Old vessel with deficits

Item: Radiance of the Seas
Rating: 4.1
Author: riwi

Radiance of the Seas Cruise Review to South Pacific - Australia

riwi

Contributor Level: Purser

Cruises: 7+ cruises

Review: 1

Helpful Votes: 6

Overall rating:

4.1 out of 5

12 Night New Zealand (Sydney Roundtrip)

Sail date: January 18, 2020

Ship: Radiance of the Seas

Cabin type: Balcony

Cabin number: 9616

Traveled as: Singles/Friends

Reviewed: 4 years ago

Review summary

It was a great trip but I wouldn‘t choose Radiance again (with the exception of the UPSCALE DUO!).

Embarkation

4 out of 5

Good

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

4 out of 5

Satisfactory to very good but paper cups in the one and only coffee bar is a No-Go, unless Radiance of the seas belongs to McDonalds.

Onboard Activities

4 out of 5

My highlight was the UPSCALE DUO - excellent music with reasonable sound volume!

Entertainment

2 out of 5

Much too loud - the loudest I‘ve experienced so far (this was my 15th cruise within 4 years!). Definitely harmful!!!

Service and Staff

4 out of 5

Very nice!

Ship Quality

3 out of 5

Could have been cleaner...

Cabin / Stateroom

4 out of 5

Quite large, clean and with a big amount of hangers. The balcony was old, dirty and one chair was even broken.

Ship tip

Wait until it‘s refurbished.

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Ports of call

Sydney, Australia

5 out of 5

All great!

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Cruise Milford Sound

5 out of 5

Beautiful!

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Cruise Doubtful Sound

5 out of 5

Marvelous!

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Cruise Dusky Sound

5 out of 5

A hit!

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Port Chalmers (Dunedin), New Zealand

4 out of 5

Very nice.

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Akaroa, New Zealand

4 out of 5

Go to Christchurch!

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Auckland, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Always super!

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Tauranga, New Zealand

5 out of 5

Liked it.

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Bay Of Islands, New Zealand

5 out of 5

My favorite, especially Russel!

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Disembarkation

5 out of 5

Excellent

4 Comments

ladyskooter 4 years ago

I've been on radiance 3times and found the staff and ship lovely😃 The ship hasn't got all the mod cons but still great to be on. Guess I appreciate that I'm on the cruise at all. Some don't and would rather whinge about rubbish stuff. I'm physically disabled, so this is nothing but fully awesome 🤩🤩🤩

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loralor 4 years ago

I believe that the ship is going to Singapore for makeover in September. So it probably won't be much better until after that happens!

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Cruiserike0322 4 years ago

Thanks for your honest review

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YesIAmElGuapo 4 years ago

I've seen several negative reviews regarding this ship and I'm a bit concerned as I have a cruise scheduled for May. Any other issues you had that you think I should be aware of? Any information would be appreciated.

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