I may be in the minority here but wanted to share my thoughts about the 7/4-7/11 Radiance Cruise. Our last cruise was on the Disney Fantasy and was totally spoiled with the service and ship so maybe my expectations were too high. However, we did not pay that much more for the 7-day Disney cruise than we did for this Royal Caribbean cruise. In retrospect, considering that we had a large balcony on the Disney cruise and only a porthole/window on this cruise, I'm seriously thinking that the Disney cruise was a better value.

Here are my thoughts on our onboard experience itself and not the weather (generally great) and the itinerary/ports(generally very nice):

1. Ridiculous that we were asked to pay $170 for a "Soda Package" after paying in excess of $4000 for the cruise. (Disney had soda stations around the ship open 24 hours a day for anyone to use) Read more