Nice trip and excellent stops.

Radiance of the Seas Cruise Review to Alaska - Inside Passage

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4.1 out of 5
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Radiance of the Seas

7 Night Southbound Alaska & Hubbard Glacier (Seward To Vancouver)

Sail date: June 23, 2023

Ship: Radiance of the Seas

Cabin number: 7578

Traveled as: Family (older children)

Reviewed: 1 year ago

Review summary

Nice relaxing cruise with cool relaxing scenery. Chops grill is excellent and love their key lime desert. Used my time dining and worked great. Just walked up and with in a couple of minutes we were seated.

Embarkation

4 out of 5
Simple process to get on ship. We did private tour of wildlife park and exit glacier so did not board until 5pm. Cruise start was delayed over 2 hours by dock workers slow walking luggage loading.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Not as good as in past, but Chops grill was excellent. Main dining room was slightly better than buffet. Could have had better selection of foods and deserts were very marginal..The key lime pie was excellent in chops grill and the soft serve ice cream was best in buffet. Did like my time dining..

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5
Scheduling of things was real issue seems like all good stuff was scheduled at same time and when we wanted to eat.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Excellent signers, musicians and dancers. Old man who did tango show was very good and so was his partner and the rest of the cast.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
Very friendly and would do anything for you. Wi-Fi guys were excellent at setting up access to free Wi-Fi for on ship communications thru RC app and also setting up paid internet. Was in process of upgrading internet and Wi-Fi to new Elon system.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Layout was good. Had one elevator that was down for whole trip and it was missed at high need times.

Cabin / Stateroom

5 out of 5
cabin was fine, balcony was a bit smaller than last ship but was very usable.

Ports of call

Seward (Anchorage), Alaska

3 out of 5
Dock workers slow and delayed ship leaving by over two hours. Exit glacier is nice.

Cruise Hubbard Glacier

3 out of 5
Third time I have been there and this ship stayed way away from glacier. 150 people got on an excursion to go closer

Juneau, Alaska

5 out of 5
Mendenhall glacier and salmon bake were nice.

Skagway, Alaska

4 out of 5
Goldrush sled dogs is nice, but do not get to ride in cart pulled by dogs. Rode white pass railroad down mountain and was nice. Have a new engine on train.

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah), Alaska

5 out of 5
Very nice port, road gondola did some shopping. Saw eagles and small buck deer. Some people saw whale jump right by ship.

Ketchikan, Alaska

4 out of 5
Heavy rain this day and only did shopping. Had lunch at Alaska fish house. Halibut fish and chips, salmon tacos and salmon burger were all excellent.

Cruise Inside Passage, Alaska

4 out of 5
Saw some porpoises and whales. Also pictures of very nice sunset.

Vancouver (Canada Place), British Columbia

3 out of 5
Did fast exit from ship and used taxi for $38 for the four of us to airport. Only takes about 25 minutes.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
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6 Comments

Cruiselovers70    1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed Alaskan cruise

Gwbigdog    1 year ago

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javawoody    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

Lamayne66    1 year ago

Thanks for sharing

cruising2004    1 year ago

Glad you enjoyed beautiful Alaska. Thank you for sharing your experience.

Carnivalfoodie    1 year ago

Good details. Thanks 😊

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