. Staff is great. Ports are amazing. Check out Dr John's lectures on the ports and don't miss Hubbard a Glacier at 7 am.

Not so good: windjammer food, selection and times needs improving. If you drink non alcoholic beer, they only seem to carry the horrible ODouls rather than its usual Buckker (which is great). We had to have staff search for it in the back and waited 2 days for it. At least we got it. Would have been bad if we couldn't have gotten it.

worst: mattresses in stateroom were really hard and not comfortable. Room service selection and time to get to your room.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5

Dining room was good. Windjammer, chops and room service were just "ok" to me. Rita's cantina was changed to crab shack which is expensive and you can buy fresh crab in port for less every day.

Entertainment

Love and marriage show and AJ the comedian was great.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Majority of staff is awesome. Especially Eddie in Schnooer's bar.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5

Great, except mattress was horrible! I had to add 3 comforters on it to sleep on it.

Ship tip

- Don't miss Hubbard glacier at 7 am. - catch Dr. John's lectures on the ports - walk through the gorgeous forest off the pier in icy straight point. - wear layers. - catch love n marriage show.

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Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

5 out of 5

Beautiful. Take the sea bus and visit north shore.

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Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

1 out of 5

Didn't see anything. Just seemed like a nice cruise day.

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Ketchikan, Alaska Did not visit port

If you want a cheaper salmon fishing trip go to united cruises to book. Great fishing. Caught 30 salmon in 3 hours. 6 of us split it and had it shipped home.

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Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5

So gorgeous. Eat lunch in port. Do wildlife search or whale watching. It seemed to be the best.

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Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5

Gotta have the crab cakes, bisque and legs at Tracey's crab shack close to the pier. Wow!!

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Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5

Bike riding down mountain was fun!

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Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5

Amazing.

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Seward (Anchorage), Alaska

5 out of 5

If you couldn't fit in visiting the musher camp in port, United cruises has a great excursion to see camp and spend day doing few other activities called the real alaska tour and it's awesome.

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2 Comments

steve1956 8 years ago

Cruised with Radiance last November Food was a big downfall on varieties of selection .wasnt impressed Voyager much better

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forrykook 8 years ago

"windjammer food, selection and times needs improving." Are you for real? How could it possibly be improved? It's open almost all the time with just enough time for staff to clean up and prepares for the next session. And the food is awesome... keeping in mind what it is. It's a buffet. I challenge you to find better food in any buffet anywhere.

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