Was not my favorite cruise

Radiance of the Seas Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 2-3 cruises
Review: 1
Helpful Votes: 20

Overall rating:

3.8 out of 5
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Radiance of the Seas

5 Night Western Caribbean (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: February 12, 2024

Ship: Radiance of the Seas

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 3018

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 9 months ago

Review summary

After this experience I won't book another Royal Caribbean Cruise. I will also listen to previous reviews and research the age of the boat and latest updates.

Embarkation

5 out of 5
Wonderful experience getting on the boat, there weren't any delays and nice speedy process.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

3 out of 5
Everything is so old and out dated. Looked like a 1980's dining room. The food lacked any kind of seasoning so glad I brought some with me. The drinks weren't to bad price wise, $14 USD, but we took our own bottles of wine and champagne with us.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
The only "activity" that was amazing was the seminar to speed up your metabolism. The instructor Edison was amazing and we learned so much. Everything else was blah. I will say that we were on a couple trip, ranging 40-50. Everyone else on the cruise was over 70 so definitely a disparity and not to many fun activities.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
We went to the comedy show to see Cary and he was good. Nice clean family humor.

Service and Staff

5 out of 5
The staff was amazing. We did not walk past a employee that didn't passionately greet us.

Ship Quality

2 out of 5
My room was not as clean as I would have liked. There was tons of hair from previous guests all over and disgusting. When you turn the shower on it floods the bathroom, not a good experience! It is definitely time for some upgrades. Rust was over all the ship's fixtures, the smell of mildew was really strong on the decks.

Cabin / Stateroom

3 out of 5
Left a lot to be desired. My attendant did do a good job everyday but the thorough cleaning I expected from the previous guest was not done.

Ship tip

Bring your own seasoning for the food, bring you some wine or champagne.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

5 out of 5

Cozumel, Mexico

3 out of 5

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Very efficient
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8 Comments

kef2016     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise experience. Sorry it didn’t meet your expectations. Maybe a larger and newer ship will meet your expectations. We’ve cruised on ships from Brilliance on up to Wonder. We’ve enjoyed them all but we know before hand through research what to expect on the ship and the itineraries.

karlgrgurich     9 months ago

Yep. Research is imperative

Harvey500     9 months ago

Sorry for your experience but I think you should have picked a bigger newer ship.

byhisgrace     9 months ago

Yikes 😳 sorry

javawoody     9 months ago

Appreciate the feedback

Gwbigdog     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise

Lounray     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing, not every ship on RCCL offers the same experience though.

HeavySeas     9 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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