This was our 3rd cruise and we thought we would try royal Caribbean this time. After reading some of the reviews of radiance of the seas I was a bit concerned but it was amazing. It all depends what you expect the ship is older but it was very clean the staff on the most part we brilliant and the food in the main dining room was excellent. Alaska is amazing we did a whale watching trip not with the ships excursions we went with an independent company saw over 50 whales wow. The captain was outstanding and very informative all in all I would recommend this cruise to anyone the best bit of advice I can give is if you are expecting 5 star then pay the money and go with a more expensive cruise you get what you pay for