Radiance of the Seas Review

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dam1050
First Time Cruiser • Age 60s

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Sail Date: Sep 2003
Cabin: Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

Radiance of the Seas Cruise Vancouver to Hawaii Sept. 27/03 - Oct. 08/03

This was my 11th cruise to date, and my 4th cruise on Royal Caribbean. I've also previously cruised on Celebrity, Holland America, Norwegian, and Princess.

This was the Radiance's last sailing of the season from Vancouver, after operating the Alaska cruises since May. We were to leave from Ballantyne Pier at 5:00 p.m. We arrived via taxi down at the pier around 12:30 pm. There seemed to be quite large lineups and it took us about 45 minutes to get up to the front. We immediately found out why the lines were long. Each of the ticket agents was explaining to all the guests and handing out a letter from the Captain which stated that work was being done on the starboard propulsion system, which would delay the departure from Vancouver. The expected time of departure would now be about sunrise the next morning --- guests who so wished could go ashore and return to ship by 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning. We preferred staying onboard. This work had to be done to change around the pod maneuverability from the settings they'd had it on from Alaska cruises before setting off for Hawaii. Gift shops and casino would remain closed due the fact we were still in port, other than that there was no impact on the itinerary and we did catch up the time during our 5 day at sea travels to the islands. Normally we would have pre-cleared U.S. Customs in Vancouver, however they were going to have us wait and clear customs in Hilo, Hawaii when we got there instead. All Non-Americans had to give up their passports for safe-keeping (and to speed up paperwork) with the purser's desk on this trip, as we do on the Caribbean ones.

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Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony

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