Wonderful Alaska experience

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

Cruises: 4-6 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 7

Overall rating:

4.4 out of 5
Radiance of the Seas

7 Night Alaska Hubbard Glacier Northbound (Vancouver To Seward)

Sail date: May 17, 2019

Ship: Radiance of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Cruise was great, crew helpful & friendly, booked another cruise for 2020.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Went fairly smooth, had to wait in line some but not long, everyone was nice

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Main dining room was super, chef made me rye bread, had fantastic no sugar added desserts nightly. Alfeo & Mitrebahand were fantastic while Robert took our questions to chef & came back with answers

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Did not swim, did attend some lectures, did use card room for dominoes, friend used library

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Shows were good although last night was canceled due to weather

Children's Programs

No children

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Arya took good care of us & our room, waiters (Robert, Aldridge’s & Mitrebahand) in both main dining room & Windjammer were excellent

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Radiance is older ship but was clean & I did not get list once. Some of the handicap doors got stuck & need be reworked

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5
Room was clean, bed was nice but pillows to soft, balcony smaller than last cruise & we had lifeboats directly under us

Ship tip

Be above 7, 9 & 10 hv wider halls for a wheelchair

Ports of call

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia Did not visit port

Got in late at night & went to ship port at 11am next day

Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

5 out of 5
Beautiful mountains

Ketchikan, Alaska

5 out of 5
Enjoyed the Totem Park & guide was very good, very helpful. Learned a lot. Shopping was nice

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska Did not visit port

Just didnt

Juneau, Alaska

1 out of 5
Husband went to Glacier Gardens & enjoyed his trip. I was ill.

Skagway, Alaska

5 out of 5
Went to the Summit, up into Canada- beautiful

Cruise Hubbard Glacier

5 out of 5
So amazing & so cold. Only day to drizzle

Seward (Anchorage), Alaska

5 out of 5
Went to Sea Life & wildlife conservative. Very interesting

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Super easy, crew was great at getting me off & on ship (was in wheelchair)
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