Radiance of the Seas Review

Fantastic Trans Pacific Crossing

Review for Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Radiance of the Seas
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kangycarpy
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

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Sail Date: Sep 2013

This was a 17 night crossing of the Pacific from Honolulu to Sydney via Tahiti and New Zealand. The service was great, the food was great. We went to Chops Grill, Giovani's and the Samba Grill. Food and service was top notch. The ports in French Polynesia were beautiful. Wellington was windy and it rained in Picton but you can't do anything about the weather.

Most of the crossing was calm with 1 night of 4m swells between Tahiti & NZ but the 1st 24 hours after we left Picton was a little wild (up to 7m swells I heard) but Raidiance seamed to handle the seas very well. After 1 slight slow down due to the weather the Captain put the throttle on hard and we did about 24knots for most of the next day or so. Great thrill.

In Bora Bora we did a Tour organised via another Cruise Critic member that was fantastic.. Caught up with a few staff from our previous cruise on Radiance and renewed friendships... Overall it was just a great time and I was sorry to disembark.

Cabin Review

In this section of Deck 7 the Balconies are a little larger. The cabin is near (but not too close to) the Foreward Lifts, The Theatre and the Quill & Compass with good access. Standard layout. Good sized ensuite (for a ship) and plenty of storage space. In high wind there was an annoying whistle from the balcony door. Room Steward maintained the room to a high level but was not as interactive as we had previously experienced. I introduced my own animal (a snake from a brown sarong) into the cabin which improved the interaction.

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