Royal Caribbean Radiance of the Seas Cruise Reviews for Family to Transpacific from Honolulu

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Not worth it, especially if you travel with kids
"Usually we like going off the ship to explore ports of call, take an organized excursion or self-guided tour, so the first half of the cruise was very interesting, however after leaving the last port, things quickly became boring, despite the crew doing their best to keep passengers entertained.A family of 3, including a 9 years old child, spent 11 days on board of Radiance of the Seas: 5 days with stops at various Hawaii islands, the rest at sea cruising back to the mainland (Vancouver)...."Read More
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Not worth it, especially if you travel with kids

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terrumt
2-5 Cruises • Age 40s

A family of 3, including a 9 years old child, spent 11 days on board of Radiance of the Seas: 5 days with stops at various Hawaii islands, the rest at sea cruising back to the mainland (Vancouver). Original itinerary included 6 port-of-call days and 5 days at sea, but after collecting the full payment, RCI suddenly changed itinerary to 5 port days and 6 sea days. They offered no compensation ...
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Sail Date: October 2022

Cabin Type: Ultra Spacious Ocean View

Traveled with children


Worst Trans-ocean Cruise

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Peterseremet
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We’ve done many transatlantic and transpacific cruises, most of which offered many activities and good entertainment for the many sea days. Unfortunately, this 18-day transpacific cruise was sorely lacking in both entertainment and enrichments opportunities, and was a boring experience overall. This was made all the worse by inclement weather that forced us to spend a lot of time indoors. And the ...
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Sail Date: September 2019

Cabin Type: Ocean View Balcony

Traveled with disabled person


Fun times

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Chezz
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We spent one week in Waikiki before our cruise back to Australia. We had a great time. Boarding the ship was super easy. Never been easier in fact. I’m a celiac so I was worried about my food choices but the dining room team looked after me. I don’t think there were as many choices in the windjammers. Coffee has improved a little. Room attendant was amazing as always. I don’t think there was ...
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Sail Date: September 2018

Cabin Type: Interior


RCL falls down and so did I

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3955CAR
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We booked this cruise while we were sailing on Empress of the Seas to Cuba. We have sailed with this line several times before, with Celebrity and RCL ships. In every instance except for this one, the cruises have been excellent. NOT this one. Cruise was from Hawaii, around the islands, ending in Vancouver, BC. 10 days. We had been to the islands 35 years ago and wanted to get back to see the ...
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Sail Date: May 2018

Cabin Type: Interior


Relaxing Way to Reach Australia

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canascot
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We chose this cruise as a way to get to Australia in a relaxing way without jet lag. This was our 7th cruise and 5th with RCL. We enjoyed the cruise but did find both stretches of 5 sea days a little challenging. The staff were excellent Raj and Mohammed in Windstar outstanding, also our stateroom attendant Eko. We ate in Chops Grille once, not the best service but steaks were good. Giovanni’s ...
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Sail Date: September 2017

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony


Overall great vacation but ....

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Jerseygirl78
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

The itinerary was perfect. The weather until we sailed to Vancouver was warm and beautiful - and let's face it, sailing to Canada in early May was meant to be chilly. The ship was overall, in good shape. I love the Radiance class ships for the glass/views, and the intimacy. Captain Trym was quite entertaining. The service, in most cases, was stellar. As others have mentioned, I don't like the ...
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Sail Date: May 2017

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony


Below RCI Standards

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Dan Theman26
2-5 Cruises • Age 70s

In general, we found the ship is showing its age. Chairs in the Colony Club show a great deal of wear and tear, and there was a musty smell in the corridor, on deck 8 and on many others. The service and food was below standard on too many days. It was often disorganized - long wait times in line, refusing to change reservation times by stating venues were full, but they were not full. Our ...
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Sail Date: May 2017


Great cruise ship

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deangell
2-5 Cruises • Age 60s

We chose this cruise because we had dreamed of spending our 30th anniversary in Hawaii. Never having been there we really didn't know which islands we would like to visit. This cruise gave us the opportunity to visit several islands and see the different cultures at each location. The ship was a comfortable size in that it's neither too big or small. We were able to see some of the same people ...
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Sail Date: May 2017

Cabin Type: Grand Suite


Honolulu Cruise

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shipmatesforever
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We had never been to Hawaii and decided to take this cruise that left from Honolulu and went to 5 islands in Hawaii. We went two days early and stay on the big island and went to see The Punch Bowl and found my husband cousin on the MIA wall during WWII. The next day we went to Pearl Harbor. It was amazing and very emotional. We stay over night on two of the Islands. The ship was very maintained ...
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Sail Date: May 2017

Cabin Type: Interior Stateroom


Penny pinching by RCI and the Hawaii port authority undermined the good crew

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robjw
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

This was our first repositioning cruise. Wenenjoy sea days, don't get sea sick and looked forward to the 5 day voyage from Maui to Vancouver. However, the strong head winds and cool temperatures meant the wind across the deck often exceeded 40 knots which made all outdoor activities difficult. We enjoyed the mini golf but the wind and rolling boat made it a bit of a lottery. The problem was, ...
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Sail Date: May 2017

Cabin Type: Deluxe Ocean View Stateroom with Balcony


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