Review of Radiance of the Seas, 8-day eastern Caribbean cruise, October 28, 2006 - November 5, 2006

First, a breakdown of the ship:

The Room - I was pleasantly surprised that the D1 category room was a bit more accommodating than I was expecting. Blame the fact that my last 4 cruises were in minisuites, but even though the D1 is slightly larger than the standard balcony room, I was really expecting worse. Entering, there are 3 closet doors to the right, and the bathroom door on the left. Then the desk/vanity on the right, with drawers and mirrored cabinet doors on both sides, and on the left, a full-length couch (ours was not the pull-out variety for a 3rd person). Next to the desk on the right was a full height console, with minifridge below, TV just above, and a large cabinet at the top with your safe and an extra shelf for storage. Along the trailing outside edge of this console was a shelf unit with 5 smaller rounded shelves. The beds on the left were positioned close to the window  nicely the beds were separated from the couch and vanity area by thick full-length curtains which could completely bisect the room. And at the balcony doors were another set of thick curtains to seal out light from outside. Read more