Our week on the Radiance is over, and we want to go back! Here¹s our review, and we'd be glad to answer questions.
But first, a note about Cruise Critic. We've said this before, and we'll say it again. Thanks to Cruise Critic for helping us make new friends! This year we cruised with friends we met on-line before we sailed on Radiance last January. In fact, it's the second cruise we've taken with them since then. And we have another dozen friends we contacted first through Cruise Critic, who we spent time with on board, and will continue e-mailing in the future. We hope to be able to sail with them again, as well!
Cruise Critic Party: Ours was the first night, the day of embarkation, at 7:45, in the Colony Club. Invitations were delivered sometime in the afternoon. RCI provided a tray of hors d¹oeuvres, most of which went untouched (except by people just passing through). We had just eaten, and others were on their way to second seating dinner. We had actually met many of the people we had been corresponding with on our own, first in San Juan on Friday night, and than at 5:00 in one of the lounges in the Viking Crown the day of embarkation. Gordon came to the Cruise Critic party, along with a number member of the cruise staff came to the Cruise Critic party. There were about 30 people there, some of which we saw frequently during the cruise, some of whom we never saw again. They passed out orange rubber bands, with "Cruise Critic Radiance of the Seas" imprinted on it. Gordon said that each ship is getting their own color rubber bands so people can collect them. There were some people who signed up, but didn't come. Overall, we had a good turn out, nearly everyone who signed up came, people seemed to enjoy themselves, and having it the first night was really nice.