The Radiance of the Seas is a spectacular ship. Of course, after you've been on the Voyager, nothing compares. however, Radiance definitely had its own pluses and minuses. Overall, I'd say we had a 9 out of 10 experience.

The food was really good, with lots of choices and quality was great as usual. The best thing was this new wine program they were trying out where you can get 7 wines for about $80, so you can have a bottle every night with your dinner. There was a set list of wines which weren't fantastic wines, but they're the ones you get for about $6-7 at the store. I opted for this other plan where we paid $120 for 4 bottles, and they were NICER bottles. Since J champagne was on that list, and I wanted it, we saved about $12 a bottle (incl. tip) getting the program. We had a bottle on both our formal nights, and our first night and one other night. The thing I didn't know, was that we could take the remaining part of the bottle back to our room. I ended up leaving parts of a bottle there because my husband and I couldn't finish it while we ate dinner. I learned later online that some people would finish it off in a lounge or in their rooms.

BUT, I do have to mention that I've been on a couple of cruises now, and although the displays were tremendous at the midnight buffet, there really wasn't anything phenomenal in food taste. It was all pretty basic. The chocolate buffet was better than the midnight buffet. There was a huge Harry Potter chocolate castle that had seen its day being displayed (looked old like its been around since the beginning of Alaska season), but the detail on it was so cool, and it was huge, so its no wonder they didn't want to do that one again. Read more