9 Nights Wasn’t Enough! Radiance of the Seas is a Great Smaller Ship!
Radiance of the Seas Cruise Review
9 Night Western Caribbean (Galveston Roundtrip)
Sail date: February 09, 2023
Ship: Radiance of the Seas
Cabin type: Balcony
Cabin number: 1510
Traveled as: Couple
Reviewed: 1 year ago
Review summary
Enjoyed daily trivia in Schooner Bar and all food.Embarkation
Ship experiences
Food and Dining
Windjammer Marketplace
Never ate dinner at the Windjammer, but the breakfast and lunches were great. The quality of the buffet food has improved on this ship since the last time that I sailed on her in 2019. Ice cream machine worked as it should and was a favorite dessert snack anytime of the day.
Sorrento's Pizza
Park Cafe was the late spot on the ship for snacks, desserts, and pizza. Opened at 9:00 PM and closed at 1:00 AM.
Quill & Compass
Great drink selections, attentive waiters, and the music was some of the best on the ship. Aaron did an awesome job entertaining the crowd every night and the place was packed inside and out each and every night that he performed.
Cascades Dining Room
Main dining room was great for dinner. Mostly great for breakfast. Average for lunch. Had 5:30 PM dinner reservations and the wait staff was fantastic and the food was delicious. Average time for dinner was 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Onboard Activities
Gift Shop
Limited gifts. Could use more options and selections.
Solarium
Nice area, bar, Park Cafe, padded seats. Pool was never overly full. Cons are that it was too warm in there most of the time and there is only 1 small hot tub.
Pool
Wish the pool was bigger, but knew going in that it wasn’t. Still was able to enjoy it a couple of days, as well as the hot tubs. Surprisingly, didn’t have any issues with getting a reclining chair when I wanted one.
Logo Souvenir Shop
Was disappointed that the most popular Radiance T-shirt’s only came in small and medium sizes.
Jogging Track
Great view as you walk around the ship on the 12th deck. Much better than walking on a treadmill.
Dunes Mini Golf
Fun 9 hole course to play on sea days.
Entertainment
Aurora Theater
Overall the shows were good. The Piano Man was great, the hypnotist was okay, the comedian was okay for first show, and was better for adult show. Missed a couple of other shows due to scheduling. Love and Marriage was great as always!
Cinema
Watched Top Gun Maverick in the theater and the place was packed. Not a seat was left open. Great set up with the stadium seating, good size screen for the size of the room and good sound quality. Only negative was no popcorn was available.
Centrum
Mixed bag here. Some of the entertainment was just okay. The Top Notch band was awesome! The games were fun. The staff rock show the last night was outstanding. The captain did a great job singing Mustang Sally, Queen, and Bon Jovi.
Service and Staff
Ship Quality
Cabin / Stateroom
Ship tip
Have an open mind to the smaller ship and take advantage of the daily activities offered.
Ports of call
Disembarkation
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